PERFECT AAA QUALITY EMERALD CUT PRECIOUS COLOMBIAN EMERALD WITH FLAWLESS CLARITY & PERFECT COLOR

NATURAL FACETED EMERALD CUT PRECIOUS EMERALD MINED FROM THE MUZO MINE IN COLOMBIA WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO A PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED EMERALD OCTAGON SHAPE STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE SUCH AS EMERALDS ARE. BEAUTIFUL SATURATED GREEN WITH SLIGHT BLUE UNDERTONES COLOR AND A VIVID HUE. ONLY THE WORLD FINEST COLOMBIAN EMERALDS HAVE THIS COLOR, AND ITS WHY COLOMBIA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN TO PRODUCE THE WORLDS FINEST EMERALDS. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER WHICH IS ALSO EXTREMELY RARE FOR EMERALDS. MEASURES 5X3 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.44 CARATS. THIS EMERALD IS OF THE ABSOLUTE FINEST QUALITY POSSIBLE, YOU LITERALLY WILL NEVER SEE A DIAMOND OF BETTER QUALITY THAN THIS ONE! IT HAS PERFECT COLOR, CLARITY, CUT, BRILLIANCE/LUSTER, AND HUE GRADES! 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.