Emerald Green

Ah, emerald green. What a beautiful color. Many things come to mind when we use the term Emerald Green in a general sense. Irish landscapes, car colors, the color of water, certain trees, and perhaps certain shades of fabric. But as a famous philosopher once said… “Nothing greens greener” than an emerald. You know, it’s no wonder why we name colors after prominent gemstones. When we here the names Emerald Green, Ruby Red, and Sapphire Blue we think of the richest and most beautiful shades of those colors. Because of these deep shades, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires became known as “The Big Three”. Their captivating colors made them objects of desire and symbols of love, status, and good taste. They take our breath away and bring forth emotion simply by gazing at them.

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Buying Gems and Jewelery

Buying precious stones has become big business in the United States as people seem to have more disposable income and are trying to come up with interesting jewelry ideas to create unique, one-of-a-kind pieces. This might seem to some to be another vain instance of first-one-on-the-block syndrome, but buying precious stones and valuables such as jewelry is really an excellent and practical idea.

Much like buying certain commodities such as gold and silver or perhaps like buying savings bonds, buying gemstones and jewels is safe way individuals can ‘store’ wealth. And an added benefit of doing so is that you can make use of it at the same time. Very few investments or items we buy can make that claim. Gems and jewelry can be worn giving the individual all the benefits of status, prestige, and a sense of happiness and yet still keep or even increase in value. This really isn’t a new concept. Many governments, or we can even say… civilizations have done this since gold, diamonds, emeralds, and all these fine treasures of the earth were first discovered.

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Loose Emeralds from Embassy Emeralds - An ideal source for emeralds from Colombia

When deciding to make a custom piece of jewelry, the designer will have to decide on what stones will be included. Many times the customer will already have certain types of stones in mind to complete the piece or at least for the primary settings if there will be multiple stones. But if not, the designer, or more likely… the customer, will have to make a very personal choice. This is one of the aspects of custom jewelry design that helps make the finished piece unique or special.

To make matters simple, we suggest choosing your main settings first and then brainstorming around that. Simple accent diamonds may be all you need to finish the piece or perhaps your main setting is a diamond and you’d like to accent it with emeralds, sapphires, or some other colored gem or gems. Either way, make the big decision first and then fill in the blanks afterwards.

At Embassyemeralds.com we tell our clients to go with their heart and choose the stones they feel would look best. Just as we tell them to choose the emerald they like best when faced with decisions on color variations, clarity, and all the factors that come into play when choosing an emerald. In the end, it’s what the customer wants or fancies most that matters.

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Richest Treasure Find Ever Includes Colombian Emeralds

by Garrett Fifer

A longstanding legal battle over sunken treasure appears to be no closer to resolution after the Colombian Supreme Court ruled that the estimated two billion dollars worth of treasure aboard the Spanish galleon, San José, that went down in sea battle with English ships near Cartagena in 1708, and found in 1982, belongs to the Colombian state. Sea Search Armada, a Cayman Islands based salvage company financed by 100 private investors claims an agreement reached with the Colombian government in 1979 gives them rights to half of any gold, silver, or artifacts that are recovered from the still yet unverified resting place.

Most experts agree that the exceptionally large booty of gold, silver, and Colombian emeralds is the richest treasure find ever. We may never know for sure, but many archaeologists are dying to see what fine relics might be retrieved from the depths. We may see some of the biggest and finest emeralds ever make their way into museums and collections if salvage work ever does begin.

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