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Term Paper Title	Emerald
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     The Emerald is the gemstone that represents the month of May.  A gemstone is the
naturally occurring crystalline form of a mineral which is desirable for its beauty, valuable
in its rarity, and durable enough to be enjoyed for generations.  There are more than 30
popular gems and many more rare collector gemstones.
     The Emerald is considered the gem of eternal spring because of it’s green color.
The ancients prized it as the gemstone symbolizing love and rebirth.  Treasured for at least
4,000 years by different cultures all around the world, emerald is said to quicken the
intelligence as well as the heart. Legend gives it’s owner the power of eloquence.
     Cleopatra prized her emeralds more than any other gem.   She may have dropped
her peals in her wine for Mark Anthony but she kept her emeralds for herself.  The
Romans also loved the emeralds because, as ancient scholar Pliny said, “nothing greens
greener.”  Pliny said that emerald was the only gem which delighted the eye without
fatiguing it.  He said his eyes were restored when gazing at the emerald.
     One legend says that when Satan fell, he lost the emerald off of his crown.  The
emerald was then shaped into a bowl which the Queen of Sheba sent to Nicodemus.
Christ then used this bowl at the last supper.  Then the bowl’s final use was by Joseph of
Arimathea to catch the blood from the cross, founding the order of the Holy Grail.
     The Monguls of India, including Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal, loved
emeralds so much that the inscribed them with sacred text and wore them as talismans.
Some of these sacred stones, called Mongul emeralds, can still be seen in museums and
collections today.  Emerald is the birthstone for May, the month of springtime romance,
and the anniversary gemstone for the twentieth year of marriage, the perfect emblem of an
enduring love.

     What is the source of this timeless appeal for the emerald?  Today, scientists tell us
that the color green is more appealing to the eye than any other color.  Per...

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