6.17 Ct. Emerald from Russia

From the frozen outcrops of Russia where ancient tectonic forces baked and folded the earth, this emerald began as a hidden promise of green. Over millennia chromium and vanadium threaded through beryllium rich host rock to awaken color, and when miners carefully extracted the rough, our gemologists at The Natural Emerald Company recognized the piece as something special. The rough was taken from the mine to the lapidary studio, where the cutter honored the stone by choosing a pear shape that follows the original crystal outline, measuring 16.04 x 9.82 x 7.77 mm and weighing 6.17 carats. The cutter employed a faceted mixed brilliant cut to maximize scintillation and depth, balancing table and pavilion facets with an eye for light return. The result is a transparent emerald with medium color intensity, an excellent polish, and a clarity described as slightly included when evaluated at eye level, a characteristic that speaks to natural origin and individual story. Standard enhancement was used to stabilize and improve appearance, a common and accepted practice for certain emeralds, and the finished gem carries the provenance and craftsmanship that collectors and lovers of true green seek.

Presented as a solitary pear, this emerald makes a striking gift for someone special, an heirloom in the making that will be worn and treasured for generations. The elegant drop silhouette flatters as a center stone in a ring, a pendant that moves with the wearer, or a bespoke piece set with delicate accent diamonds to frame its verdant glow. Give this gem to celebrate milestones, to mark a promise, or to say simply that someone is seen and valued, because the stone carries both the earths quiet history and the hands that revealed it. When you present this emerald, you are not only gifting color, you are gifting place and process, a story that began beneath Russian soil and finished as a refined jewel ready to be set. At The Natural Emerald Company we stand behind that journey, and we invite you to make this 6.17 carat pear shaped Russian emerald the centerpiece of a very personal moment.