Aquamarine is called the "blessing stone"

September 23, 2021

Aquamarine belongs to the beryl group mineral in mineralogy, and its English name is Aquamarine. Among them, "Aqua" means water, and "Marine" means ocean. It can be seen how much the name of the stone is attached to its color.

There is a kind of gemstone, which has a light sea blue color, which makes people feel pure and beautiful. This is the aquamarine with high collection value. I believe that everyone is familiar with aquamarine. Friends who are familiar with aquamarine know the collection value of aquamarine. So why is the value of aquamarine collection so high? Aquamarine, English name Aquamarine, from Latin aquamarina (meaning of the sea). Legend has it that this beautiful aquamarine is produced on the bottom of the sea and is the essence of sea water. Therefore, it is a navigational home that prays that Poseidon will protect the safety of navigation and call it "Folly Stone". The gemstones in China are called “blue crystal”.

The gemstones similar to aquamarine on the market are mainly topaz (topaz), blue zircon, crystal, glass and artificial spinel.

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Compared with the blue topaz, although both have fire and beautiful blue, the interior of the topaz and its fire with some black, its color is not as light as the sea and sapphire than the sapphire, sapphire Strong glass gloss, hardness 9 is much higher than aquamarine. Therefore, the two are still easier to distinguish.

People can also distinguish between sea sapphire and topaz by weight. One of the characteristics of topaz is the high density, which makes it feel heavy in the hand. If the two strings are the bracelets of the sea sapphire and the topaz, the difference in weight is obvious. At the same time, consumers can also judge whether the gemstone is aquamarine or topaz by the price of the gemstone. If the sapphire blue is very dark and inexpensive, it is basically impossible to be aquamarine.

Compared with zircon, zircon has a large specific gravity, strong dispersion, and a radiant appearance, and visible double shadow.

Compared with glass and artificial spinel, aquamarine often has a slight dichroism, and a gas-liquid two-phase inclusion is often seen in aquamarine.

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What kind of aquamarine is more collectible?

Dr. Zhang Shibo from Guangzhou Golden Diamonds believes that in addition to weight, the main basis for determining the value of sapphire is color and transparency. The color of aquamarine is of course sea blue and sky blue. Generally, the color is bright, the color is blue, and the price is high. The larger the color density, the darker the color, the greater the collection value.

The main factors determining the value of aquamarine are size and color. In the world, more than a few dozen carats of aquamarine is not uncommon. In the early 20th century, Brazil also discovered a piece of aquamarine crystal, 19 inches long, 16 inches wide and weighs 243 pounds. It is blue and green, clear and transparent. This is a history. The largest aquamarine ever discovered. After the news spread, the people who wanted to buy it flocked and were eventually bought by a German with a high price of nearly 100,000 marks. Therefore, the more colorful and the more large the sea sapphire, the more collectible.

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