As a rockhound, I'm amazed at that crystal. Finding anything like that would be bragging rights for a couple lifetimes.
But as an emerald, I'm not that impressed. This quote is telling:
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"It was so dark in color that holding it up to the sun you couldn't even get the light to come through it," a quality that ensured an intense green hue once the stone was cut with facets that allowed light into the gem's core, Ledford said.
Still, it's some great green from NC & I would be making big deal of it if it were mine too!
It really needs a recut bad.. look at those sides! much less the crown.. Maybe amethystguy can tell us who cut it.. he knows those folks..
It's unimaginable, to me, that the owners of that rough would let just "anyone" whack away at it. I love picking rocks (though still a novice), but if I found anything 1% as cool as that crystal I would really check out a cutter's credentials before I'D turn it over. Maybe the photos are bad (optimistic)
MJB
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