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== Notable emeralds == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col" | Emerald !scope="col" | Origin !scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Size !scope="col" | Location |- |Chipembele<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 November 2021|title=Gemfields finds largest emerald ever at Zambia mine|url=https://www.mining.com/gemfields-finds-largest-emerald-to-date-at-zambia-mine/|access-date=9 December 2021|website=MINING.COM|language=en-US|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209164025/https://www.mining.com/gemfields-finds-largest-emerald-to-date-at-zambia-mine/|url-status=live}}</ref> |Zambia, 2021 |7,525 carats (1.505 kg) |[[Israel Diamond Exchange]], Eshed – Gemstar<ref>{{cite web |last1=Addow |first1=Amina |title=World's largest uncut emerald weighs hefty 1.5 kg |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/commercial/2022/11/worlds-largest-uncut-emerald-weighs-hefty-1-5-kg-724380 |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |access-date=15 October 2023 |date=2 November 2022 |archive-date=13 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013051148/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/commercial/2022/11/worlds-largest-uncut-emerald-weighs-hefty-1-5-kg-724380 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |[[Bahia Emerald]]<ref name="DT">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8023359/Judge-to-decide-who-owns-250-million-Bahia-emerald.html|title=Judge to decide who owns 250 million Bahia emerald.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]], UK|date=24 September 2010|access-date=31 December 2010|first=Nick|last=Allen|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928032613/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8023359/Judge-to-decide-who-owns-250-million-Bahia-emerald.html|archive-date=28 September 2010}}</ref> |Brazil, 2001 |180,000 carats, crystals in host rock 752 lb (341 kg) | Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.wired.com/2017/03/curse-bahia-emerald-giant-green-rock-wreaks-havoc-ruins-lives/ | title = The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Ruins Lives | magazine = Wired | publisher = wired.com | access-date = 17 December 2018 | archive-date = 15 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215143226/https://www.wired.com/2017/03/curse-bahia-emerald-giant-green-rock-wreaks-havoc-ruins-lives/ | url-status = live }}</ref> |- |Carolina Emperor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/31/north.carolina.emerald/index.html |title=North Carolina emerald: Big, green and very rare |last=Gast |first=Phil |access-date=8 October 2013 |date=1 September 2010 |work=CNN |publisher=Cable News Network (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925153333/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/31/north.carolina.emerald/index.html |archive-date=25 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/16/1935490/nc-gems-to-shine-at-museum.html |title=N.C. gems to shine at museum |last=Stancill |first=Jane |access-date=8 October 2013 |date=16 March 2012 |work=[[The News & Observer]] |publisher=The News & Observer Publishing Co. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327194244/http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/16/1935490/nc-gems-to-shine-at-museum.html |archive-date=27 March 2012 }}</ref> |United States, 2009 |310 carats uncut, 64.8 carats cut |[[North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences]], Raleigh |- |[[Chalk Emerald]] |Colombia |38.40 carats cut, then recut to 37.82 carats |[[National Museum of Natural History]], Washington |- |[[Duke of Devonshire Emerald]] |Colombia, before 1831 |1,383.93 carats uncut |[[Natural History Museum, London]] |- |Emerald of Saint Louis<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr/Science/Emeraudes/Gallery_st_louis_sertie.html | title = Emeraude de Saint Louis – St Louis Emerald | work = CRPG: Le Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques | access-date = 8 February 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044320/http://www.crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr/Science/Emeraudes/Gallery_st_louis_sertie.html | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> |Austria, probably Habachtal |51.60 carats cut |[[National Museum of Natural History (France)|National Museum of Natural History]], Paris |- |[[Gachalá Emerald]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://geogallery.si.edu/index.php/10002797/gachala-emerald | title = Gachala Emerald | work = National Museum of Natural History | publisher = Smithsonian Institution | year = 2017 | access-date = 8 February 2017 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080411/http://geogallery.si.edu/index.php/10002797/gachala-emerald | archive-date = 11 February 2017 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> |Colombia, 1967 |858 carats uncut |[[National Museum of Natural History]], Washington |- |[[Mogul Mughal Emerald]] |Colombia, 1107 A.H. (1695–1696 AD) |217.80 carats cut |[[Museum of Islamic Art, Doha]], Qatar |- | Rockefeller Emerald <ref>{{cite web |title=10 jewels that made history |url=https://www.christies.com/features/10-jewels-that-created-auction-history-and-changed-the-market-9549-3.aspx?sc_lang=en&lid=1 |website=Christies |access-date=22 December 2019 |archive-date=16 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316045906/https://www.christies.com/features/10-jewels-that-created-auction-history-and-changed-the-market-9549-3.aspx?sc_lang=en&lid=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> | Colombia | 18.04 carats Octagonal step-cut | Private collection |- |Patricia Emerald<ref>{{Cite web|title = Patricia Emerald|url = http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/earth-and-planetary-sciences-halls/morgan-memorial-hall-of-gems/patricia-emerald|website = AMNH|access-date = 22 August 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905075133/http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/earth-and-planetary-sciences-halls/morgan-memorial-hall-of-gems/patricia-emerald|archive-date = 5 September 2015|df = mdy-all}}</ref> |Colombia, 1920 |632 carats uncut, dihexagonal (12 sided) |[[American Museum of Natural History]], New York |- |Mim Emerald<ref>Bouillard, J.-C. and Jeanne-Michaud, A. (2016) "101 minéraux et pierres précieuses – qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie". Hors collection, Dunod. {{ISBN|2100742272}}.</ref> |Colombia, 2014 |1,390 carats uncut, dihexagonal (12 sided) |[[Mim Museum]], Beirut |}
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