1.53 Ct. Emerald from Colombia

Deep beneath the rich Colombian highlands, long before humans walked the valleys, a slow and patient alchemy was taking place, forming a gem that would one day be admired for its green like no other. Over millions of years, tectonic forces folded ancient seabed and shale, and hydrothermal fluids enriched with beryllium threaded through fissures in the host rock. When those beryllium laden solutions met traces of chromium and vanadium in the surrounding stone, a chemical handshake occurred, and crystals of emerald began to grow in sheltered pockets where temperature and pressure were steady and forgiving. Each layer of growth recorded subtle changes in the environment, leaving behind tiny signatures that give emeralds their character. This particular stone, destined to become a refined jewel, was born in that slow, subterranean patience, emerging from the earth as a vivid, transparent crystal that carried within it the memory of pressure, heat, mineral currents, and deep time.

When the crystal reached daylight in Colombia, skilled hands at The Natural Emerald Company recognized its promise and chose to honor its natural virtues rather than force them away. The cutter opted for an asscher octagon form, a choice made to celebrate the gem’s depth of color and internal life, while preserving as much of the original rough as possible. The result is a beautifully proportioned 1.53 carat asscher octagon, measuring 7.16 x 6.72 x 4.90 mm, with an asscher cut whose stepped facets offer a hall of mirrors effect that amplifies the stone’s vivid green. At eye level the clarity reads very slightly included, a testament to the gem’s natural origins and the authenticity that collectors and connoisseurs prize. The finish is of excellent polish, so each facet returns light with clean, lively reflections, and the enhancement is standard, applied with the restraint and transparency that collectors expect, to improve appearance without masking the gem’s true nature.

In the hands of designers and future owners this emerald will bring with it a story that begins in the earth and continues in wear, admiration, and perhaps in family heirlooms. Colombia has long been synonymous with the finest emeralds on the planet, and this stone carries that lineage, reflecting a cultural and geological history that has inspired jewelers and civilizations for centuries. Set into a ring or a pendant, the asscher octagon will present its step cut face to the world, revealing flashes of green that shift from deep forest to lively grassy tones as the light moves, while the subtle inclusions serve as proof of a formation process measured in geologic time rather than in hours. At The Natural Emerald Company we take pride in guiding these journeys from mine to masterpiece, ensuring that each emerald retains its origin story and its voice, so that when you hold this 1.53 carat Colombian asscher octagon, you are holding more than a gem, you are holding a compact chronicle of earth, time, and human craft.