Aquamarine: Classic Beauty

With its “sea blue” color, large size and often flawless interior the aquamarine has been treasured by jewelry designers throughout the 20^th Century. The aquamarine is found in a range of beautiful pale blues to a strong greenish-blue, hence its name. It is in the beryl family, which is the same family as the emerald, but aquamarines are generally free of eye visible inclusions and and it is not uncommon to find them in sizes of 10 carats or larger. It has a relatively good hardness for jewelry of 7.5 to 8 on the Moh’s scale for hardness, the diamond scores a 10.

Old tradition promises the wearer of aquamarine joy and wealth. Whether you believe this to be true or not it is a joy to wear such a beautiful stone: perhaps framed by diamonds in an Edwardian brooch, featured in a Retro rose gold cocktail ring, or set in a contemporary necklace by Faraone Mennella with alternating pink tourmalines with diamond accents.

Aquamarine is the birthstone for the month of March.