Monday, 24 October 2011

Enchanting Emerald Earrings

The word, emerald comes from Sanskrit ‘marakat’ and belongs to beryl mineral family. Marakat means “the green of growing things”. Since its discovery in various cultures, it was christened with different names. The Latin for emerald is “smaragdus” which later changed to emerald in.

Emerald is found to be studded into variedly styled jewelry. Especially, emerald earrings come for great prices when they are greater in carat size, in spite of being heavily flawed. In history, emerald jewelry has been a key player in the world of precious gemstone. Even Queen Cleopatra was herself fascinated with lush green emerald. Read More

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