1.60 Ct. Emerald from Colombia

This Colombian emerald began its story deep within the ancient, mineral rich veins of Colombia, where slow crystallization of beryl and trace chromium and vanadium painted the stone its vivid green. Hand recovered from the earth, this transparent emerald at 1.60 carat and measuring 7.29 x 6.68 x 4.81 mm traveled from the mine through skilled hands to The Natural Emerald Company, where our cutters honored its origin and natural character. The choice of an emerald cut was intentional, a form that respects the stone’s crystal habit and highlights the broad, luminous planes that reveal the gem’s internal life. With a clarity grade of included evaluated at eye level, the stone retains its honest inclusions, a signature of natural formation that tells of pressure, time, and place. The medium intense color intensity sits squarely in the classic Colombian green family, and with an excellent polish and standard enhancement this gem presents a saturated, lively green that is at once refined and evocative.

The way this emerald sparkles is rooted in its very structure, its hexagonal beryl lattice and the interaction of light with its step cut facets. The emerald cut creates broad, parallel facets that act like windows, producing flashes of bright green and deep verdant flashes as the gem moves, while the internal inclusions scatter light in a way that adds life and character rather than hiding brilliance. The refractive behavior of Colombian emeralds gives a lively play between surface reflection and internal glow, so polish of the highest order matters, and the excellent polish on this stone maximizes light return and crisp facet delineation. Standard enhancement, a carefully applied and time honored practice, stabilizes and clarifies the surface reaching into natural fissures to allow the stone to show its color and structure with greater openness. The result is an emerald that speaks of place and process, a gem that carries the story of Colombian earth and artisanal craft, offered by The Natural Emerald Company as a piece that feels both ancient and immediate, suited for a setting that honors its history and its distinct, structural sparkle.