Emerald buying guide – How to Buy an Emerald?
Buying emeralds is much easier than buying diamonds. Diamonds are appreciated for their brilliance, while emeralds are appreciated for their color. Emerald deposits are exploited in several countries around the world, such as Colombia, Zambia, Brazil, Afghanistan…. Emeralds from different mines and regions show variations in purity, color intensity, luster, hardness, and size. These differences are due to the nature of the rock where emeralds are formed. Nowadays Colombian emeralds like cashmere sapphire or Burmese ruby are the most popular because of their high purity and a very particular beautiful green. The following factors need to be considered when buying