2.18 ct Green Emerald - Pear

At 2.18 carats, this emerald from Ethiopia carries its green color through a pear cut, measuring 12.2 x 7.5 mm.

Emerald is the green beryl, colored by chromium, and nearly always carries the internal garden of inclusions that proves it grew in the earth rather than a lab. Ethiopian emerald is the newest source of consequence, vivid and often clean, still building its reputation deposit by deposit. It is entirely untreated; no heat, no enhancement, the color exactly as the earth made it.

Few stones reach this combination of size and quality, and fewer still come to market. We will tell you everything we know about it before you decide.