The May birthstone is often used to celebrate the 20th, 35th and 55th wedding anniversaries. Emerald is a member of the Beryl mineral family—with its green hue distinguishing it from fellow beryls aquamarine (blue) and morganite (pinkish peach). All beryl gems rank between a 7.5 and 8 on the Mohs scale, making them durable enough for fine jewelry. However, natural emeralds are often highly included, making them weaker. To compensate, many are treated with oil to fill in surface-reaching cracks or pores. Overtime, that oil may dry out and affect the appearance. Untreated, natural emeralds are very rare and can be very expensive.

At Vogue Gem, one of our main goals is to offer our customers affordable and conflict-free gemstones that you can cherish for years to come. Our emeralds jewelry uses conflict-free, cultured emeralds (lab grown in the USA by Chatham®). Lab-created emeralds have the identical physical, optical, gemological, and chemical properties as emeralds found in nature. They are as durable, beautiful, and vibrant, but since they are cultivated in a controlled lab environment, they offer the same stunning color and clarity, with fewer flaws and without negative environmental repercussions.

Cultured gemstones are not the same as imitation or simulant stones. Lower-priced simulants do not have the same chemical and physical properties as natural gemstones, but merely imitate their appearance. Pair our conflict-free emerald with our lifetime warranty.