| Emerald Photos
 
                
             
  
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 | 1  This high quality hydrothermally lab-grown hexagonal Emerald
      crystal has the same geometric atomic structure as a natural emerald.
      One of the easiest ways to tell a natural emerald apart from its
      lab-grown cousin is that the natural emerald will have many
      inclusions.
      
      Of course there can also be low grade lab-grown emeralds that are much
      harder to distinguish from naturals. Emeralds, like quartz, grow in
      superheated water under extreme pressure, which is why they are called
    hydrothermal crystals. |  
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    |  | 2  A raw high-quality hydrothermally lab-grown hexagonal Emerald
      crystal, grown in a way that results in the atomic lattice being
      identical to that of a natural emerald made by Mother Nature and the
      laws of physics.
      
      Many people struggle with the concept of a geometrically shaped
      crystal grown in a controlled environment that imitates nature. But at
      one fiftieth the price of an untreated natural emerald of the same
      quality, most individuals simply can't afford a natural emerald of
      this kind of astrological efficacy.    |  
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    |  | 3  An example of a low quality laboratory-grown Emerald cluster. At
        first sight almost any gemologist will think this is a cluster grown
    by Mother Nature, unless they know the lab it came from. |  
 
 
 
          	  
          	  
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