Emerald

Benefits of wearing an Emerald :
The stone is a miracle for people who are having problems concentrating. This stone is a boon for students as it helps them to enhance their intelligence. Even weak students have seen tremendous improvement in studies after wearing emerald-embedded finger rings and pendants.

It has significantly improved their grasping power and helped them do exceptionally well in exams. As per Vedic astrology, the leaf color emerald is ruled by planet Mercury, which governs the nerves of the brain and intellect. Emerald calms mental agitation, regulates the nervous system, helps stop nerve pain, and improves speech and intelligence emerald promotes healing and energizes the breath, strengthens the lungs, and increases the flexibility and adaptability of the mind.

It is a harmonizing stone good for cancer and other digestive diseases. As per Ayurveda, emerald ash is nervine, alterative, and tonic. It is suitable for Asthma, ulcers, skin diseases, fevers, and infections and as a tonic for children.
ENERGY : SLIGHTLY COOL
ELEMENTS : WATER, AIR, ETHER
DOSHAS : HARMONISES THE VATA, DECREASES THE PITTA AND INCREASES KAPHA

Characteristics and Gemological information :
Emeralds, like all colored gemstones, are graded using four basic parameters–the four Cs of connoisseurship: color, clarity, cut, and carat weight. Usually, in grading colored gemstones, color is by far the most crucial criterion. However, in the grading of emeralds, clarity is considered a close second.

A fine emerald must possess a pure verdant green hue, as described below, and a high degree of transparency to be considered a top gem. In gemology,[ color is divided into three components: hue, saturation, and tone. Emeralds occur in shades ranging from yellow-green to blue-green, with the primary tint necessarily green. Yellow and blue are the standard secondary hues found in emeralds.

Only gems that are medium to dark in tone are called emeralds; light-toned rocks are known instead by the green beryl species. The finest emeralds are approximately 75% on a scale where 0% tone is colorless, and 100% is opaque black. In addition, a fine emerald will be saturated and have a bright hue (vivid). Gray is the standard saturation modifier or mask found in emeralds; a grayish-green hue is a dull-green hue.

PUSHYARKA has the best collection of good color, luster, and clarity emeralds.
Refractive Index : 1.564-1.595
Hardness : 7.5-8 on Moh’s scale
Specific Gravity : 2.76

More Information:
The use of oil is traditional and broadly accepted by the gem trade. Other treatments, for example, green-tinted oil, are not acceptable in the business and by the Vedic Astrology. Gems are graded on a four-step scale; none, minor, moderate, and highly enhanced. These categories reflect levels of enhancement, not clarity.

A gem graded none on the enhancement scale may still exhibit visible inclusions. Laboratories apply these criteria differently. Some gemologists consider the mere presence of oil or polymers to constitute enhancement. Others may ignore traces of oil if the company of the material does not improve the look of the gemstone. None of the minor treated stones are accepted by Vedic Astrology.