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Prince Up! The Pink Emerald Company wants you to Give Your Princess The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift!“Get Your Pink On, Girl.” Princess does Your Prince Measure Up? If a carat or more says, "I love you", then what do 169 carats say?

The Pink Emerald Company, LLC. 1/10/2007

The History of Pink Emeralds

Pink Emeralds have a rather interesting past that includes some mystery, intrigue and at times, nomenclature and historical controversies. Depending on with whom you speak, you will probably get a slightly different version of exactly where these precious gemstones were first discovered and how they were first named. Regardless of the story version, what is clear is it seems that the gemstone was first discovered on the planet in the late 1800’s. Probably the first found crystals being called Vorobievite, Worobieffite and Rosterite, though the majority of references began to use the modern mineral term, Morganite around the early 1900’s when it was first discovered in the United States, in California, in the Pala pegmatites and was thrust into greater public awareness. At this point in time, the mineral find was attributed to geologist George Kunz who re-named it Morganite at around the turn of the century. It was also rediscovered for what may be “the fifth” of the so claimed “first time” discoveries, and this time in Madagascar around 1908.

Of all the beryl crystals, the Pink Emerald’s history is the most obscure yet remains manageable with a small amount of effort and research. Before geology was an exact science, the stone was mistaken for what was later called Kunzite, Pink Sapphire, Pink Tourmaline, Alexandrite, Rose Quartz and other rosé colored crystals. It is also interesting to note, the word brilliance is probably derived from the ancient Greek word for beryl, berullos, which actually means a crystal, which may further back date the pink beauty and other varieties of colored emeralds but no concrete evidence to this effect seem to be currently available yet one can justifiably intuit and suspect such was the case.

Pink Emeralds, as they are now known today in the jewelry and gemstone worlds, come in colors ranging from very light soft pink, to strong pink, to violet, to an actual salmon- orange- pink color. Despite their colorful past, everyone agrees, Pink Emeralds undoubtedly hold one of the very top, undisputed positions in the gem world today and are one of the most beautiful rare gemstones to have ever been discovered anywhere on the planet. They are truly rare, precious jewels, fit for the kings and queens of the modern world, and at a reasonable, affordable price.

NEW YORK, January 12, 2007 -- The Pink Emerald Company, LLC , the world’s leading retailer of Pink Emeralds announced today the sale of an extremely rare and important precious gemstone, the "World’s Largest Heart Shaped Pink Emerald" weighing a whopping 169 carats. This world-class, one-of-a-kind precious gemstone known affectionately as "The Pink Passion” could be the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift extraordinaire and become some lucky girl’s new best friend with a guarantee to make her heart flutter. This exquisite gemstone which was found and mined in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is the size of an infant’s baby fist, and has been graded by a certified graduate gemologist from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the most respected gemstone grading laboratory in the world. It has been meticulously cut and faceted by famed master gemstone carver Dr. Vollker Wild in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, the leading gem cutting center of Europe. Priced to sell at $2,500,000, this glamorous museum quality, royal jewel, generational treasure, hedge against the declining dollar and preservation of capital is currently being shown only to qualified and discerning purchasers.

Competent eligible Prince’s should call The Pink Emerald Company today (1 800 833-GEMS) for your personal appointment with “The 169 Carat Pink Passion” because Cupid’s arrival is only a month away and your Princess is counting on your exquisite taste and unparalleled stellar performance, as usual.

About Pink Emeralds

Pink Emeralds of investment grade are extremely beautiful, scarce and are seldom offered for sale to the general public. Emeralds are frequently thought only to be found GREEN in color. This is not so. Rare pink precious gemstones of this extraordinary quality and size are usually only available exclusively in gem collections of museums, private dealers and international gemstone connoisseurs. Pink Emeralds are approximately 25,000 times rarer than green emeralds, 40,000 times rarer than rubies and sapphires and 125,000 times rarer than diamonds. Pink Emeralds are even much rarer than the “Pink Diamonds” of J. Lo and Mrs. Kobe Bryant fame. There is probably only one Pink Emerald faceted on the planet for every 125,000 carats of diamonds that have been mined. There are currently no working gemstone mines anywhere on earth that are still producing Pink Emeralds of fine jewelry grade quality, adding to their rarity and investment value. For the fifth year in a row, jewelry industry trade experts have declared the Pink Emerald as, “The Official Gemstone for Valentine’s Day 2007.

