Emerald Fragments

The fragments are incredibly large, about twice as large as the pictures suggest, and so large that in order to use I had to cut them into pieces about a third of their original size in order to put them into the casing for my engagement ring, leaving me with just about 0.62 grams of actually usable fragments. Other than that they are beautiful and fairly colorful ranging from gray over brown to almost perfectly clear green. Would've been nice to get them a lot smaller. Would've gone for 3.5 but since that isn't possible I tended to the 3 star rating.

I haven't had a chance to use it yet as this was part of my initial order to stock up on items, but I have plants to make an emerald stone ring on a gold plated blank, so I'm hopeful it will look just as pretty!

Some of the fragments where really nice, the rest were too lightly colored to look decent in any ring, all the fragments were too big to use and will have to be broken down later since I don't possess a rock grinder or breaker.

thank you

I quite like the look of the emerald fragments. Even though they are darker and mostly gray(unlike the picture) they have their own use and beauty. However, I just started ring making, in fact, I used the emeralds on the 2nd ring I made(and am still making). When I bought them, I thought that a mix of emerald and obsidian would look interesting in a ring. However, I should have done more research because I didn't give one thought to the hardness of the stone. It has been very difficult to grind the emeralds down, using a Dremel tool, I had to use different attachments than just the sanding rings. If you're going to buy them, be prepared for a bit of a difficult process ahead.