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The cave owes its name due to the emerald light that reverberates in it: an underwater fissure allows sunlight to filter through. The grotto, located at the Amalfi Coast, is partly filled with sea water. The surface area of the water measures roughly 45 × 32 metres, with a cavern roof about 24 metres above water level.
Emerald is regarded as the traditional birthstone for May as well as the traditional gemstone for the astrological sign of Taurus. [38] [need quotation to verify] Traditional alchemical lore ascribes several uses and characteristics to emeralds: The virtue of the Emerald is to counteract poison.
Emerald Mound was constructed during 1250 and 1600 CE, and is the type site for the Emerald Phase (1500 - 1680) of the Plaquemine culture Natchez Bluffs chronology.It was used as a ceremonial center for a population who resided in outlying villages and hamlets, but takes its name from the historic Emerald Plantation that surrounded the mound in the 19th century.
See some of the Cape’s blossoming orchids at the Cape and Island Orchid Society’s annual Cape Cod Orchid Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 20 and 21 at the Emerald Resort in Hyannis.
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An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...
Emerald's Big Easel is a copy of the repetition van Gogh made of the fourth version of his Sunflowers (1888), which is currently part of the National Gallery of London's collection. Van Gogh came to think of the sunflower as a type of artistic signature, stating in a letter to his brother, Theo van Gogh , in January 1889, "You know that Jeannin ...