Emerald / Panna

Emerald is a gemstone of green color belonging to the family of beryl gems. This gemstone is rare because it is very difficult to find a flawless emerald. Most emeralds are defective, having a feather - like crack and inclusions. To find an emerald that is of rich green color, perfectly transparent, with a velvety reflection and high specific gravity is difficult.


General properties

Planet : Mercury
Cosmic Color : Green
Sign : Gemini, Virgo
Element : Earth
Time : Sunrise
Day : Wednesday

Qualities:

* Fine cut, which illuminates it from all sides
* Transparence, which makes it rare and costlier than diamonds
* Compactness, which gives it high specific gravity
* Soothing touch and pleasant sight, which gives peaceful vibrations and captivates the heart
* Vitreous lustre, radiance, luminescence, brilliance
* Retains its color and lustre in all kinds of lights and shades
* Velvety reflection
* Smoothness that comes when the stone has a fine finish
* Rich green homogeneous color that is deep and pleasant, like a blade of fresh grass