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CLARITY SCALE
IF VERY HIGH QUALITY & FREE FROM INCLUSIONS.
VVS HIGH QUALITY WITH VERY SLIGHT INCLUSIONS.
VVS1 HIGH QUALITY WITH SLIGHT INCLUSION.
VS FINE QUALITY WITH INCLUSION SLIGHTLY VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.
VS1 FINE QUALITY WITH INCLUSION VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.
SI GOOD QUALITY WITH INCLUSIONS VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.
SI1 INCLUSIONS BECOMING PROMINENT TO THE EYE.
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THIS GEMSTONE IS GRADED: vvs
All Items ship from North carolina USABeryl (beryllium aluminum silicate)
Types/Color:
Aquamarine – light blue to blue-green
Bixbite – Red to strawberry-red
Emerald – Green
Goshenite – colorless
Heliodor – deep yellow
Morganite – Pink to peach
Other beryls may be referred to by their color, such as green beryl and yellow beryl.
Mohs hardness: 7.5-8
Refractive index: 1.57-1.6
Critical angle: 39.5°
Specific gravity: 2.65-2.75
Cleavage: None
Fracture: Conchoidal, tough
Dispersion: Medium (.014)
Heat sensitivity: None
Pleochroism: Dichroic – Golden: weak (yellow to light-yellow); Goshenite: colorless, no dichroism; Green: distinct (yellow-green to blue-green); Heliodor: weak (gold-yellow to greenish-yellow); Morganite: distinct (pale-pink to lavender-pink); Purple: distinct (purple to colorless); Yellow: (light yellow to medium yellow).
Birefringence (double refraction): Weak (.006-.009)
Crystal structure: Hexagonal
Treatments: Aquamarine is usually heat treated to remove the greenish cast. Morganite may be heat treated to change the peachy coloring to pink and may also be irradiated. Bixbite and heliodor may be heat treated and irradiated. Goshenite may be heat treated. Emerald is almost always treated with some filling agent to reduce the visibility of inclusions. These treatments are controversial and there is no consensus as to which treatment, if any, is appropriate.
Cutting: Emerald and bixbite with heavy inclusions can break apart. Otherwise, beryl is probably the easiest stone to facet.
Polishing: Beryl polishes easily with alumina or cerium oxide.
General Gemstone Details
A stone of courage and serenity...Clear light blue, blue-green, this lovely and gentle gem evokes the sea in both its name and its color. The ancients saw this as a stone of courage and felt that carrying it would help them return safe and prosperous from all sea voyages.
From lightest sky-blue to the deep blue of the sea – aquamarines show all these shades of an exceptionally beautiful range of usually light blues. It is truly a quite fascinating stone.
Beads of aquamarine have been found in ancient Egyptian mummy pits. It is held in quite high regard in the East as the Stone of the Seer and Mystic, a gemstone that imparts purity to the wearer, as well as encouraging the gentle nature and personality in the wearer. It is a symbol of peace.
Mystical Properties:
Although aquamarine has quite a range of uses, it's strongest energies are in the field of opening up the psychic. If you are especially sensitive to the thoughts and vibrations of other people, wear aquamarine with smoky quartz, as this combination will ease the sharpness of the incoming impressions, and the quartz will help to ground you in the physical. In this manner you may avoid being overcome by unwanted impressions.
Healing Properties:
Aquamarine is told the help reduce one's dependence on drugs, and to help eliminate fluid retention by strengthening the kidneys, liver, spleen and thyroid, thus purifying the general body. At one time, long ago, eyeglasses were made of aquamarine as the stone is soothing to the eyes.
It is told that this stone placed on the neck or worn as a short necklace will treat many neck and throat problems. Placed on swollen glands or worn around the neck it will reduce swelling. Chronic tonsillitis may be relieved by wearing a necklace of aquamarine together with turquoise, sodalite, chalcedony and blue topaz. This stone also has a beneficial effect on the thyroid, and is helpful is most all throat and neck ailments.
Magical Properties:
Energy: Receptive
Element: Water
Powers: Psychic abilities, peace, courage and purification.
Aquamarine is said to be the stone of the sea goddesses of past times, due to it's association with the sea. As a semiprecious variety of beryl, it has long been associated with the sea and element of water. Sea Witches are told the cleanse the stone in the ocean water at night by the light of the full moon.
In magic, this glorious stone is worn or carried about the body to enhance the use of psychic powers. Holding a crystal of the aquamarine or wearing a faceted form of the stone around the neck reduces our conscious mind's hold on the psychic mind and allows our ever present psychic impulses to be heard and to enter into our more conscious mind.
A gentle and cleansing elixir can be created by placing an aquamarine in a glass of fresh water, allowing it to sit in the full moonlight, outdoors if possible, for three hours. Retrieve the stone, drink the liquid for purification and heightened psychic awareness.
Zodiac:
Associations: Moon
Modern Birthstone for the Month of March, it is an ancient birthstone in many cultures for the month of October.
Stone of Taurus according to some, due to the fact that aquamarine (and the entire beryl family) are of hexagonal (six-sided) crystalline form, and six is a number belonging to Venus. Others say it is connect with Gemini, Pisces and Aries.
For Aquarius the aquamarine promotes friendship and love, while for Pisces it encourages awareness. Libras are warned against danger.
To dream of aquamarine means loving friendships, happy relationships and much pleasant social activity is coming.
Chakra Classification:
Depending on the color, aquamarine is related to the 5th, Throat Chakra, it is good for meditation as it brings calmness, peace and inspiration with love. It also strengthens personal power and the aura.
When placed on the 3rd, Solar Plexus Chakra is relaxes the solar plexus and digestive organs.