Colombian Emerald

There are only four precious gemstones in the world, Emeralds are catalogued one of them. Its chemical composition is mainly beryllium and aluminum, very scarce elements in the earth's crust, one of the reasons for its great value, being the only green colored crystalline gemstone, they are mostly never free of inclusions and internal blemishes.

Colombian Emeralds are positioned to be the best in the world, we are the world's leading producer of emeralds, thanks to their quality and their specific characteristics they are the most coveted in the world.
The value of emeralds is determined by color, size, purity, and brightness. The deep green color "best known as Verde Muzo" is the most beautiful, rare, valuable and exclusive, and it only comes from the heart of Colombian mountains.

Types and forms of emeralds

High quality emeralds are only found in Boyaca’s region (Muzo, Maripí, San Pablo de Bobur and Chivor). In this particular part of the world, saline fluids that were released by tectonic movement intersect and then moved along geological faults and came into contact with vaporizers (salts formed by the evaporation of sea water), thus being formed by millions of years very deep in the earth. Colombian Emeralds are formed at 300 ° C, this temperature is very low compared to emeralds from other places, which are form at 700 ° C, that makes a big difference in their formation.

At Aleph we use the best selection of this precious stone, knowing that each of them is unique in the world. At the follow we show the different forms and types of emeralds that are the basis for our jewelry.

Raw emerald
Fine Raw Emerald
Gimp
Faceted Emerald
Emerald Morralla
Emerald Lot
Crystal Twinning
Emerald Urchin
Gangue

Trapiche

Colombia has a special mention for the Trapiche Emerald, which is unique in the world for its strange star shape due to the growth of the crystal in various directions. Its name comes from the artisan cylinder used to extract the sugar from the cane ‘panela’, pride of the region and of course of all Colombia.

GreenStone

We are a traditional family business in the Colombian emerald sector, with experience in the national and international market, handling the highest quality standards, we accompany our emeralds from the moment they are found in the mine, carved, treated, polished and offered in our offices in Bogotá or exported.

We carefully select this gemstone for the most spectacular pieces of jewelry.