How do you do the Aquamarine Wholesale? As a China gemstone beads wholesaler and manufacturer, we find it is too popular. While many people do not know how to select an aquamarine stone. Here, we want to share more information that you may not find online.
Aquamarine has always been loved by people. From TV and media, we often see that the royal family and stars like to wear aquamarine jewelry. Many famous jewelry brands such as Tiffany, Dior, Chaumet, etc., all like to use aquamarine for jewelry design. In recent years, its price has risen a lot. Santa Maria color and super Santa Maria color have also appeared.
Do you really know this stone well? If it is a crystal? How to select a stone? How to tell if an aquamarine stone is real? What is the benefit of aquamarine stone, and so on?
JewelryShells, as the Aquamarine Manufacturer and wholesaler in Ketang Town-the base of China’s gemstone industry, wants to talk about useful information on aquamarine that you may not know.
By reading this article, whether you are an aquamarine wholesaler, a retailer, or just a jewelry lover, you will have an in-depth understanding of aquamarine. This article is quite long and informative. Please follow and favorite.
From this article, you will get to know:
- What is aquamarine gemstone?
- Why is it called aquamarine?
- As the birthstone of March, what does aquamarine stone symbolize?
- What is the benefit of aquamarine stone?
- Origin of Aquamarine stone
- How to judge if an aquamarine gemstone is valuable?
- What is Santa Maria Aquamarine?
- Suggestions to the people who want to be the aquamarine wholesaler
- Is aquamarine a valuable gem? How to know if an aquamarine is natural?
FAQ
- How to tell aquamarine from blue topaz?
- How to identify if an aquamarine gemstone is heated?
- Why and how to heat the aquamarine gemstone?
- How can I wholesale aquamarine beads from JewelryShells?
- Who is JewelryShells and what else jewelry supplies it can offer?
What is aquamarine gemstone?
Aquamarine is not crystal. It is a semi-precious stone.
Gemstone is divided into semi-precious stones and precious stone. Precious stones are emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. All others are considered semi-precious stones.
By Wikipedia, Aquamarine is a pale-blue to light-green variety of beryl. The color of aquamarine can be changed by heat.
Aquamarine has a chemical composition of Be3Al2Si6O18, also containing Fe2+. It has a hardness of 7.5-8. Aquamarine contains no or few noticeable inclusions but it can have inclusions like mica or salt water.
Aquamarine is a common gemstone. However, there is a rarer deep blue variant called maxixe, but its color can fade due to sunlight. The color of the maxixe is caused by NO3. Dark-blue maxixe color can be produced in green, pink, or yellow beryl by irradiating it with high-energy radiation.
With have many years experience in manufacturing aquamarine beads, I have to make a Wikipedia addition. The natural colors of aquamarine in natural also have dark blue and blue.
Why is it called aquamarine?
Aquamarine stone is named for its natural blue color. The color is light blue to blue-green, blue to dark blue, and the whole blue-green to blue hue. Exactly like the color of seawater.
“Aqua” comes from the Latin which means water, and “marine” the Latin means “of the sea”. So aquamarine means the water of the sea. We can tell it is a energy stone. The word aquamarine was first used in 1677.
Except for naming it because of its color. I think another reason is its glass nature, which is often very transparent, clear, and shiny.
As the birthstone of March, what does aquamarine stone symbolize?
Aquamarine stone was included in the list of birthstones in 1912. There are many changes in the list, but no matter how it changes, the birthstone in March is always aquamarine.
As the birthstone for March, it symbolizes youth, hope, happiness, bravery, and wisdom. It is also considered a stone of toughness and strength. It enhances intuition and enhances creativity, making it an ideal stone for artists and writers who want to tap into their subconscious minds. Aquamarine is also said to help the wearer stay calm under stress and maintain a positive outlook on life. It is also believed to encourage honesty and trust in relationships and friendships.
