There is nothing nail for a human look like a riot of greenery surrounding it. The tenderness of spring leaves, the saturation of the summer multiple, fading the paints of the autumn and the rigor of the coniferous forest, covered with a snowy bedspread, do not leave anyone indifferent. Therefore, the stones having a green color are perceived by people as carrying peace, creating harmony and providing comfort and safety.
Peculiarities
Products made of green minerals are most attractive for people, as the color is pleasant for the eyes and is calmly perceived by the nervous system, without causing irritation. A man wearing a decoration with a green pebble is perceived by surrounding as rich and generous, akin to Mother's ground. Also, the green color of the stones has a soothing effect on the cardiovascular system and removes psychological tension.
They love the green stone and wise men, as it provides clarity of thinking, endowing the wisdom and the ability to make the right decisions.
Varieties and their description
There are precious, semi-precious and diverse varieties of stone.
Precious
From green precious stones most famous Emerald , the outdated name of which "Smaragd". So the stone is called due to the radiance peculiar to him. A characteristic feature of the emerald is its transparency and depth of tone. The most valuable stones have a smooth saturated color.
Fully transparent is a mild stone thick color weighing more than 5 carats costs more than a diamond.
Green diamond In nature, it is extremely rare. Its unique color is due to natural radioactivity. The most famous natural diamond of green is in Dresden. Pear-shaped crystal has an apple green color.
The weight of the diamond is 41 carats, and at the cost of the stone is equal to the construction of the entire Dresden Cathedral.
Among sapphires Named so for blue, there are instances painted in green tones. Such a shade gives transparent iron stones without impurities of titanium. Sapphire is aluminum oxide with titanium, iron, chromium and vanadium impurities.
The starry sapphires are considered particularly valuable specimens when a multipath star is visible in the depths of the stone.
Noble Beryl , relative is an emerald, painted in an apple green color. The transparent crystal has a glass shine and belongs to fragile minerals with imperfect pliability.
Aquamarine Blue-green or green-blue painting resembles sea water. Aquamarine's long hexagon prisms have a strong glass shine and filled with various intersions that can give the effect of a cat's eye, the stars or be in the form of snowflakes. Due to the tenderness of the color of aquamarine to the precious stones began to attribute only at the end of the XVIII century with the arrival of Rococo style. And the discovery of the new diamond cut made it possible to reveal all the beauty of the icestand.
Chrysoberyill or chrysopal It is an aluminitic beryllium with iron, chromium and titanium impurities. Mineral is found quite rarely. Its transparent varieties, despite the rarity, do not belong to the category of expensive stones, which does not prevent them from being beautiful and durable. The most valuable copies with a pronounced internal overflow effect are processed in the form of Cabochon "Cat Eye". And the original large crystals are of greater value from collectors.
Alexandrite Famous double color. The color of the mineral ranges from a dark blue-green to greens with an olive tint. This color is characteristic of a stone in the bright time of the day, and with the onset of twilight Alexandrite acquires various shades of red-purple. Such an effect is achieved due to the peculiarities of the crystal lattice.
Copies capable of opalize in the dark way of the cat's eyes are called "CIMOFAS".
In Russia, Alexandrite is considered a "widow stone". To wear any one ornament with him is not recommended, it is necessary to put on a couple of second with the same stone. For example, earrings and ring. After the death of Alexander II, it became fashionable to wear decorations with Alexandrite surrounded by two diamonds, symbolizing two significant acts in the life of the emperor.
Demantoid, the type of Andrandaitis from the grenade series, externally similar to a diamond, only green. Chromium and iron impurities are responsible for the color of the mineral, and the yellow-green tint of the stone attached titanium connections. Mineral is found very rarely, the game of light in the edges is even a diamond.
Especially specimen specimens, having bissolite splashes, Called "horse tail", giving a stone extra beauty and uniqueness. Such a feature can boast stones produced in the Urals.
There are minerals that show the effect of "cat's eyes" and giving gold sparks in the game of light.
Bright green tsavorit For the first time discovered in the late 70s of the last century in the north-east of Tanzania, refers to the rare grenade. It is obliged to quarrel with its color, and the emerald green stone is obtained from chromium impurities.
Thanks to transparency and beautiful color, the quaternity refers to precious ridiculous stones and has a rather high price due to rarity.
Greenish variety of Topaza - One of the rarest stones. The color of the transparent stone is ensured by a defect (vacancies of atoms) of the structure. Two-color crystals with blue and yellow zones after processing become beautiful green and high enough.
Green transparent bright red Noble spinel Also refers to the discharge of precious stones. Octahedral crystals have a very high hardness and are used as jewelry.
Also the precious stones include transparent Corundum crystals , the green variety of which in the old days was called "Eastern Emerald".
