It became a state gem for Colorado in 1971. Japanese people used aquamarine to make netsuke. The Chinese used it to make seals, figurines, and engravings. Ancient Romans believed that aquamarine could protect people who are travelling across the sea, they also used aquamarine to prevent illnesses. Aquamarine has historically been used a symbol for youth and happiness due to its color, which has also, along with its name, made Western culture connect it with the ocean. In culture Īquamarine is referred to as the birth stone for the month of March. Natural truly blue aquamarine is very expensive. Cut aquamarines that are over 25 carats will have a lower price per carat than smaller ones of the same quality. The value of aquamarine is determined by its weight, color, cut or clarity. It is more expensive than blue topaz but costs less than emerald or bixbite. The star and collar are a Brazilian decoration, the Order of the Southern Cross.Īquamarine is inexpensive due to its abundance. Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Brazilian Aquamarine Parure in 2006. The word aquamarine has been used as a modifier for other minerals like aquamarine tourmaline, aquamarine emerald, aquamarine chrysolite, aquamarine sapphire, or aquamarine topaz. The word aquamarine was first used in the year 1677. The name aquamarine comes from aqua ( Latin for 'water'), and marine, deriving from marina ( Latin for 'of the sea'). Dark-blue maxixe color can be produced in green, pink or yellow beryl by irradiating it with high-energy radiation ( gamma rays, neutrons or even X-rays).
However, there is a rarer deep blue variant called maxixe, but its color can fade due to sunlight. Aquamarine contains no or few noticeable inclusions but it can have inclusions like mica, hematite, or salt-water.
Īquamarine has a chemical composition of Be 3Al 2Si 6O 18, also containing Fe 2+. The color of aquamarine can be changed by heat. Aquamarine is a pale-blue to light-green variety of beryl.
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