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
Following are the general properties of Gemstone
Planet : Mercury
Cosmic Color : Green
Sign : Gemini, Virgo
Element : Earth
Time : Sunrise
Day : Wednesday
Qualities
• Compactness, which gives it high specific gravity
• Retains its color and lustre in all kinds of lights and shades
• Vitreous lustre, radiance, luminescence, brilliance
• Smoothness that comes when the stone has a fine finish
• Soothing touch and pleasant sight, which gives peaceful vibrations and captivates the
heart
• Fine cut, which illuminates it from all sides
• Transparence, which makes it rare and costlier than diamonds
• Rich green homogeneous color that is deep and pleasant, like a blade of fresh grass
• Velvety reflection
Flaws
• Dullness; devoid of inner glow
• Harsh appearance smokiness
• Odd form, flatness, unevenness, depression
• Presence of a hole
• Brittleness
• Low specific gravity
• Black or yellow spots
• Emitting bluish reflection
• Foreign matter inside the crystalline structure
• Graininess
• Unevenness of color
• Smokiness
• Micaceous glitter due to the presence of mica, mica particles clearly visible
• Concavity or dent in surface
• Lack of water or glittering look, lustre, luminescence; gem looks dry
• Fissure in the surface
• Brown or blackish yellow color
Such flaws have no merit and should be discarded . Flaws in an emerald create problems and
that is why one should not wear the following :
• An emerald having a yellow spot is harmful for one’s son.
• An emerald that has a smoky substance, micaceous glitter, threads or visible lines
destroys the clan and is harmful to the progeny.
• An emerald having a drop like the honey drop is inauspicious for one’s mother and
father.
• An emerald having a dent creates fear.
• An emerald with a red spot destroys wealth.
• An emerald having uneven colour or two colours is harmful to vitality and intelligence.
• An emerald that has spots of black or other colors harms one’s spouse.
• An emerald that is devoid of water and is dry harms one’s pets, cattle, horses and other
animals.
• An emerald having a cobweb is harmful to one’s physical well-being.
Identity
• When rubbed against a piece of wood an imitation becomes shinier whereas the real
emerald does not.
• If a real emerald is placed in a glass pot with water it radiates green light, whereas the
imitation does not.
• If a real emerald is placed on a piece of white cloth in such a way that its reflected light
can be seen, it reflects green light and the spot where the light falls looks like a green
patch of cloth.
• The refractive index of an imitation is lower than that of the real gemstone.
• An imitation emerald has a bright rather than pale hue.
• If a real emerald is placed on the eyes it gives a cool feeling, whereas an imitation
becomes warm very quickly.
• If an imitation emerald is rubbed against a piece of turmeric root it makes the turmeric
red, whereas a real emerald does not.
• A drop of water on a real gemstone retains its shape and does not spread around like
water. Even moving and inverting the gemstone does not harm the drop, whereas in an
imitation it does not remain a drop but spreads like water.
• The specific gravity of an imitation is lower than that of a real emerald.
• In an imitation there are white spots.