Burton Emerald

Gemstones have fascinated and attracted people for centuries. Legends have grown around the world and followed these gemstones until today. These legends and stories have only served to intensify the interest with which these gemstones have been followed. Think the image that is brought to mind when the Hope Diamond is mentioned. Many more stones have stories and legends same as that of hope.

Diamond Legends

Perhaps the Hope Diamond is the most legendary gemstone of all. It has the reputation of bringing disaster to its owner. Shows red under a uvlight and is a fancy gray blue under natural light. The stone is said to be cut from a larger stone to its present form. Smithsonian Institute possesses. The Hope Diamond is not the heart mentioned in the movie Titanic Ocean, as some have said. The Hope Diamond was not on the Titanic.

Many of us have the Taylor-Burton Diamond at 69 carats is a gift from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor's 40th birthday. He sold the stone in 1978 to pay for a hospital in Botswana. Wears yet another gift, the Krupp diamond, which is 33.19 carats.

Pearl Legends

Probably the most famous story about pearls was about Cleopatra. Is said who bet Mark Anthony that could host the most expensive. To do so, she dissolved a large pearl earring in vinegar and drank it.

Romans first thought that pearls were created as a drop of rain penetrated between the layers of oysters. The Persians had a legend that the pearl was created at the point meeting between the rainbow and the earth.

Opal Legends

The Aborigines (native of Australia) consider that the ancestors for their presence on the left behind the opal. Some groups feel that Opals brought them fire. A local legend suggests that Muda, in the form of a pelican created Cooper's Creek. Died in which they are Opals and the fish in his bag turned into opals.

Emerald Legends

Emeralds were considered to be healing in the distant past. Legend has it that in the 3rd century, emeralds were used to rest the eyes and make the blind snakes. In Arabia, it was thought that emeralds would melt the dissolve the eyes of a snake. Other uses of emeralds were to cure dysentery, stomach troubles and even diabetes.

It was thought that the Holy Grail was carved from an emerald fell from the crown Satan. The Incas and Aztecs thought the emerald was a holy stone. It was also suggested that emeralds would provide royal ancestry of people.

Emeralds are a form of corundum and legends abound about their powers and history, but Rubies are also corundum, and few if any legends follow Rubini.

Sapphire Legends

At first it was thought that the earth was set in a sapphire. The early Persians believed the earth rested on a sapphire and the sky is blue because it is reflected by Sapphire. An old legend even suggests that a snake put in a vase with a Sapphire would die. It was believed that the Ten Commandments were written on tablets of Sapphire.

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