Emerald search

[autumngems]

Looking for a decent emerald (no black spots), no more than $500, has anyone seen any good candidates?

 

[demantoidz]

Someone here bought one of these, most were around 500 iirc
The post gives a good example of what you can get for 500 in terms of color, clarity, weight, in oil only emeralds. You can sacrifice further on clarity/treatment to get a larger stone or darker green.
Basically what are some more of your preferences/requirements?

Tandi Hufnagel on Instagram: "ALL SOLD Glowy Muzo Emeralds! These beauties have great clarity and saturation. It’s notoriously difficult to capture emeralds in photos - these pics get close to real life! You can see the great glow and neon color -

304 likes, 11 comments - desertrose_gems on February 8, 2022: "ALL SOLD Glowy Muzo Emeralds! These beauties have great clarity and saturation. It’s notoriously difficult to capture emeralds in photos - these pics get close to real life! You can see the great glow and neon color - however they...

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[meely]

Litnon has some

Emerald - Litnon

 

[demantoidz]

Litnon has some

Emerald - Litnon

I totally forgot to mention the origin markup on Colombian ones I linked.

With 500 I'd go for a different origin so more $ would be in other aspects of the stone, personally. Litnon has some nice options!