Just as we explained in our article about fancy color diamonds color is really broken up into three categories.
Diamonds rubies and emeralds.
A large deep green emerald with relatively few inclusions and little secondary coloration may fetch tens of thousands of dollars per carat.
14 rare or unusual gemstones generally understood to include those gemstones which occur so infrequently in gem quality that they are scarcely known except to connoisseurs include andalusite axinite cassiterite.
Green gemstones emerald peridot jade tsavorite chrome diopside chrysoprase more.
Everything else was called semi precious.
The precious categorization is a.
Rubies emeralds and sapphires are the three most precious gems after diamonds and all three can be found in north carolina.
Cartier tourbillon mysterieux azure until recently only emerald ruby and sapphire were officially called precious gems.
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Diamonds are made from carbon rubies and sapphires from alumina and emeralds from beryllium.
Nevertheless diamonds rubies sapphires and emeralds still have a reputation that exceeds those of other gemstones.
The three other types of precious stones rubies sapphires and emeralds are all referred to as colored stones.
They can sell for over 1m carat.
In general the deeper and more vivid an emerald s color the higher its value per carat.
Today s discerning collectors are looking for jewelry that emphasizes rare striking and sometimes almost impossible to find.
Today s discerning collectors are looking for jewelry that emphasizes rare striking.
They exist in over 300 colors and are the rarest and most precious type of stone.
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The fewer the inclusions the more expensive the emerald.
Diamonds make up a category of their own.
Most emeralds have small fissures called inclusions.
The hottest gems in jewelry aren t diamonds rubies or emeralds.
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Fancy sapphires are gem corundums of any color other than red blue or colorless.
Most emeralds on the market today are colombian and most colombian emeralds are bluish green.