The Pink Emerald Company is the world leader in precious Pink Emeralds and related fine jewelry and rare precious gemstone sales, located on the web at www.PinkEmerald.com . The company provides one of the world’s finest collections of "one-of-a-kind" gemstones selected according to the highest standards of beauty, quality, and value starting at about $2000 and up. Cleanly designed and easy to navigate, the web site offers the in-depth education necessary to make informed online Pink Emerald and other precious gemstone purchases with confidence. The Pink Emerald Company is privately held, family owned and operated by one of the leading, most prestigious family names of the gemstone and jewelry industries. The family has been proudly making fine jewelry, mining, cutting and polishing gems and offering world class precious gemstones for sale in the United States since 1926.

Contact:

The company can be reached at 1 800-833-GEMS or from outside the United States at 1 828-264-2793 by leaving a message. This is a security precaution and all inquiries will be promptly and confidentially returned. Photos are available upon request.

Mine Pink Emeralds mines

There is currently no new Pink Emeralds being mined anywhere in the world today. Basically only four areas of the world have produced world class examples of Pink Emerald: Afghanistan, Brazil, Madagascar and California. Pink Emeralds in very small quantities have been found elsewhere but the majority of production has come from these "played out" mining areas mentioned above.

Where exactly were the old Pink Emerald mines?

1. The Anjanabonoina mine, Antsirabe, Madagascar is famous for producing gems of the finest deep pink color. It was also discovered in 1908 in Madagascar.
    
   
2. Berry-Havey Quarry area, Poland, Maine. In 1989, one of the largest rough rose colored Pink Emeralds on record was found at the Bennett Quarry near Buckfield in Oxford County. Among the best known finds in Maine's history was that of the Holden brothers of Maine. They found the "Rose of Maine" at the Bennett Quarry in Buckfield in 1989. The 3-foot-long Pink Emerald crystal was the largest gemstone ever found in North America. It weighed almost 50 pounds. The largest of these rough crystals, ("The Rose of Maine"), was about 183,000 carats in the rough. The "Rose" is a soft pinkish, almost peach color, which means that it does not produce cut stones as desirable or costly as darker colored cleaner materials. The crystal was sawed into gem pieces that included 7.7, 5.9, and 1.8 kilogram gem blocks and 7.7 kilograms of various size pieces of gem rough. According to reports, at least one large stone has been cut from the various sized pieces; a pear of over 100 carats. This pocket also produced some specimen-grade Pink Emeralds and other mineral specimens.
    
   
3. Mawi, Pech, Nuristan Valley, Laghman Prov.; Afghanistan. A gem quality mineral find that produced beautiful but limited fine quality stones. No current production or supply.
    
   
4. Coyana, Pederneira, Carai; Minas Gerais, Brazil. These finds were the last of the four producing mines of Brazil and the latest was first discovered in 1992 near the village of Morro Redondo, in the northeast of Minas Gerias. No current production or supply.
    
   
5. The Ural Mountain Mines, Russia. First known to be mined in early 1900's (and rumored to have maybe been opened even earlier) and then later material again surfaced from this area in the early 1990's. No current production.
    
   
6. California, Whites Queen Mine, San Diego; Little 3 Mine, Ramona; Blue Lady Mine, Warner Springs. These mines were first discovered in California in the Pala pegmatites in the early 1900's. No current production or suppy.
    
   
7. Namibia, and Rhodesia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. Material first said to have surfaced from around the regions of these present day countries in late 1800's and production from these areas began again in the middle and late 1990's. .No current production or supply available.
    
   
8. Northern Areas: Dassu, Shigar, Drot, Gilgit-Skardu; Pakistan. These particular localities have produced a number of fine Pink Emeralds. There has been a report of a deposit in the Kashmir region of Pakistan. There is currently no production or supply available.
    
   
9. Other Known Finds: Gilette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut; Harding Mine, Dixon, New Mexico; Emmons Mine, Greenwood, Maine USA; Elba, Italy.. No current production or supply available at any of these locations.
    
   
10. The Pink Emerald Company and its extensive collection is currently the only major source for fine, gem quality Pink Emeralds in the world. 1 800 833-GEMS

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