AQUAMARINE GEMSTONE
Aquamarine, a very popular gemstone among US buyers is actually a member of Beryl family and displays characteristics much close to Emerald. To describe the similarity interestingly, it looks like Emerald that has just started absorbing the first layer of colour green.
Aquamarine is a very important birthstone and exchanges hands quite often among people who are very close and friendly to each other. It is also used to indicate loyalty, courage and fondness and gifted on 19th year of wedding. Couples using pair of similar-looking aquamarine rings is quite a common sight.
It gets its name 'Aquamarine' from sea water that is quite close to the colour of this amazing gemstone. People born in March are advised wearing aquamarine. Some alternatives to this gemstone are ruby, jasper, bloodstone and amethyst.
Aquamarine is a sailor's stone and was kept by them as lucky charm when they went to sea. This gemstone was believed to be an assurance of safer voyage and sailors used it to foresee the hidden dangers of the sea. If we compare the chaos of life to turbulent waves of sea, this stone acted as carrier of calmness and brought the life of the user to a stable track. Some people used this gemstone for boosting the ability to foresee upcoming events too.
Natural blue colour, similar to that of sea water, is the most wanted hue in this gemstone and blue-green and sea-green are some of the intermediate hues that are also available. The stone looks very marvellous in trillion cut and also when cut en cabochon. It is employed a lot in the making of pendants, rings and bracelets when combined with different other gemstones.
Ferrous inclusions impart the characteristic colour to this gemstone and various shades are displayed by it as a result of selective absorption of light phenomenon. Santa Maria aquamarine is considered the most precious Aquamarine because of its shining blue colour. Interesting facts related to this stylish gemstone reveal that Brazil is one of the most prominent locations feeding the Aquamarine demand in the world. This place is known for giving the biggest aquamarine to the world. It measured 240 carats and could deliver 0.2 millions of carats in return.
Apart from Santa Maria, other important hubs such as Mexico, US, Africa and Middle East are some of the landmarks in world map that have exported large volumes of this gemstone to most of the regions of the world.