At the same time, aquamarine is also a commemorative gemstone for the 19th anniversary of marriage. Because of its hardness, clarity, and gloss. It is excellent in many aspects, and its market acceptance has always been relatively high.
What is the benefit of aquamarine stone?
Many of our customers wholesale aquamarine beads for bracelets. People wear aquamarine beads for various reasons, let’s see what benefits aquamarine could bring to us.
Aquamarine gemstones are transparent in color, blue and icy. It is a spiritual protection stone. It is said that people who go out to the sea wear it and use it to pray to the sea god to protect the safety of navigation. Aquamarine is also a healing stone. It dominates the throat chakra, which can strengthen personal language skills, communication skills, and understanding.
More, aquamarine stone can increase your confidence and courage. It can eliminate our negative energy, help us feel less stressed, and think more objectively. Strengthen personal courage and defuse hostility. And strengthen relationships. It is also suitable for people who go out for a long time, which can guarantee smooth sailing.
Aquamarine has powerful healing and purifying powers. Stimulates energy flows through the meridians of your body. For those who tend to shrink back when encountering things, often deny themselves, or have low self-confidence for a long time, wearing aquamarine gemstones can increase your sense of purpose in life. Listen to your inner voice and be honest about your strengths and weaknesses. Encourage yourself in clear thinking and good judgment. Affirm your worth.
Origin of Aquamarine stone
1. Where does aquamarine stones come from?
Aquamarine can mostly be found in granite pegmatite. It can also be found in the veins of metamorphic rocks that became mineralized by hydrothermal activity. Pegmatite is a type of igneous rock that contains crystals with large faces that form within pockets or cavities in other rocks. Pegmatite is also formed under intense heat and pressure deep inside the Earth’s crust. It’s not unusual for these crystals to reach several inches across.
Although aquamarine and emerald belong to the beryl family, aquamarine has a super high clarity that emerald cannot be beautiful, because their shapes are formed in different ways. To make it easier for everyone to understand, let me take a wooden barrel with water for example.
Emerald is formed on the edge of the barrel wall, at the place between wood and water, so have many impurities. This is called contact metamorphism. Aquamarine stones are formed in the clear water, and its clarity is much higher. This is why we often see very high-quality aquamarine gemstones in the market.
2. The origin of aquamarine gemstone
By Wikipedia, aquamarine can be found in countries like Afghanistan, China, Kenya, Pakistan, Russia, Mozambique, the United States, Brazil, Nigeria, Madagascar, Zambia, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Malawi, India, Zimbabwe, Australia, Myanmar, and Namibia.
The state of Minas Gerais of Brazil is a major source of aquamarine. But it is not to say aquamarine stones from other countries are in lower quality than Brazil. We have to check the aquamarine stone itself to tell if the quality is good or not.
Compare with emeralds, the output of aquamarine is very large, which is also one of the main factors that determine the price. So what are the factors that determine the quality of aquamarine? And how can you tell if aquamarine is good quality?
Before you do the aquamarine wholesale, you need to learn how to judge if an aquamarine gemstone is valuable?
Compared with ruby, aquamarine is inexpensive due to its abundance. While it is more expensive than blue topaz but costs less than emerald or bixbite.
The value of aquamarine is determined by color, cutting, clarity, and weight. Same as diamond.
1. Color
The color of aquamarine ranges from light blue-green to light blue, from blue to dark blue. Usually, the darker blue color of aquamarine is more expensive.
The rich blue color is highly recommended. While in the international market, it has a medium tone, high richness, and a little green tone is the top grade.
In the past few years, Santa Maria Color of aquamarine stone and Super Santa Maria Color have appeared. These names did not exist before this. I will briefly introduce it below the article, to help you how to look at this Color Of Santa Maria.
2. Cutting
The cutting will directly affect the value of aquamarine gemstones. Excellent cutting will bring the best brilliance. While poor cutting will make aquamarine lose its luster.
