01Colour
LightModerateIntenseVividExceptional
Aquamarine runs from the palest sky blue to a deep, saturated blue-green; the finest is a pure medium blue without green, and the colour deepens with size.
Aqua Marine with Pink Tourmaline Silver Earrings
Aqua Marine with Pink Tourmaline Silver Earrings
Silver
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The Stone
Understanding aquamarine
Aquamarine is the sea-blue beryl — emerald’s clearer, calmer cousin — and Mozambique, across our southern border, produces some of the finest in the world. Our gemologists grade every aquamarine on colour, clarity, cut and carat. Here is how to read them, and where this piece sits.
This piece · graded by our gemologists
- Metal
- Silver
02Clarity
IFInternally flawlessSISmall inclusionMIMedium inclusion
Our gemologists grade clarity in three steps: Internally Flawless — nothing to find even under 10× magnification; Small inclusion — a trace only a loupe reveals; Medium inclusion — a natural feature you may find with the naked eye, in a stone chosen for its colour. Aquamarine is usually eye-clean; inclusions are the exception.
03Cut
Aquamarine is usually clean, so it is cut for brilliance — emerald cuts, cushions and ovals — in generous sizes that show its colour.
04Carat
Aquamarine grows in large, clean crystals, so sizes above ten carats are not unusual; the value lies in the depth of blue, not the weight.
Details of the stone
- Origin
- Mozambique, Brazil, NigeriaOur aquamarine comes largely from Mozambique.
- Known since
- Antiquity“Aqua marina” — the water of the sea.
- Species
- BerylColoured blue by iron.
- Hardness
- 7.5 – 8 MohsIdeal for rings, pendants and earrings.
- Birthstone
- MarchThe birthstone of March.
- Treatment
- Commonly heatedGentle heat removes green tones; permanent and accepted.
- Certification
- CertifiedEvery stone graded and certified by our gemologists.
- Care
- Warm soapy waterSafe in an ultrasonic cleaner.
