The history and legend of emeralds have attracted praise and pursuit from generation to generation with its beautiful bright green. The ancients left many praises and strange opinions about emeralds. An ancient Roman scholar said that no gem has such a pleasing color that it is pleasing to the eye. Emerald is more pleasing to the eye. No green is so rich. This is the only gem that people can never get tired of seeing. Whether it is cloudy or sunny, it always emits soft and rich light. Craftsmen who cut and polish precious stones believe that looking at the soft green of emeralds can make them feel comfortable and eliminate fatigue. The ancients believed that emeralds have the peculiar property of enhancing people's character, and those who hold emeralds will have supernatural ability to predict the future, enhance their memory and eloquence, and make their holders more agile and loyal. Some ancient people thought that emeralds could make wasteful people frugal, thus making them richer. Emerald can also prevent diseases, and women wearing emerald can avoid serious diseases such as epilepsy. In addition, some people say that emeralds have great potential. An ancient man wrote that there was a stone lion near the island of Cyprus. The eyes of the lion's head are decorated with two beautiful emeralds. These two green eyes are shining with sharp light, which deeply penetrates the sea, making the fish in the sea feel scared and flee one after another. At that time, the fisherman was very confused. He couldn't catch any fish. I don't know what happened. Finally, they took off the emerald's eyes and replaced them with other gems. It is said that emeralds in ancient Egypt have been discovered for about 4000 years. Colombian emeralds were discovered by the Incas in the16th century. When the Spanish occupied the Inca kingdom, they took a lot of this precious gem from the Incas. The Spanish tortured the Incas to find out the source of emeralds, but the Incas would rather die than tell the source of emeralds. Before this, the Incas had cleared away the traces of mining emeralds, and the growing bushes covered up the path of the mine mouth. It is difficult for the Spanish to find this mine. By chance, the Spanish discovered the Muzuo emerald deposit in Colombia in 1555, and it has been exploited by the Spanish and the people since then. It was not owned by the Colombian state until 1886, and Grandma Lu is still being produced. We know that most emerald crystals are very small, but in 1956, a high-quality emerald crystal was found in azania, South Africa, weighing 24,000 carats, which is the highest in the world. An emerald with a weight of 16020 carats was also found in Muzo mine in Colombia, ranking second in the world. Colombia also produced some famous grandmothers. 189 1 year, the abdicated emperor of Brazil gave Duke of Devonshire a beautiful emerald weighing 1383.95 carats, which was later called Devon Emerald. There is also an emerald called Patricia, which weighs 630 carats and is very beautiful in color. In the new york Museum of Natural History, there are five unnamed huge emeralds from Muzuo, weighing 1.796 carats, 1.752 carats, 1.492 carats, 1.654 carats, 38+0.000 carats and 220 carats respectively. Russia also produces emeralds weighing1965g. In Simithsonian, Washington, USA, all emeralds known as the most beautiful living ones weigh 858 carats. There are also three emeralds polished, weighing 37.82 carats, 365,438+0 carats and 265,438+0 carats respectively. It is considered as a model of emerald cutting and grinding. Some emeralds are also produced in North Carolina, USA, such as carolina emeralds found in 13. 14 carats, Ellis emeralds found in 276 carats and Stephenson emeralds found in 1969. An emerald vase weighing 268 1 carat is collected in the Kunsthis-torisohes Museum in Vienna, Austria. It was carved for the Habsburg family of the empire in 1642. There are two hexagonal columnar emerald crystals in the Topca Pi Museum, which are 6 cm and 8 cm long respectively. The British Museum of Natural History in London, England also has an emerald crystal named Devon, which is 5. 1cm long and weighs 1384 carats. According to records, the Iranian royal family has the largest number of emeralds in the world, including thousands of emeralds with bright colors and more than 50 carats. Pahlavi Crown has a colorful emerald of about 100 carats, a 65-carat one and three 14 carats. The throne is inlaid with 2 1 gem weighing 35-90 carats, 4 gems weighing 100- 170 carats and an emerald weighing about 225 carats. It can be seen that the Iranian royal family cherishes emeralds and is of great value. The world's most famous emerald ornament is the Andean Crown, 1593 made of pure gold, inlaid with the 45-carat Atahulpa emerald named after the last Inca emperor. The crown is inlaid with 453 precious stones with a total weight of 152 1 carat. 1968, the crown of the Andes was bought by a tycoon from a jeweler in new york, and was never heard from again. 1993 An emerald necklace with columnar crystals in series was exhibited at the Beijing International Expo, which was worth 200 million US dollars and was the most representative gem of emerald.