Emerald Stone: Prices, Quality Comparisons, Origins, Treatments & More!

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Today we have Benedicte (FGA gemologist) with us to go over all the things you need to know before buying an emerald! We will cover emerald qualities (color, clarity, cut and carat) and show clear comparisons so you can see the differences of higher and lower stone grades. The different origins, common treatments including oiling.
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What is an Emerald?
Emeralds are part of the barrel family, which is a large family of stones that vary in colors. The most well-known stone within the family would be Emerald! It is a precious stone along with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires.
In the Barrel family you’ll find aquamarine, morganite, heliodor, and green barrel. They all have the same chemical composition, colored by trace elements. Meaning, the chemicals that color them are not part of their chemical composition, they just happened to be there when the crystal was forming. For example, Emeralds are colored by Vanadium whereas aquamarine is colored by iron.
Qualities of an Emerald
Color: The very desirable and saturated emerald color makes a huge difference in the value of an emerald. For example, a 0.55 ct deep light emerald goes for less than half the price of a 0.55 ct deep green emerald. However, if a stone becomes too dark, it loses value.
Clarity: Emeralds are more included than any stones in the Barrel family. They are known to be more included than many other gemstones. A clean emeralds really hikes up the value of a stone. For example, a clean 0.71 ct emerald goes for $1100 whereas a more included one goes for $500.
Emeralds are pretty durable in the sense that they won’t scratch, however, they may crack. They have a hardness of 7.5, so they are not a bad choice for engagement rings, however, if you have a more active lifestyle or you’re clumsy, it may not be the right choice for you.
Size: For some stones, the weight per carat will usually stay in the same price range. Meaning, the stone’s price is affected by the fixed price of its carats. However, with emeralds, as the carat weight rises, the price per carat also rises. For example, a 1ct emerald could go for $1000 per carat, where as a 2ct emerald could go for $5000 per carat. This happens because Emeralds in larger sizes are difficult to find.
Cut: We recommend setting your stone in a style that will protect it as much as possible. The safest option would be bezel setting.
Treatments
Although heat treatment is common with sapphires, Emeralds are not heated as they are too sensitive for such an abrasive treatment. However, a common treatment with emeralds is oiling. It is the fracture filling of a stone with oil.
Emeralds are vacuum sealed with cedarwood oil. Any oil can be used, however, cedarwood oil is most commonly used as it has a very similar refractive index as Emeralds, meaning all the fractures become invisible. An oiled Emerald will likely never have to be re-oiled.
There are levels of oil treatment: No oil, minor oil, and heavy oil. The level of treatment does affect the price. A good quality stone will usually have minor to moderate oiling. That is totally normal and accepted in the industry. Despite that, any treatment on stones should always be disclosed.
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 What is an emerald stone? Beryl family
04:20 Emerald qualities & prices
14:09 Emerald origins & prestige
17:45 Treatments & oiling
23:26 Synthetic & imitation emeralds
28:11 Eye CANDY!

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@DuncanL7979 Жыл бұрын

Nice information from some lovely ladies without all the over-animated gesticulating or other annoying behaviors seen on other channels like Gemstones. Keep it up!

@DominiqueFlux Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@martinelavoie5167 Жыл бұрын

I love emeralds, they glow, they don't need to be big!

@user-el4vx8ce2o 11 ай бұрын

Έχω μερικά αν θέλετε θα τα βρομε

@hassanzulu-qv7cc 3 ай бұрын

I have some me too,do you also buy?

@rizikimunga2460 Ай бұрын

Of course

@MichalGlowacz86 Жыл бұрын

That was a great video and I'm hoping for part 2 with the rest of the beryl family. Emeralds are beautiful, especially the ones that are not milky, even if the shade is considered too light or too bluish. My only problem with them is that they are hard if you're on a budget. What I mean is, with something like, let's say, sapphire, it's usually not a problem to buy a lower graded, cheaper stone that still looks very nice. Lower graded emeralds on the other hand will often look like rubble🙁

@DominiqueFlux Жыл бұрын

Yes we will do a video on beryls! :) Yes it's true finding good quality emerald and rubies starts at a much higher bracket then sapphires

@trailguy Ай бұрын

I just gave a gf a vintage emerald pendant that was given to me as a thanks for cooking by a rich old lady. My gf has done more in the last week to investigate its origin and value than I ever did in years. It’s almost certainly worth 350-1,000 usd. I think 500, she thinks closer to 1,000, which I still think is possible because it’s deep green and clear, not cloudy. I still have no great idea. I know a professional will usually appraise on the low side because they want to buy low sell high. There must be a way to get a fair appraisal, though. Anyway, cool vid.

@sabrinadelarama1812 Жыл бұрын

Love the information, great video

@karolinemoxham493 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video! Very informative and engaging at the same time

@DominiqueFlux Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it! :)

@douglasmukuma7393 11 ай бұрын

Very informative video. I like your analysis. Wow!!! Gorgeous Zambian emeralds

@DominiqueFlux 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment!

@hybridgoth 7 ай бұрын

Being an Australian I may be a little biased, but, i really do like some of the colour zoned emeralds from Torrington - New South Wales They exhibit razor sharp horizontal colour banding perpendicular to the optic axis, vivid green bands separated by colourless/near-colourless zones, these specimens are often highly lustrous and occasionally doubly terminated. I personally wouldn't dream of cutting them myself, although, i have seen a couple of faceted stones from this location over the years and i must admit, as faceted stones they do have an unusual appeal to them. Lacking the typical uniformly saturated appearance that emeralds are often prized for; they tend to be more popular amongst mineral collectors than jewellers. Having said all that, emeralds from Poona in Western Australia are quite nice also, albeit rather expensive 🙂

@avikbhattacharjee2220 9 ай бұрын

Very well explained and realistic observations

@DominiqueFlux 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind feedback

@Jackaroo. Жыл бұрын

Emerald is my favorite 😍

@DominiqueFlux Жыл бұрын

Right! It's such a beautiful stone!

