emerald

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Considering the particular emerald which is a variety of beryl--although the name emerald in the trade is applied somewhat loosely to any stone which is of the same colour, or approaching the colour of the beryl variety--this emerald only differs chemically from the beryl, just described, in possessing an addition of oxide of chromium.

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  1. noun A brilliant green to grass-green transparent variety of beryl, used as a gemstone.
  2. noun A strong yellowish green.
  3. adjective Of a strong yellowish green.

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  • “The emerald is a natural emerald, which makes it slightly more valu­able than an artificial one How do you know?” I asked. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • Among the most marvelous of the enchanted gemstones, the emerald was also among the rarest. —  IMMORTALIS
  • The green is emerald, which is fairly common, but the red is bixbite, which is rare, and of course black beryl is not encountered elsewhere. —  Swell Foop
  • Another aspect that you must consider while purchasing the emerald is whether or not it has been put under treatment or not. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • A graduate of Brandeis University, Ilagan has traveled the world ~ from his Father's homeland of the Philippines to the emerald isle of Ireland. —  Alan Ilagan
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  1. Middle English emeraude, from Old French, from Medieval Latin esmeralda, esmeraldus, from Latin smaragdus, from Greek smaragdos.

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  1. The termination altered after Spanish, Italian, etc.; formerly also emerant, emeraud, emraud, emerod, emrod; from Middle English emeraude, emerade, emeraunde, from Old French esmeraude, esmeralde, French émeraude = Provencal esmerauda, maracda, feminine, maragde, maracde, maraude, meraude, masculine, = Spanish Portuguese esmeralda = Italian smeraldo (Middle Latin esmaraldus, esmaraudus, esmerauda, esmaraudis), from Latin smaragdus (later directly English smaragd, q. v.), from Greek σμάραγδος, sometimes μάραγδος, a precious stone supposed to be the same as what is now known as the emerald. Cf. Sanskrit marakata, marakta, an emerald.
 

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