Sunday, July 10, 2011

Emerald queen

Since the 16th century, many beautiful emerald is set in the European royal crown, scepter, throne, and all kinds of jewelry. Between royal and emerald many stories, but also most of the topics of the British royal family. From Elizabeth II to the "Rose of England," Princess Diana, the legend of their own favorite jewelry so that they become the focus.


Perhaps you have worn the Queen Elizabeth II crown and emerald necklace emerald slight impression of their appearance rate is high. Photo of young queen slightly smiling, rich green just right to set off the dignity and authority of the Queen. The emerald jewelry came from her grandmother Queen Mary, full of a few pieces of jewelry, including heavyweights: Delhi pilgrimage crown, Cambridge short emerald necklace, necklace pilgrimage Delhi, Delhi pilgrimage Cambridge emerald brooch and bras. The jewelry, whose full name Cambridge - Delhi pilgrimage royal suite. Cambridge we all know, Delhi is the capital of India, when India was a colony of the British Empire, George V became Emperor of India. He organized a pilgrimage to Delhi Conference, Queen Mary, his wife naturally go, so you can understand the origin of this jewelry. In this set of jewelry, the Queen Elizabeth II is a favorite pilgrimage necklace Delhi, on many occasions you can see it. It consists of eight large round emerald chain composed of the body, trimmed around the diamond, the most special is the following pendant necklace is a double pendant, hung a huge addition to the Cambridge emeralds, and a pear-shaped big diamond. That is one of Cullinan Diamond (the world's largest diamonds), diamond and emerald set off each other exceptionally brilliant.

In this series of jewelry, the most famous short emerald necklace in Cambridge, it was a short called Diana emerald necklace. Queen Mary, when ordered to Garrard & Co jewelry, when this is already 1920. Was particularly popular ART DECO (Decorative Art) jewelry fashion, jewelry should be simple shape, but larger stones. Queen Mary, I just 14 stones, but to a large emerald. So this is not only a short necklace of precious stones especially large, and to be less than the average, usually in the diamond cutting methods used on sixty round face cut, make jewelry look big and bright. This necklace Queen Mary left their daughter, Elizabeth II's mother, Queen Mother in turn pass it on to the Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II finally gave it to Diana as a wedding gift. Newly married Diana, when no jewelry, worn on many occasions it. She started with the emerald green dress, wearing a demure but was quite satisfactory. Later, at a charity party, because there are disco project, she creatively this necklace worn on the forehead when the hair. This method is very exotic to wear fresh, and let this necklace suddenly red again, the British royal family has become one of the most famous of a jewelry.

Besides this huge emerald jewelry inlaid in the crown of the pilgrimage. 1911 just do the time, there are five top spire, steeple on the set of five huge round Cambridge emeralds, so beautiful. Later, the Cullinan diamond was cut later, some set in the above. Queen Mary's coronation ceremony in Delhi, it is worn, the very few other occasions to wear it. Queen Mary, this crown is passed directly to a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, was the crown and Camilla and Prince Charles got married, worn on the head of Camilla. But the precious emerald crown has been taken down, emerald in the crown of the majestic Queen Mary can only glimpse of black and white photographs.

Emeralds in the world production is extremely rare, has been estimated that for every 1 million, only a mineral beryl is emerald, emerald green gem in a millionth of a miracle. People familiar with ruby, sapphire compared to the geological conditions of emerald growth of more complex and specific yield than red, sapphire less price than the red, sapphire to be expensive. Color purity is even more rare superior emerald, emerald which has been a royal nobility's pet. Major emerald jewelry brands are often manufactured with luxury, retro, the Queen generally strong jewelry. To occupy an extraordinary emerald jewelry, you tend to first position with the Queen and the general financial resources, as well as Queen of the general style. Green and then only on behalf of grass, trees, forest, nature, green emerald gives new meaning - it is high above the queen and goddess, seemingly calm, elegant, natural, but unattainable



Emerald necklace

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