emerald

== =Emerald= By Nayla

Properties of Emeralds
Emeralds are green,smooth, and bumpy.

Latin Smaragdus,Via greek.

How Emeralds are formed,
Emeralds precious green color is caused by small amounts of choromium and enhanced by traces of iron.

Emeralds are very rare. The variety of emerald is the mineral beryl. Beryl is simply referred to by their color such as red beryl.Emerald is green, hard and smooth. Unlike other beryl emerald's often conrtain inclusions and other flaws. These flaws are not looked on as negitive aspects for emerald like they would for other gemstones.It owes its color to minute amounts of chromium crystals.Pure beryl is beryllium aluminum silicate.The value of an emerald lies in its color and its freedom from flaws and inclusions.