How much are emeralds worth per carat?
We often get questions like this, and they are never easy to answer. The correct answer is that an emerald is worth what people will pay for them and that price depends on the quality and rarity of the stone. Several factors, but in particular, the 4 Cs of Color, Clarity, Cut, and Carat become the quality bases of any valuation to be made. Youll find a discussion of the 4 Cs on our About Emeralds page. If you were to apply those 4 Cs as you browse a varied selection of emeralds, youd quickly understand their importance in making a determination of an emeralds quality. In a given selection youd see cloudy, milky colored stones; emeralds that lack true emerald green color; eye-clean stones; heavily included stones; badly cut or chipped stones; as well as small and large stones. All of these variations are out there, so it would be impossible to assign a single market price to all emeralds. Instead they are evaluated on a more individual basis or sometimes in the lots by which they may be
