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Old 08-11-2018, 10:59 PM   #1882
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Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

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Originally Posted by sjard View Post
Which always made me wonder what causes the more valuable ones to be mistaken for emeralds due to the green color? My family has several very pretty green garnet broaches that have been handed down for some time. As a side note, Garnets apparently come in every color except blue.
Beryl (which Emeralds are) isn't always green - but many think any clear green gem is Emerald. Ignoring that green corundum is also a thing - technically green corundum is called sapphire, but most people think of Sapphire as blue. Rubies are also corundum. Anyway, not a few people, in ignorance, think green sapphire/corundum is emerald.

And high-quality green quartz can also be mistaken for emerald.

Some interesting tidbits, including common false ID's and misleading names for fakes...

https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/emerald_gemstone.aspx
https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/ruby_gemstone.aspx
https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/sa..._gemstone.aspx
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