05/02/2015
Emerald’s lush green color has soothed souls and excited imaginations since antiquity. Its name comes from the ancient Greek word for green, “smaragdus.”
Its color reflects new spring growth, which makes it the perfect choice as a birthstone for the month of May. It’s also the gemstone for twentieth and thirty-fifth wedding anniversaries.
The first known emerald mines were in Egypt, dating from at least 330 BC into the 1700s. Cleopatra was known to have a passion for emerald, and used it in her royal adornments.
To learn more about emeralds:
http://theonlinejeweller.org/emerald-soother-of-souls/