Semi-precious minerals
In the world classification, there is no concept of semi-precious stones, but in Russia the minerals are so called, which, depending on quality, can be attributed to the subsidiary or divecular gems.
Chrysolite, One of the 7 historical stones, has the same centuries-old history as emerald. One of the old names of the stone is "Evening Emerald", since with the light of candles, its green radiance is most noticeable. Chrysolites were used to decorate clothes of the High Priest, there are mentions of the Bible, and John theologians in the Apocalypse says that mineral decorates the seventh foundation of Heavenly Jerusalem.
Hawaiit, also being one of the precious varieties of Olivina, The leaving from Love of Volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands, unlike chrysolite, has a pale green color and is not so widely known as his relative. Olivine itself is too fragile and more often occurs in the form of sand. Its distribution is so great that it is found even in the lunar soil.
Uvarovit and Grossuras are green pomegranate varieties. Emerald-Green Uvarovit, named after the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences of Count S. S. Uvarova, is highly appreciated by collectors for beauty and rarity. In jewelry, plates are used with a brush of small crystals. The people of Uvarovit is called the name of the Ural Emerald due to the similarity of the painting with the precious stone.
His bright green tint is respect for the presence of chromium.
Grossular Named so for its resemblance to the fruits of a green gooseberry. The color of crystals ranges from colorless, golden yellow, brown to green. The bright green version of the Grossulaera is called Tsavorit - in honor of the terrain, where he was first discovered. Natural grossulus muddy, and the transparency and gloss peculiar to high-quality instances are achieved by processing.
Color homogeneity also refers to one of the basic requirements for high-quality jewelry.
Lukovo-green praisyield It is often used as a cheap substitute for expensive crystals, reminding the appearance of Beryl, Tourmaline and Peridot. The natural stone has a bright color and is rare quite. Color saturation indicates that the mineral is obtained by heating and irradiating the amethyst.
Some tourmaline varieties differ in green:
- Verifying has a moderate green color;
- Watermelon is distinguished by a two-color red-green color.
Transparent high-quality crystals can be attributed to the discharge of precious stones. Their faceted variations are used for jewelry. Lower quality crystals are used as a diverse stone.
Chromdiopsid - a stone of emerald color. It is a very fragile and pending mineral processing, which is the rarest and most valuable type of diopsyda. Only small crystals are subject to cut, larger stones are used as diverse.
Dioptaz - transparent through the green mineral, is rare enough. In jewelry is used as inserts from raw crystals for exclusive products. It is difficult to process, as it is very fragile. More often, pyoptase crystals can be found in private collections and museums, as they look very attractive.
The stone is mounted in powder use as coloring pigment for writing icons.
Chrysoprase refers to semi-precious and diverse stones. Its light green color can have shades from apple to herbaceous and bluish green. Three categories of jewelry chrysoprase are distinguished.
- Top grade Used as a gem, is distinguished by transparency to a depth of up to 50 mm. Its smoothly painted in the intense emerald color plate can have small splashes in depth.
- First grade It looks at a depth of no more than 20 mm and has a lighter homogeneous color. But whitish and opaque areas can occur.
- Second grade Refers to the diverse stones. Blue-green mineral painting can be alternating with whiten and yellow-green stripes, moving transparent and muddy layers, forming an uneven pattern.
Found in the Czech Republic Moldavit Refers to quartz. Judging by the structure, the stone is a transparent natural glass and has a bottle-green color. It is assumed that the stone has an ingenic origin or turned out as a result of the impact of a meteorite about the Earth.
Note
Most often you can meet the diverse types of stones. These are muddy or absolutely opaque minerals used to make various items - from jewelry to monuments.
The most famous among the diverse stones green gem from the Urals - malachite. Consisting of copper oxide, carbon dioxide and water since the times of ancient Egypt was the basis for copper mining, but later people rated the velvety beauty of dense varieties of stones giving beautiful patterns consisting of rings formed during the formation of the mineral layers. From the end of the XVIII century, when the copper deposits were opened in the Urals, Malachite began to be used as a diverse stone for facing various surfaces, as well as for the manufacture of decor and console items.
Snake, or Serpentine Named because of the characteristic color: on the surface of the stone, whose color varies from yellow-green to dark, almost black, are visible from the inclusions of other minerals of different colors that resemble the snake scout. A flattened, sometimes translucent variety of serpentine is called noble serpentine and is used as raw materials for the manufacture of various crafts.
Jasper - semi-precious amicing mineral having sedimentary origins. Your name (translated from the Greek "Crapy Stone"), this rock breed was obtained due to many different colors with inclusions that give uneven color. Monophonic stones of Jasper in nature are a rarity. Green Jasper can have such trade names like:
- plasma - Dark greens with small grainy engines;
- prase - Green drain quartz, diverse stone.
