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Aquamarine got its name from "Sea
Water" and ranges from pale blues to dark blues to greenish
blue in color. Aquamarine is said to re-awaken love in
long-married couples and help the making of new friends. To
wear Aquamarine would bring love and affection. In the
olden days, people believed the gemstone gave courage to the
wearer, helped you to win arguments, made you smarter, and
cured laziness. Aquamarine comes from the mineral
Beryl, which also produces Emerald (green), Golden Beryl
(yellow) and Morganite (pink). It is quite a hard
stone. The deeper the blue color, the rarer the stone,
which makes it more expensive. Although it is quite a
rare
stone, it is cheaper than buying an emerald. Aquamarine is found in the Denver
area of the USA, and is also found in Nigeria, Zambia,
Zimbabwe and Brazil. Almost Aquamarine comes out of the
ground greenish blue. The heating of Aquamarine in
laboratories
has been an accepted practice for decades. Nearly
every Aquamarine is heated to cook out the yellow and green
color so that they become a truer blue in color. This
process is permanent
and has no effect on the durability
of the stone.
