Five Emeralds Bright. All Five Emeralds in the above pendant setting are of Zambian origin, all of excellent AGrade clear bright commercial quality, all genuine Emerald gemstones, and well-matched. Emerald gemstone is found in many world locations, a number of them in Africa (e.g. Madagaskar and Mozambique, Nigeria and Namibia); the most dependable African source, presently, is Zambia, for quantity and quality, the Zambian Emerald gemstone being consistently sharp in its green.
The biggest source worldwide for Emerald gemstone is Columbia, producing something like 70% of the total world supply, and Columbian Emerald has cachet, for the mines of Muzo are said to produce the very best quality of Emerald, but the downside of this is that “Columbian” Emeralds attract a premium price, even when the quality of a given set of Emerald gemstones, in intenseness of colour and in clarity, may be no better than a similar set originating in Zambia.
Whatever, the set of five Zambian gemstones in the above pendant display a pleasing, vibrant, lively green, and are AGrade in quality.
The pendant setting, solid and petite, is created and crafted in Sydney, the multi-gemstone design reminiscent of Elizabethan multi-gemstone jewellery forms, though those antique forms were usually at least double the size of the above compact pendant.