Heliotrope, or "Bloody Yashma" - Delicate stone of dark green color with red spots and streaks. Mineral refers to a quartz group, but absolutely opaque. Inserts from this stone are used in male rings, in the manufacture of cums.
Heliotrop is being turned on the venues of the priests and is used for church utensils, as it is believed that the red bodies on the stone are caused by the blood of Christ.
Chrysopal He is a green species of opal. Coloring the stone gives a nickel admixture. Depending on the number of impurities, the chrysopal has various shades of apple green. Used for the manufacture of inexpensive jewelry.
Amazonite - Beautiful blue-green variety of wild spasp. Due to germination in it, the quartz crystals on the cut forms a kind of drawing, resembling letters of distant ancestors. The rare amazonite crystals are very valued by collectors, but in general the stone goes to the manufacture of various crafts as a cheap diverse mineral.
Nephritis It is known for a person since ancient times, but he gained the greatest popularity in China, becoming his national symbol. All shades of green - from almost white to brown, are found in a rich stone palette. There are also the most rare colors of white, gray, bluish and red jade. The most valuable nephrite copies have a monophonic uniform color, stones with strips, stains, or divorce clouds are valued much less.
Nephrine is used for the manufacture of amulets, decorations, household items and statues.
Jade Externally similar to jade, but has a higher jewelry value. There are stones having green from light to dark, gray-green, white colors. There are rare varieties of black, brown, blue, purple, pink and yellow greedy. The most valuable grade of Jadeitis is called "Imperial". It has a homogeneous dark green color of transparent or translucent crystals. More solid than nephritis, Jade is used for the manufacture of various jewelry, crafts for home.
Low-quality large stones are used to fill the chambers in the baths, as it can withstand high temperatures and does not react with water.
Varislicitis The name of the District name Varisation in Saxony, where he was first discovered at the end of the XIX century, it is possible to confuse with turquoise or chrysoraz. Variscite crystals consist of water-containing aluminum phosphate with iron or arsenic impurities. Mineral color ranges from yellowish green to greenery with blue tump. Crystals Variscitis of the rounded shape form brushes, occasionally a dubber, can occur in the form of stalactites. After processing are used as jewelry.
Who are suitable?
Many of the stones are considered magical and used as champions, talismans and amulets. If you look at the signs of the zodiac, then:
- Ovans Green diamond is suitable, Demantidid, Uvarovit, Emerald, turquoise, amazonite and lags of gray-green color;
- Tales Recommended by Amazonite, Serpentine;
- Gemini It is worth paying attention to Alexandrite, Beryl, Malachite, jade, amazonite, chrysoprase and emerald;
- Cancer We need emerald, tourmaline, beryl, chrysoberill, aquamarine, chrysoprase, chrysolit, amazonite, nephritis and tejet;
- a lion can choose a diamond, chrysolite, tourmaline, Alexandrite, Jadeit, jade, emerald or malachite;
- Maiden advised to wear anguanturin, jade, chrysolite, yashma, jadeit, emerald, sapphire, tourmaline, topaz, alexandrit, beryl, respect and chrysoprase;
- scales can have decorations with aquamarine, diamond, aventurine, malachite, green jasha, chrysolite, beryl, topaz and chrysoprase;
- Scorpio Astrologers advise Aquamarin, turquoise, snake, tourmaline, cat eye, Alexandrit, Beryl, Chrysoprase;
- Streltsy Burizoma, Chrysolit, Aquamarine, Emerald, Tourmaline;
- Capricorn Need Malachite, Serpentin, Heliotrop, Chrysoprase, Tourmaline, Alexandrite and Uvarovit;
- Aquarius You can use Aquamarine, turquoise, jade, chrysoprase, chrysolit, amazonit, respect, tourmaline;
- Fish Aquamarine, Avanturin, Emerald, Heliotrop, Chrysolit, Alexandrit, Chrysoprase, Beryl, Tourmaline and Uvarovit.
How to care?
For stones to retain useful properties and have not lost an attractive appearance, they need proper care.
Keep stones needed in places protected from direct sunlight, as some species have a property to fade under the influence of the Sun. Jewelry is best stored in caskets, fastened with a soft cloth to protect them from mechanical damage. And products with stones that have magic properties, it is better to store separately so that they do not affect their energy to each other.
Clearing products from pollution, it is not recommended to use abrasive and chemical cleaning substances, as some minerals can enter into interaction with them. It is best to clean the item in a solution of baby soap, rinse under running water and wipe with a soft lint-free napkin.
Layered soft stones can absorb smells and oils, so it is worth keeping products from natural stones away from cosmetic and perfumes.
For more information about the properties of the Emerald, see the video below.