NATURAL ELONGATED PEAR CUT EMERALD MINED FROM FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA

NATURAL FACETED ELONGATED PEAR CUT PRECIOUS EMERALD MINED FROM FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA'S CRAB-TREE MINE. MEASURES 11X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.18 CARATS. VIVID GREEN COLOR AND SLIGHTLY INCLUDED CLARITY. EMERALDS MINED FROM FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA (THE CRABTREE MINE) ARE EXTREMELY RARE DUE TO THE VERY SMALL QUANTITY OF ROUGH IN THE DEPOSIT AND THE LACK OF ANY LARGE SCALE MINING OPPERATIONS. MOST OF THE EMERALDS FOUND OF GEMSTONE QUALITY ARE VERY SMALL (TYPICALY BETWEEN 0.10 - 0.50 CARATS) MAKING SPECIMENS OVER 1 CARAT VERY RARE AND VALUABLE. MOST EMERALDS FROM THIS REGION HAVE BRIGHT VIVID GREEN COLOR AND TRANSLUCENT - OPAQUE CLARITY. EMERALDS WITH TRANSPARENT CLARITY ARE VERY RARE AND VALUABLE. NORTH CAROLINA EMERALDS ARE ONE OF THE RAREST GEMSTONES IN THE WORLD, AND MOST JEWELRY PROFESSIONALS GO TEIR WHOLE CAREER WITHOUT EVER SEEING ON PERSON. THIS IS TRULY A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.