Russian emerald is a rare and unique emerald variety extracted from russia. Russia is the most mineral rich country in europe. Emerald is mined near ekaterinburg in russia s ural mountains. It accounts for the greatest percentage of the total gemstones mined in europe. The country is especially famous for rare and exotic gems such as alexandrite and demantoid garnet.
One of the reasons for this is the country s large geographical stretch which extends from europe even to asia. Russia also has important deposits of many colored gemstones. All the famous and rare gems from russia such as charoite seraphinite eudialyte jade tourmaline shungite and many other stones. Bilgore said he considers russian demantoid to be on par with top gems such as kashmir sapphire burmese ruby and colombian emerald. The suite came from the estate of a collector and attracted much attention from gem dealers familiar with russian demantoids before ultimately being used in this award winning piece of jewelry.
It is recognised by its watery green hue lucid transparency and brilliant glow. Although it is a relatively less popular variety but some fine emerald specimens from russia can rival the gems from the popular colombian and zambian origins. It is recognised by its watery green hue lucid transparency and brilliant glow. One of the reasons for this is the country s large geographical stretch which extends from europe even to asia. Russian emerald is a rare and unique emerald variety extracted from russia.
