![]() ![]() Shortly after purchasing, you will be emailed by one of our custom ring designers to get started on the design of your custom engagement ring. Purchasing a stone from the mine will reserve it for you, allowing you to design the ring of your dreams around a unique stone and create a truly meaningful symbol of your love! These stones were curated because they cannot be found anywhere else and possess outstanding qualities that deserve to be highlighted by truly custom rings! Start With Your Stone! Welcome to the “Staghead Mine”! The mine is home to our hand-selected collection of ethically sourced, extremely unique, and rare gemstones. In purchasing a Mine Stone, you are reserving that stone in order to work with one of our custom designers to build the perfect ring for your stone! **Please note that when purchasing a stone, we do not send just the stone itself. After cleaning, pat dry with a soft towel or chamois cloth.South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GBP £) To clearly understand the differences it is firstly essential to have a brief introduction of these green-colored gemstones. Yet, there are many differences between both. Clean with gentle soap and lukewarm water, scrubbing behind the gem with a very soft toothbrush as necessary. News News (303) Social Share Difference between Emerald and Green Beryl Emerald and Green Beryl both belong to the same species Beryl. Its intense green color has given it status as an important gemstone throughout the centuries. Always store Nigeran Mint Beryl carefully to avoid scuffs and scratches. Emerald is the green variety of Beryl, and its most precious and valuable variety. Nigeran Mint Green Beryl (Mohs’ Hardness: 7.5 – 8) is an excellent choice for everyday jewelry. A Beryl variety that owes its green color to iron is typically named Green, Mint or Mint-Green Beryl. Almost all Emeralds contain iron as a trace element, though the amount may change from one formation to another. Accordingly, the American Gemological Laboratory New York (AGL) recognizes any Green Beryl colored by chromium and/or vanadium as Emerald regardless of the tone. 14k gold ring has a basket setting holding a genuine green oval Beryl gem. ![]() ![]() While this might seem reasonable for practical purposes, scientifically the variety is defined by its coloring agent. Green beryl (emerald) is also related to. Instead they classify it as ‘Green Beryl’, ‘Mint Beryl’ or ‘Mint Green Beryl’. This gem has inclusions found in all-natural beryls and validates that the stone is natural as opposed to lab-grown. If it is not medium or darker many do not consider the gem Emerald. While a sensible approach, there is typically a strict tone description required for Emerald. An industrial camera was used to measure color in the CIELAB color space. She favors keeping it simple for consumers, using ‘Emerald’ to refer “to all Beryl ranging from bluish green to yellowish green regardless of its tone, color purity or coloring agent”. This study reports the characteristics of water in channels of blue-green beryl and its effect on color. For example, in her excellent book, ‘Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald Buying Guide’, Renée Newman states: “there is no agreed-upon criteria in the trade for distinguishing between Green Beryl and Emerald”. While Nigerian Beryl possesses three phase inclusions practically identical to Colombian Emerald, the absence of significant chromium or vanadium trace elements doesn’t make them green enough to earn the ‘Emerald’ moniker.Īlthough this and their level of saturation traditionally disqualifies them from being classified as Emerald, other experts disagree. There is some controversy among ‘experts’ regarding this gem’s nomenclature. Gwantu Beryl is typically found in vugs (a small cavity inside a rock), and is often associated with Aquamarine, Emerald, and Tourmaline. Understandably, Nigerian Mint Green Beryl commands higher prices due to their entirely natural hues accentuating their extreme rarity. The source of our gems, Gwantu was once a prolific producer of excellent Mint Beryl but is now ostensibly depleted with only miniscule quantities of historically mined gems rarely available. Totally natural and unenhanced, Nigeria is the premier source, noting Brazilian ‘Green’ Beryl’ is enhanced for color and still being unearthed. Colored by trace amounts of iron, Green and Mint Beryl are predominately sourced from Catugi Três Barras in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (‘General Mines’ in English), the Jos Plateau in Nigeria’s Plateau State (discovered in the mid-80s), and from Gwantu in Nigeria’s Kaduna State (first unearthed in the 1980s, with new albeit limited discoveries reported in April 2011). ![]()
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