@trailguy Ай бұрын

Wow, after watching this I think the pendant I gave away is worth more than I thought! lol. It’s good, because I love this girl :-)

@DominiqueFlux Ай бұрын

Wonderful! That's always exciting:)

@kislingtasia25 Жыл бұрын

I wish there was visual example on the oil treatment and the processing and the different types of how much oil is used for each stone. I have a very large emerald pendant that's raw but still very green and high-quality the seller told me it didn't go through any oil treatment.

@Jackaroo. 9 ай бұрын

A large, high quality, UNTREATED emerald is worth multiple thousands of dollars per carat. They can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars per carat depending on quality. It is very unlikely that your stone is untreated. You need to get it analyses by GRS or AGL gem laboratories to know if it is treated or not.

@hebertwasser6386 11 ай бұрын

I have nice satured green trapiche emerald from Swat-Pakistan (7.53 ct.)

@worlderrorcoins Жыл бұрын

Very good

@Sprinter99800 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Video very informative I'm planning to start Buying and selling Gemstones Because we have Emeralds in My Country as other Gemstones But my Knowledge is Zero i need some knowledge before starting buying Like How much should be my Maximum Price buying Emeralds i mean Rough Stones Is there any way you can Help me ? Or anyway i can Talk with you ? I need someone with Knowledge

@fredoliveira6202 Жыл бұрын

here we also find milky (white) or totally transparent beryls in hexagonal shape. Much is said about iron, vanadium and chromum but so far I haven't seen anyone explain why here in Carnaina there is a very nice association between molybdenum and emeralds. if you can help me in this matter

@DemRuby20 Ай бұрын

Amazing video. Great presentation style.

@DominiqueFlux Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@doriangray2347 Ай бұрын

So helpful!!!

@DominiqueFlux Ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

@fredoliveira6202 Жыл бұрын

I see many videos talking about tone and qualities of Colombian x Brazilian emeralds. but the truth is that here in Carnaiba the mines have different mineral formations. It can appear in several different matrices and with different emerald qualities. they can appear in the matrix of white quartz, green quartz, schist, biotitetaxist, biotite, schist... or in any of these combined minerals. Due to the diversity of chemical components, we have diversity in the quality of color and brightness of the beryls. Emeralds can present a whole palette of colors within green. yellow, milky green to deep green, bluish green, or totally blue (aquamarine), in addition to finding alexandrites of good gemological quality, green/wine and with 7 colors inside

@DuncanL7979 Жыл бұрын

It may be true that Colombia has the greatest variety of high quality emerald specimens, but Zambia has emeralds of equal quality in the bluish-green range. Also Ethiopian emeralds have a unique vibrance that can be difficult to match or find an equivalent, even among the deep variety of Colombian emeralds.

@samcriscolo9842 3 ай бұрын

Best gemstone is from Minas Gerais in Brazil, Carnaíba stones are not very good but they have some nice ones

@fredoliveira6202 3 ай бұрын

@@samcriscolo9842 Não conhece Carnaiba kkkkkk

@fredoliveira6202 3 ай бұрын

@@samcriscolo9842 irmao tem esmeraldas com tonalidades de verde mais lindas que de MG, a questão é que n fica no mercado nacional.

@asgharkhan8445 Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@DominiqueFlux Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@Bansuri24 2 ай бұрын

Which gemstone u have wored Dominique?

@ingridkiss3402 3 ай бұрын

This is fascinating. My question is: can you grow an emerald in the same manner as a lab grown diamond as opposed to created which is entirely synthetic? Apologies if not clear, I am not very knowledgeable in this field. Thank you.

@rizikimunga2460 Ай бұрын

Good information

@DominiqueFlux Ай бұрын

So nice of you

@entertainment-dd9uq Жыл бұрын

I got some rough big emerald do you want to buy...

@phmai50 3 ай бұрын

Love it

@DominiqueFlux 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@tophermohegan9797 4 ай бұрын

How did you leave out the King!?!? RED BERYL?? BIXBITE?RED EMERALD??(not an accurate name but yes I know many use it for red beryl) I was soooo disappointed when I realized you didn't mention red beryl at all!😞 One of the rarest gemstone/mineral in the world and is absolutely stunning. I do want to say besides this I genuinely loved the video lots of great points, beautiful stones, good market tips, and very entertaining! Much love✋🏾

@DominiqueFlux 4 ай бұрын

Oh no sorry! Maybe at some point, we usually try to do videos on the stones we get the most requests. But soon we could do it!

@chamilaHewasinghe 8 ай бұрын

How can I join with your to deal with sri lankan Gems?

@nwanyaaugustine608 Жыл бұрын

The controversy continues. One man's emerald is another man's green beryl. The trace element that causes the color should be the deciding factor. Green beryl is colored by iron. Chromium and vanadium colored beryl should be called Emerald. Let there be consensus just like Paraiba- type tourmaline that had controversy initially concerning origin.

@leenahammad1491 Ай бұрын

I would love to see a video about aquamarine. Thanks

@DominiqueFlux Ай бұрын

We have one! It's on the complete Beryl family, so we go over aquamarine, morganite and more :)

@leenahammad1491 Ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to reply, however I went through all the vidoes posted in the channel and could not find it ! Can you please give a link or the name of the video. Thank you 🌷 💗