Emerald:     

Hardness: 7.5 - 8

     Emerald is of the green nature of the Beryl, an actual mineral. Other color types belonging to beryl are as follows:

     Aquamarine, Heliodor and Morganite. Different types of Beryl are simply identified by their color, green being the
Emerald. The green in the Emerald is caused by lesser traces of chromium and smaller traces of iron.

     The beauty of the emerald is highly sought after by jewelers, who will often times solicit the buy of these gems.

     Many times, Emeralds will be set with inclusions and other types of flaws. Jewelers do not see this as a bad thing in
the least. Jewelers and buyers alike seek out these flaws to confirm the identity of the validity of an emerald beryl.

     To know this gem’s “Karat-SIZE”, roll on Chart #1

 

Chart #1
%Roll: Karat-SIZE:
01-30:   1
31-35:   2
36-40:   3
41-45:   4
46-50:   5
51-55:   6
56-60:   7
61-65:   8
66-70:   9
71-75:   10
76-80:   11
81-85:   12
86-90:   13
91-95:   14
96-00:   15 Roll a 71+ and continue rolling on Chart #2 for "Special qualities".

 

Chart #2 Roll two times on this chart, keeping the LOWER of the two rolls:
%Roll: Special Qualities:
01-30:   Add 1 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
31-45:   Add 1-D4+1 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
46-55:   Add 1-D6 +2 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
56-65:   Add 1-D8 +3 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
66-70:   Add 1-D10 +4 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
71-75:   Add 1-D12 +5 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
76-80:   Add 1-D20 +6 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
81-84:   Add 2-D20 +7 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
85-88:   Add 3-D20 +8 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
89-91:   Add 4-D20 +9 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
92-94:   Add 1-D100 +13 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
95-96:   Add 1-D100 x2 +13 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
97-98:   Add 1-D100 x3 +13 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
   99:     Add 1-D100 x4 +13 karat to current karat-size of the gem.
   00:     Add 1-D100 x5 +13 karat to current karat-size of the gem.

 

     Once you have determined the “Karat-SIZE” of this gem, roll on Chart #3 for its “Value”.

 

Chart #3
%Roll: Value:
01-05:   150 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
06-10:   200 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
11-15:   250 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
16-20:   300 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
21-25:   350 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
26-30:   400 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
31-35:   450 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
36-40:   500 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
41-45:   550 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
46-50:   600 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
51-55:   650 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
56-60:   700 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
61-65:   750 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
66-70:   800 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
71-75:   850 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
76-80:   900 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
81-85:   950 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
86-90:   1,000 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
91-95:   1,050 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.
96-00:   1,100 W.G. x the karat-size of the gem.