Emerald gemstone names
English – Emerald gemstone
Sanskrit – Markat, Pachi, Garutma, Haritmani
Hindi – Panna
Urdu, Farsi – Jamrud
Physical properties
Hardness 7.75
Density – 2.69 to 2.80
What is Emerald Gemstone like
Emerald Gemstone is a green gemstone and it is considered one of the nine gems. Emerald is green in color, green can be light or dark. Sometimes you will also find emeralds with some blue tinge in green.
Emerald Gemstone is a soft and tender gemstone, its hardness is also not much. Emerald looks very beautiful and smooth. However, emeralds are not completely transparent like sapphire, topaz, ruby, and diamond. Along with being transparent, it has a cloud-like net inside it. This is its natural structure, emeralds completely like glass are rarely found. Even if they are available, their price is very high. A good quality emerald looks as if it is filled with green water.
The Emerald is smooth to the touch. Its shine is very bright and pleasing to the eyes. If a good quality emerald is put in a glass filled with water and kept in sunlight, green rays start coming out of it.
If the emerald is kept on a white cloth slightly above it in sunlight, its green rays start falling on the cloth.
If we talk about a good emerald, then the emerald is the best which is smooth, without blemishes, its color is beautifully green, green water appears to be filled inside it, it has shine and there is no crack etc.
The emerald that has blemishes, black spots, cracks, is two-colored, is dull, looks dull, and has red spots, such an emerald is not good and auspicious.
Wearing such an emerald can cause trouble in life, there can be a big financial loss. Therefore, never wear such an emerald.
The places where the emerald is found are Brazil, Colombia, Zambia, Russia, Africa, Pakistan, Rhodesia, Egypt, and Ajmer and Udaipur in India. Emeralds from Colombia are considered the best because the emeralds of Colombia are very beautiful, have beautiful colors, and are shiny and hard. Their price is also higher than all other countries.
It is very difficult for any ordinary person to identify an emerald gem. Only a jeweler can identify an emerald gem. You will be surprised to know that nowadays even jewelers get cheated. Because such technology has come into the market exact duplicate emeralds have started being made.
Such fake emeralds are available in the market that it is beyond the capability of a human to understand. Therefore, whenever you buy an emerald to wear, take only “lab-tested emerald”, so that you are not cheated.
Benefits of Emerald Gemstone
Among the nine gemstones, Emerald Gemstone is very important. It is considered to be the gemstone of Mercury. According to astrology, wearing emeralds gives education, knowledge, and wealth to the person. When students wear this gemstone, their intelligence develops and the blessings of Goddess Saraswati remain on them. This gemstone provides strength and health to the patients. By wearing this gemstone, the business of a person starts growing and his financial condition also becomes stronger.
Happiness and prosperity always remain in the houses where Emerald Gemstone is present. There is always an increase in food grains, increase in wealth, increase in capable children in that house. Such houses are never affected by ghosts, spirits, or witchcraft.
Who should wear Emerald Gemstones?
Emerald Gemstone is a very beneficial gemstone. It provides auspiciousness to the wearer. Let us know for which people Emerald is a beneficial gemstone.
Wearing emerald is considered the best for the people of Gemini and Virgo ascendant/zodiac sign. People of this Lagna and Zodiac sign should wear Emerald as soon as possible.
People whose birth chart has Mercury in the sixth, eighth, or twelfth house should wear Emerald gemstones.
People whose birth chart has Mercury in the second, fourth, fifth, ninth, or tenth house get a lot of benefits by wearing Emerald.
People whose birth chart has Mercury in a low degree, whose Mahadasha or Antardasha of Mercury is going on, get benefit by wearing Emeralds.
If Mercury is the lord of an auspicious house in the horoscope and has become low, then Emerald must be worn.
If Mercury is the lord of 2,3,4,5,7,10,11 houses in the horoscope and is sitting in the sixth house, then Emerald must be worn.
People whose birth chart has Saturn, Mars, Rahu, or Ketu sitting with Mercury, must wear Emerald.
If enemy planets are aspecting Mercury in the horoscope, then Emerald must be worn.
Those people who are associated with business, commercial work, accounts, teaching, printing, mathematics, banking, etc., get immense benefits by wearing emeralds.
Emerald mythology
The mention of Emeralds is found in mythology, today we will talk about What is the history of emeralds.
Emerald has been famous as a gem in the world for at least 4000 years. During the time of the Roman Empire, Cleopatra and Alexander the Great, it was heavily extracted from the mines of Egypt.
According to the description found in ancient texts, emeralds are found on the coast, in the region near the desert, and the Turkish region. Emerald has also been found in the mica-layered rocks in the eastern desert of Egypt.
Emerald also occurs as a component in addition to granite and pegmatite rocks, in crevices, and piles of flaky rocks. An interesting thing is that some emeralds from Colombian mines are clean and transparent when they come out of the mine. But as soon as the emerald comes out of the mine, defects develop in them due to the atmosphere, and cracks develop in them.
The Spaniards had obtained excellent emeralds from the Red Indian people of Piru at the time of their conquest of South America. Perhaps it was the pages of the Colombian mines.
