PRECIOUS OVAL CUT COLOMBIAN EMERALD WITH EXCELLENT CLARITY AND VIVID NEON LIKE GREEN HUE!

NATURAL PRECIOUS EMERALD MINED FROM THE MUZO MINE IN COLOMBIA. FACETED INTO A PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED FACETED OVAL CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. AMAZING NEAR EYE CLEAN CLARITY WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE SUCH AS EMERALD. BEAUTIFUL ULTRA VIVID SATURATED GREEN WITH SLIGHT BLUE UNDERTONES COLOR AND A GLOWING HUE. ONLY THE WORLD FINEST COLOMBIAN EMERALDS HAVE THIS COLOR. COLOMBIA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN TO PRODUCE THE WORLDS FINEST EMERALDS. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER WHICH IS ALSO EXTREMELY RARE FOR EMERALDS. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.72 CARATS MAKING IT THE PERFECT SIZE FOR USE AS A CENTER STONE IN A RING OR PENDANT. COLOMBIAN EMERALDS ARE ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND RARE MEMBERS OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY. PRIZED FOR THEIR VIVID COLOR AND EXCELLENT CLARITY. THE TWO MOST FAMOUS EMERALD MINES IN COLOMBIA ARE THE CHIVOR AND MUZO MINES WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BECAME VERY UNSTABLE AFTER BEING OPENED FOR PUBLIC MINING. IT IS ESTIMATED OVER 80% OF COLOMBICOLOMBIA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST EMERALDS. THEIR AMAZING VIVID COLOR IS UNMISTAKABLE, AND WHEN YOU FIND A PERFECT SPECIMEN WITH SLIGHT BLUE OVERTONES YOU WILL INSTANTLY RELIZE WHY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY 5-10 TIMES MORE FOR EMERALDS FROM THIS REGION. THE ABSOLUTE FINEST COLOMBIAN EMERALDS ORIGINATE FROM THE CHIVOR AND MUZO MINES, BOTH ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING DEPLETED AND INSTABILITY IN BOTH OF THE MINES HAS CAUSED THE COST OF COLOMBIAN EMERALDS TO BREAK $1000 A CARATS (IN GEM QUALITY STONES). EMERALDS HAVE BEEN RISING IN PRICE AND VALUE SINCE THE MID 1980'S, HIGH QUALITY STONES HAVE PROVEN TO BE AN OUTSTANDING INVESTMENT WITH A 10-20% RETURN PER YEAR! GEMSTONES THAT COST $10 A CARAT IN 2001 WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN SELLING GEMSTONES ARE NOW SELLING FOR $300-500 A CARAT, AND THATS IF YOU CAN EVEN FIND THEM. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TO PURCHASE EMERALDS FOR ANY UPCOMING PROJECTS AS SOON AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE WE CAN NOT GUARANTEE HOW LONG WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND COLOMBIAN EMERALDS IN SIZES OVER 1 CARAT WITH QUALITY LIKE THIS. EMERALDS ARE DURABLE ENOUGH FOR PRETTY MUCH ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. THEY ARE AN 8 ON THE HARDNESS SCALE SO THEY WILL NOT SCRATCH WITH NORMAL WEAR. EMERALDS ARE A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS INCLUDED. THE VALUE OF TYPE 3 GEMSTONES ARE NOT EFFECTED BY INTERNAL INCLUSIONS UNLESS THE INCLUSION EFFECTS THE DURABILITY OF THE STONE OR TAKES UP A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE STONE. EYE CLEAN EMERALDS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND COMMAND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT WHEN SOLD LOOSE TO THE RETAIL MARKET.