The main shapes of higher-grade aquamarine are marquise, heart, teardrop, and emerald. For lower-grade aquamarine, they are often made into beads, carved stones, and specimens.
I like the teardrop shape. Because the drop shape symbolizes the tears of the sea. It symbolizes compassion and tolerance. And its fire color is very good, no matter what kind of inlay it is made of, it is very beautiful.
If it symbolizes love, such as a wedding anniversary, I will choose a heart shape. I probably don’t need to explain why.
As an aquamarine beads wholesale manufacturer, we mainly make aquamarine round beads. Most of our customers buy aquamarine beads for beading bracelets. For this part, I think I will introduce aquamarine beads as a kind of jewelry supplies in my next article, to provide more information about your aquamarine beads wholesale. Through the article, you will get to know how aquamarine round beads are produced.
3. Clarity
Judging the clarity of aquamarine is to look at its visible objects, that is, how many flaws in the stone. High-graded aquamarine gemstones are always in good clarity. They are clear and transparent in appearance.
The clarity of aquamarine often determines whether the stone is made into a cabochon or a bead.
4. Weight
In general, the price of the aquamarine gemstone increases with carat weight. The bigger the stone, the more valuable it is for collection. As you can see the weight of aquamarine is one of the most important factors affecting the price. But it is not absolute. A good aquamarine gemstone also needs to refer to the above four important factors. For example, a heavy stone of normal color will tend to be less expensive than a smaller one with finely colored aquamarine.
Therefore, we need to combine the above four elements to judge the quality of aquamarine. Now you know how to choose an aquamarine stone.
In recent years, people who buy aquamarine gemstones are very concerned about whether the stone is the color of Santa Maria. They were overjoyed when they found that the certificate prints Santa Maria Color. Feel value for money. So what is Santa Maris Color?
What is Santa Maria Aquamarine?
By the color of the aquamarine stone from light blue /green to dark blue, aquamarine is graded from 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, and 5A. 5A to Santa Maria Color and even Super Santa Maria Color.
“Santa Maria” originated from the color of aquamarine that came from the Santa Maria de Itabira mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The color from this aquamarine mine is considered the best saturated blue color. But now it is almost depleted.
I must tell you that not all Santa Maria aquamarines come from Brazil. This color is not regional. Also, there is no uniform standard range for this color range, including 1A-5A grades. JewelryShells company’ A4 grade may be another jewelry company’ A5 grades. The third-party appraisal agency will issue a certificate of Santa Maria Color to you as long as the color is close to it. Why so?
In my personal opinion, this is something why not do it. Buyers love to get the nice color of Santa Maria. Sellers love to sell for a good price. The appraisal agency can charge about 100 US dollars for a Santa Maria color certificate. So is there any need to ask for a certificate of Santa Maria Color? I don’t think it is necessary.
As long as you pay more attention. You will find that the colors with the same Santa Maria certificate are often very different. The best way to identify the best gemstone is to compare different stones. When you put two similar aquamarine gemstones together, it is easier to tell which one is better.
The certificate is the seller’s best-selling tool. It proves the value and authenticity of the gemstone. So if you want to enter jewelry sales, aquamarine will be one of your best choices. There are even more good reasons for saying this, see below.
As a gemstone wholesaler and manufacturer in Ketang Town, I want to give suggestions if you want to be an aquamarine wholesaler.
1. Aquamarine gemstone is popular in recent years.
As a gemstone wholesaler and manufacturer in Ketang Town for over 20 years, I have never seen anyone selling aquamarine at a loss. Prices have been rising and the market is booming.
Many big jewelry brands use aquamarine as a design element, such as BVLGARI, BlueNile, Harry Winston, and Cartier. And from history to the present, aquamarine has always been loved by the royal family. The late Diana and Elizabeth both loved aquamarine very much. Stars love to wear aquamarine jewelry too. All these can stimulate people’s desire to buy.
