Emeralds are a beautiful green precious gemstone. The finest and most expensive emeralds are dark green in color. This is one of those gemstones where inclusions are normal and unless excessive do not adversely affect the price of the gemstone.
Most emeralds are treated – they are oiled to hide cracks and flaws. Sometimes resins are used to fill cracks. Unless colored oil is used, oiling is so common with emeralds it’s not required to be disclosed during the purchasing process.
However, emeralds are very expensive gemstones. So to cut costs, it’s not a bad decision to buy jewelry made from lab-created emeralds. Lab-created means the stone has the chemical and physical properties of natural gems, but is manufactured in a laboratory instead of by nature. A lab-created emerald will appear identical in appearance to a 'real' emerald, unlike emerald glass crystals which are so uniformly green in color, it'sobvious they are fake.
Discounted Emerald Jewelry at Amazon
Among the emerald jewelry on sale at Amazon through May17 are the following items
- 10k Yellow Gold Lab-Created Emerald and Diamond Earrings (the image shown on this page) - these earrings are just under ¾ inch in length and are approximately ½ wide. Each earring has two lab-created emerald gemstones and is rounded out with an array of tiny, sparkling diamonds. Discounted price is $159.99 with free super saver shipping.
What does 10K Mean?
All gold castings start with pure 24-karat gold. 24-karat gold is too soft to use to make jewelry. For jewelry, this pure gold is mixed with an alloy to provide the strength needed for continued wear. These alloys may be copper, zinc, silicon, nickel, silver or boron to name a few. The mixture of metals then designates the gold as 18K, 14K or 10K and so on rather than pure 24 K.
- Sterling Silver 8mm Round Emerald Earrings – These earrings are made from natural emeralds and are just a little over ¼ inch in diameter.
Simple, smaller post earrings, they would make for a nice casual earring worn alone or in a second hole. Many who have two (or more) piercings in each ear wear simple posts in the multiple piercings. At $25 for the pair, these earrings will make a nice change from diamond or precious metal post earrings.
- 10K Choice of White or Yellow Gold, May Birthstone, Created-Emerald and Diamond Pendant - This pendant goes well with the round emerald earrings. Since there are two diamond accents on the pendant, it would also look good with diamond post earrings. The pendant is slightly larger than ¼ inch in height and is just about ¼ inch wide. Therefore, keep in mind - this is not exactly a huge pendant. It comes with an 18-inch cable chain and costs $49.99.
How to Find This Jewelry on Amazon
Copy and paste the jewelry's title into the Amazon search box. This will take the shopper to the exact piece of jewelry.
Amazon also has a small selection of emerald jewelry that is marked down an extra 30% at checkout.
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