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Lets get magical
The Emerald is a life-affirming stone, opening the heart chakra and calming the emotions, as well as providing you with inspiration, balance, wisdom, and patience.
If you wear an Emerald it is said to promote love, friendship, peace and harmony, by enabling the wearer to both give and receive unconditional love, so good to wear when out socialising or looking for a new relationship.
Emeralds can improve the ability to concentrate and raise your consciousness, enhancing your mental capabilities (as long as it is not opaque). It would be great if you had a ring or brooch to place over your heart chakra, or If you’re lucky to own a chunk of it, then place some on your divination table, it has been known to strengthen communications when doing readings or communicating with the other side.
Hold over your third eye, perhaps attached to some head jewellery to increase your psychic sensitivity and clairvoyance abilities.
Banishing negative thoughts, Emeralds can promote self-expression, and can help to restore your mental equilibrium. This will inspire you to make positive changes, perhaps wear some when making your new Moon affirmations.
It is also believed that Emeralds can protect you against the dark arts and enchantments.
Emeralds Planet
Venus
Emeralds Element
Earth
Emeralds Chakra
Heart
Emeralds Energy
Receptive
Emeralds Deities
Gemfields finds largest emerald ever at Zambia mine
Written by Cecilia Jamasmie (mining.com) Nov 2021
Africa-focused Gemfields (LON: GEM) (JSE: GML) has found the largest emerald ever mined at its Kagem mine in Zambia — a 7,525-carat (1,505g) gemstone named Chipembele, which means “rhino” in the local dialect of Bemba.
While no official record exists, it is extremely unusual to encounter a gemstone weighing more than 1,000 carats and only a couple of dozen unique enough to deserve their own name.
The last time a comparable emerald was found was in 2018, when Gemfields unearthed the 5,655-carat Inkalamu, meaning “lion”. Prior to that, the company had dug up a 6,225-carat emerald in 2010, which was named Insofu – Bemba for “elephant”.
The company said the three gemstones were formed within relatively close proximity at the Kagem mine, which is the world’s single largest producing emerald mine – owned by Gemfields in partner- ship with the Zambian government’s Industrial Development Corporation.
Chipembele was discovered in July by geologists Manas Banerjee and Richard Kapeta, who exclaimed “look at this rhino horn!” when they first saw the emerald, Gemstone said.
The gemstone is due to be sold at the company’s next emerald auction, with viewing expected to begin in the next few days. The company’s last sales event, in August, generated $23.1 million in revenue – an all-time record for commercial-quality emerald sold at auctions.
Artemis, Diana, Freya, Venus
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