2. Production is large and the price is moderate. And there is the best market for aquamarine wholesale?
Aquamarine mostly grows pegmatite veins, which are large in number. Aquamarine gemstones prices above 10 carats or 20 carats are expensive. But it is not expensive for small size such as one carat to five carats. You can buy, for example, 1-2 carat stones, the price is about 40-70 US dollars. Then sell it at least for 70-100 US dollars, or even higher. If you can find a jewelry factory to design and make the stone into k gold jewelry, like earrings, rings, or pendants, you could earn a lot.
As a China aquamarine beads wholesaler, I still give you the best suggestion of where to source the aquamarine cabochons. First of all, the market I recommend here is for gem-quality aquamarine used as a ring/pendant. It is not aquamarine made of beads. Aquamarine beads are generally of poor quality compared the gem quality. If you need to wholesale aquamarine beads, JewelryShells must be your best choice! Next in my article, I will let you know how aquamarine is produced. How it is pickled, glued filling, and color change.
Chanthaburi is the Asia-Pacific region and world-class gem trading center. From Thailand Chanthaburi, you can buy the best price of aquamarine gemstone cabochons for k gold jewelry. Don’t worry about the language barrier, just go to the local area. Thais can easily complete a transaction with you using a calculator.
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Is aquamarine a valuable gem? How to know if an aquamarine is natural?
If it is collectible, I personally want a size above 20 carats. Those that are too small have no collection value. The output of aquamarine stone is large and there are too many small stones. So the price will not increase a lot.
In addition, if it is used as a collection. I personally think that it must be a pure natural aquamarine gemstone. Pure natural means no heated, no irradiated, no any other treatment. Now more than 90% of the aquamarine gemstones are heated or irradiated. Heating is defaulted as pure natural. So before you buy aquamarine, you must check the details of treatments with the sellers.
Here, I want to let you know how to read the certificate.
Many aquamarine sellers will offer you the certificate. Many certificates will identify the gemstone as natural as “Beryl-Aquamarine” but there is no description of heating. Some JRS certificates will identify as this gem has little evidence of color addition, when you see this, you need to know this gem must be heated. If no heating, the certificate will identify “no heating”.
So if an aquamarine is valuable, it depends on your purpose. Whether it is the collection or commemorative value, as long as you think it is valuable.
We hope this article is useful to you. We hope to share more information about semi-precious stone beads for jewelry making, like proceeding, treatment ways, etc. Any questions about semi-precious stone beads, you can contact us, and we will share all that we know and our gemstone manufacturing experience with you. About aquamarine beads wholesale, we will share more information in the next article.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to tell aquamarine from blue topaz?
Aquamarine is always mixed with blue topaz by many people. How to tell the difference between aquamarine and blue topaz? Use a refractive index tool. For example, the refractive index of aquamarine is 1.59-1.60, and the birefringence is 0.005. While topaz is 1.61-1.62, and the birefringence is 0.010.
How to identify if an aquamarine gemstone is heated?
Use a ten-times magnifier to look at the inclusions. Aquamarine generally has inclusions inside, like small snowflakes or black spots. If you can see the small snowflakes or black spots exploded, it is usually due to heat.
Why and how to heat the aquamarine gemstone?
Heating aquamarine by temperature 725-820 degrees. The purpose of heating is to remove the yellow and green tones of the stone. And the aquamarine stone is bluer in color. Heated aquamarine is defaulted to be natural in China without any description.
How can I wholesale aquamarine beads from JewelryShells?
Contact us by email at info@jewelryshells.com for bulk wholesale. Or make a call to +86 186 0200 2221. We will supply the best aquamarine beads at unbeatable wholesale prices.
Who is JewelryShells and what else jewelry supplies it can offer?
Click here to see the company information of JewelryShells. As a gemstone manufacturer in Ketang jewelry town, we could offer almost all semi-precious stone beads at factory prices. Besides, we are a jewelry supplies wholesaler of brass findings and Native American Jewelry. Visit us now!