Nowadays the best emeralds are found in the mines of Colombia. Second-grade emeralds come from the Ural Mountains of Russia and Brazil. Apart from these, there are also emeralds in Australia, Austria, Egypt, Norway, Italy, Africa and India.
American mine emerald is firmer and is also the best in color and transparency. Russian emerald is less hard. The emeralds of Africa have a dark aura and black specks. The emerald of Udaipur is dark in color but crumbly. There is more yellowness in the emerald of Ajmer, its color is attractive, and transparency is also good. Brazilian emeralds are more prone to cracks and yellowing. A new variety of emeralds from Colombia has been on the market for a few years now. This emerald is famous by the name “Pipechi”. Its texture is 6 buds, by grinding the buds, an emerald is prepared from the middle part.
Famous Emeralds are also found in India by these two names “pyalo ke panne” and “jagat seth ke panne”. According to the legend of one, the Mughal emperor Humayun had a few cups of emeralds. The cup broke and its pieces were scattered here and there. Emeralds of these pieces are still found somewhere today.
Similarly, there is a famous saying that ‘Jagat Seth Ke Panne’.
A foreign sailor from an island gave some Emeralds to Jagat Seth of Murshidabad. Those Emeralds were of very high quality, Emeralds made from those Emeralds are still available in the market today
These two types of emeralds are considered to be of excellent caste.
Emerald Mythology and History
Gem experts think that in ancient times, emerald mines were mostly in the upper part of Egypt. This mine was in a mountain range located on the western side parallel to the Red Sea. About 100 years ago, a French explorer found these mines in a ruined state. From the tools he got from here, it is known that these mines are of very ancient times. The emerald mines located in the Ural Mountains of Russia were suddenly discovered by a farmer in 1860.
Good emeralds were found in the mines of Colombia in South America for a long time, but their concrete address was found in 1558. After that, the emeralds began to be removed from these mines. However, due to climate and local government constraints, the emerald work was halted intermittently. Now about 8,8000 carats of emeralds are extracted annually from Colombia’s mines. But most of these are small and faulty.
Emeralds are found encrusted with granite, pegmatite, and limestone. Such emeralds are rarely innocent. Flawless emeralds are almost impossible to find. An emerald that is flawless and full of all qualities is worth more than fine natural rubies and diamonds.
Distortion is evident in the emerald of South America. Duality is very good. It appears green on one side and blue on the other. It melts with difficulty when heated. Acids do not affect it. Unlike other green-colored stones, it retains its original color even in artificial light.
Emerald is considered good for the eyes due to its lovely green color. The eyes get the most satisfaction by looking at the emerald. Even if the eyes get tired while looking at an object, seeing the emerald makes it healthy again.
Emerald is a very soft gemstone, so one should be very careful while crafting it into jewelry.
Interesting stories of emerald gems in history
It is said that the Mughal emperor Humayun had unique and priceless cups made of emeralds. In which he used to eat food. It is said that if someone mixes poison in the food, the color of those cups changes, this was the reason why Humayun used to use those cups for eating.
Later those cups broke and their pieces reached some people. But it is said that those emeralds were of very high quality. If these pieces are found today, it will be difficult to estimate their price.
Similarly, the “Jagat Seth’s Emeralds” of ancient times are also very famous. It is said that in olden times, a sailor came to a merchant of Murshidabad and gave him raw emeralds at a very normal rate. Those emeralds were very precious. He got very precious emeralds carved from those emeralds. Those emeralds are still famous in the market as “Jagat Seth’s Emeralds” and are very precious too.
Emeralds of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Priceless emeralds are still present in the treasury of the Nizam of Hyderabad. They are sometimes exhibited. These emeralds are precious. It may be difficult to estimate their price.
The former king of Alwar, Tej Singh, had a 365-carat emerald which is still with this royal family. This emerald is very beautiful and priceless.
The Duke of Devonshire of England has a rare and priceless 1347-carat flawless emerald. It is said that among the emeralds found to date, this emerald is the world’s largest precious emerald.
FAQ..
When was emerald first discovered?
4000, years ago. In Egypt
Where is emerald found?
Australia, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, North Carolina, South Africa, South Radisia, Soviet Union.
What is the spiritual meaning of emerald?
Emerald gemstone is considered to be the gem of success in love. Emerald gives happiness to the heart and opens the heart chakra.
What’s special about emeralds?
Emerald holds a special place among Navaratnas. Emerald bestows success in life and a clean, flawless, and beautiful green-colored emerald, due to its rarity, can be more valuable than rubies and diamonds.
What is the power of emerald?
Emerald strengthens the person emotionally and physically and removes the problem of depression and sleeplessness. Purifies the blood and strengthens the heart.
Who should wear emerald stone?
In whose horoscope Mercury is situated in a benefic position in the first, second, fifth, ninth, and tenth house, they should wear Emeralds for life. Those born in Gemini, Virgo, and Aquarius should always wear Emerald.
What does the color emerald represent?
The emerald color indicates balance and harmony in life.