GEMHUB Gemstone For Jewelry Making Beautiful Green Emerald 4.85 Ct Certified Natural Oval Cut Loose Gemstone Ring For Women And Men

No surprises. Refractive index of 1.57 matched the certificate. Gemstone is opaque, but that was expected. Nicely faceted and polished.

Not a brilliant as pics

The stone they sent me was a 13x9mm shallow oval cut, blueish green stone. I bought it to show my grandson some cool inclusions under the microscope. It's advertised as an emerald, but it's not. Even pitted with bad polish I was able to measure the refractive index at 1.651-1.670, which is much too high for emerald - more like euclase. It's been badly fractured and green dye added to give color, the original stone looks colorless. I really didn’t expect much from an emerald that costs only $10, but I do think if they advertise it as an emerald then it ought to actually be an emerald.

It’s a beautiful stone. Very good craftsmanship. Thank you.

My son wanted an emerald as it is his birthstone. He was sad that he would never be able to have one as they are so expensive...well now he has one!

I am still going to use it but not in a prominent way--the stone was very washed out looking and would not be good for a ring setting that I was planning on using. Disappointed.

Really pretty, nice looking gemstone. Is it authentic? I don’t know! It didn’t cost a whole lot so, I wonder! Nevertheless, it still is a great looking stone.

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