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Large Blue Aquamarine with superb color, saturation and clarity. This gemstone has high quality, extra brightly coloured and doesn't show window. It will be perfect for a cocktail ring. No inclusions under the lens. Oval cut. 11.20 ct. Much better than images.
The Aquamarine is the Birthstone for March, as well as a wedding gift for those celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary.
Since ancient times, its history has been linked to the sea and to sailors.
Aquamarines have been used by seamen as amulets for centuries. Sailors believed that aquamarines had magical and/or healing powers if they were carried as talismans, protecting them from the wrath of the Sea God, Poseidon, as though these gems were a gift from the seabed brought up by the sirens themselves.
Centuries ago, Aquamarines were used as an antidote to poison, as an oracle, amulet, healing stone, etc.
WEIGHT : 11.20 ct.
SIZE : 15.03 * 12.04 * 9.97 mm.
SHAPE : Oval
COLOR : 21. (vslgB) very slightly greenish Blue
TONE : 2. Very light
SATURATION : 3. Very Slightly Brownish / Grayish
CLARITY GRADE : Eye Clean
CUT GRADE : Excellent
TREATMENT : None
HARDNESS : 7.5 - 8.00
Solid Inclusions. Dark field illumination 50X (image 4)
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Aquamarine belongs to the beryl family, just as the Emerald, Morganite, Goshenite, Red Beryl, Green Beryl, Heliodor and Maxixe; and it owes its color to iron trace elements.
The origin of the name from the latin words “aqua” (water) and “marina” (sea), in reference to seawater color. Aquamarine evokes the tranquility and security, like a calm sea.
Aquamarine can be light or dark blue, greenish blue to pale green - blue. The commonest c