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The Gachalá Emerald, one of the most valuable and famous
Digital article from the Colombian Newspaper El Diario
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Gachalá Emerald
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The Gachalá Emerald, one of the most valuable and famous emerald
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. and Kammerling, Robert C. (1991) ''Gemology'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, p ...
s in the world, was found in 1967, in the mine called Vega de San Juan, located in Gachala, a town in Colombia
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, located from Bogota. Gachalá Chibcha
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan lan ...
means "place of Gacha." Presently the emerald is in the United States
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, where it was donated to the Smithsonian Institution
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by the New York City
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jeweler, Harry Winston.
Symbolism
The emerald was named in honor of Gachalá, the municipality of Cundinamarca where it was found. Ficha técnica de la Esmeralda Gachalá de la página web oficial delSmithsonian Institution
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of Washington, (Consulted on 06-19-2011)
Characteristics
* Shape:Emerald
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. and Kammerling, Robert C. (1991) ''Gemology'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, p ...
* Color: Intense green
* Carats: 858 Carats
* Weight: 172 grams
* Size: 5 centimeters
* Year of extraction: 1967
Conservation
The emerald is part of the permanent collection of theSmithsonian Institution
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in Washington, D.C. It was donated in 1969 by the American jeweler Harry Winston, and is labeled under number 122078 in the catalog.
See also
*Colombian emeralds
Emeralds are green precious gemstones that are mined in various geological settings. They are minerals in the beryl group of silicates. For more than 4,000 years, emeralds have been among the most valuable of all jewels. Colombia, located in no ...
* Chivor
Chivor is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The mean temperature of the village in the Tenza Valley is and Chivor is located at from the department capital Tunja. Economic act ...
* List of individual gemstones
* List of emeralds by size
References
External links
Digital article from the Colombian Newspaper El Diario
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Gachalá Emerald
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