An Emerald Pendant...

[DiaDiva]

My dad used to have a green stone ring, when my maternal grandfather lost his ring, papa gave his to grandpa. When my grandfather died 10 years ago, the ring was returned to my father. By then, papa was so used to not wearing rings that he never wore this ring again and it was kept away and forgotten. Papa died 2 over months ago and we found this among his belongings. He was told it was a "jamrok" (sic) - it was given to him by an Indonesian friend.

When I showed the ring to my jeweller, he told me that he believed it was an emerald - doesn''t matter to me and I didn''t have it sent for any testing. The ring has now been set into a pendant with a diamond bail comprising of tiny yellow and white diamonds. Excuse the bad lighting, I just got the pendant and took some quick shots tonight.

Here is the first neck shot...

 

[DiaDiva]

Here is a closer shot of the pendant....

 

[FireGoddess]

What a gorgeous stone that is, whether it is an emerald or not. LOVE the striations in color. Just beautiful!!

 

[DiamondExpert]

The stone looks great in that setting and the striations really set it off.

If it is beryl, it would be called green beryl, rather than emerald, due to the lighter saturation.

 

[portoar]

Who cares what the stone is!! It''s gorgeous!! I just love the way you had it set and I think the necklace is just stunning!!! Beautiful!!! I love green stones.

 

[DiaDiva]

Thanks, everyone

...I like this pendant a lot too.

The is stone is fairly large and quite heavy to wear. It''s heavy enough that when you swing it, it lands with a thud...haha...

portoar, here are more green pendants for you...this one is a green tourmaline...around 8 or 9 carats....

 

[DiaDiva]

Here is a jade pendant...the jade is carved in the shape of a flower...

 

[DiaDiva]

And here is another jade pendant that used to belong to my mum...it''s now mine...

 

[FireGoddess]

LOVE that flower jade pendant!

 

[Kaleigh]

Wow, they are all lovely!!!

 

[upgrading mama]

another very cool pendant!!

Man, your family seems to have a bottomless collection, lucky you!!!

Wear these precious family pieces in good health and rememberance of those who were close to you.

 

[FireGoddess]

Is there some significance to the abundance of green pendants, or is it a coincidence?

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Gorgeous green!!!!! I recently saw a very large pear shaped green beryl (pendant) in an Estate collection and was mesmerized since i had never seen one before. But the color of your stone is much more intense and therefore more beautiful. Wear them in health.

cheeers--Sharon

 

[flopkins]

oooh I love the flower bail. and I LOVE LOVE the color on that last jade pendant you posted. yum.

 

[DiaDiva]

Thanks, Lisa, Sophie, Flopkins, Sharon, FG!

Green is actually one of my least favourite colours so the fact that I have more than 3 green pendants is pure coincidence, I actually have at least another 3 more green jade pendants....Will take some shots and share them.

My favourites are actually cross pendants - diamond or pearl or colour stones, it doesn''t matter. My latest favourites are Jerusalem crosses. But they usually come in YG so I have 2 silver ones now.

 

[Catmom]

Oooo, I love all your green pendants!! You have such a beautiful collection and I love that they have been passed down in your family. You are so lucky!

 

[portoar]

I love the flower pendant, and the color of the jade penant! I love green and I don''t have a single green pendant . . . well I have an ammolite pendant that has lots of green in it. Thanks for sharing and please do post more pics!

 

[Cheekyprincess]

Wow!!! That is stunning, greens are among my favourite colour choices for stones. It must have been a HUGE ring.

 

[AmandaFace]

pretty! its neat to have beautiful pieces that have lots of meaning behind them.