Emerald A Timeless Stone
The Bvlgari emerald suite, including this necklace given to Elizabeth Taylor by Richard Burton Circa 1962-1967. The legendary Egyptian Queen Cleopatra reportedly had a deep passion for emeralds , which she presented to foreign dignitaries engraved with her image as a symbol of power. Wouldn't you love to go back in time to get one? Gimme! Since I wrote about the other precious stones, I must cover this one too. Columbia is where the most famous emeralds are mined. It supplies about 70% of the world's emeralds. Other places of origin include: Zambia (the 2nd largest supplier), Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Madagascar, Australia, France, Germany, Canada, the USA and pretty much the rest of the world. All photos of the B vlgari emerald suite -Time magazine The most coveted emeralds are an intense, sometimes bluest green color. A pure green desirable hue is the perfect balance between blue and yellow. Emeralds that are more yellow than blue hold less value. Like diamonds, rubies an...