Celebrity Gemstone | Elizabeth Taylor and Harry Burton Diamond

Elizabeth Taylor is known as the famous personality in the world and well known for her diamond jewelry collection. Richard Burton purchased diamonds as her gift to Elizabeth 40th birthday. The diamond was 69.42 carats and cut into a pear shape by Harry Winston. It was cut from a rough stone weighing 240.80 carats (48.160 g) found in the Premier mine in 1966.

Richard Burton also gave her a heart-shaped yellow diamond which was originally a gift from Shah Jahan in 1621 to his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who also inspired the Taj Mahal.

The stone first owner with pear shape was Harry Winston and
later sold to Harriet Annenberg Ames, a American ambassador. Two years later it was sent to Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York to be auctioned explaining her decision and statement , "I found myself positively cringing and keeping my gloves on for fear it would have been seen, I have always been an extremely gregarious person and I did not enjoy that feeling.

The diamond was put up for auction on October 23rd, 1969, on the understanding that it could be named by the buyer .

But in 1978 after her divorced from Richard Burton, she announced selling the diamond up for sale and planning to use the proceeds to build hospital in Botswana. The auctioneer began the bidding by asking if anyone would offer reached to $1,000,000. The winner was Robert Kenmore, the Chairman of the Board of Kenmore Corporation, the owners of Cartier Inc., who paid the record price of $1,050,000 for the gem, which he promptly named the 'Cartier'

An illustration of the Taylor-Burton set in a necklace containing
several hundred small round brilliants and a marquise shape.

Emerald Gemstone : impart great feeling of love and inner peace to the bearer

Emerald is a gemstone with the variety of the mineral beryl and come in many shades of green and bluish green. It is a green shade of Beryllium Aluminium Silicate. The origin of the world Emerald is said to be sankrit word meaning " green". These beautiful stone can be found throughout the world , including the Middle East, Asia, Russia and mined principally in Columbia.

Emerald is a valuable gemstone and has provided the incentive of developing synthetic emeralds. These stone are hard with crystal features and are known for brilliance and clarity when polished and cut .

Birthstone information
Emerald is used to represent for the month of May, with astrological sign under the sign
of Taurus, Aries and Gemini and reflect the green of the spring grasses.

Emerald has represented has the powerful force of protecting the bearers from dangers. It is said to enhance the intellectual abilities and improved general health. It said to believe that could impart great feeling of love and inner peace to the bearer and appropriate gift on all occasions.