Emerald Heart Shaped Pendants

Emerald jewelry really is a perfect gift of love and romance because emeralds are believed to represent true and pure love. Emeralds have been adored for centuries as a gem that promotes well being, they are said to promote not only love, but luck, fertility and fidelity.

Hearts are a classic symbol of love and combining emeralds and hearts in jewelry makes a truly wonderful gift for someone special. I believe that pendants are a great jewelry item to give as you don’t have to worry about getting the sizing right (as with rings) or if they can only wear certain types of ear rings (such as stainless steel, gold, silver etc).

This collection of emerald heart shaped pendants is sure to win you a lot of brownie points if you give them to a special someone for Valentine’s Day, birthday, anniversary or Christmas. I personally don’t mind receiving emeralds on any day of the year and I’m sure I’m not alone in that respect!

Beautiful women throughout the centuries have adorned themselves in emeralds including Cleopatra.    I can’t help wondering if this was because one of the Egyptian’s beliefs was that emeralds could promote immortality.   The Egyptians held emeralds in high esteem believing them to be important in fertility as well as rejuvenation and immortality.

The Egyptians weren’t the only ancient civilization to have beliefs about emeralds.   Emeralds are one of the world’s oldest gemstones and ancient civilizations around the world have beliefs about the emerald’s powers to promote luck, health and joy.

When it comes to giving a gift of jewelry that says I love you then emerald jewelry is the gemstone of choice. The beautiful emerald necklaces opposite would have been held in reverence by many civilizations as a love token.

• The ancient Babylonian tribe – the Chaldeans – believed that their goddess of love and war, Ishtar actually lived inside of emeralds.
• Chinese legend has also long told that emeralds hold the key to pure and true love. It is said that when an emerald is used upon the heart charka it helps to allows you to express the love that you feel. It is a perfect stone for people who have trouble expressing their feelings (especially those of love).
• Emeralds are also said to promote luck and good health to their wearers, something that I’m sure you’d want your love to experience.
• Emeralds were worshiped by the Incas and Aztecs in South America where they were believed to be a holy stone with powers over nature, bringing good fortune to them.
• In Asia emeralds are even written about in the Veda (ancient Indian medicine book) as having the ability to enhance well-being in a person.
• The Roman goddess Venus is associated with emeralds and so they are also said to represent love, beauty and fertility.

The Roman Emperor Nero would actually watch gladiator matches through a pale emerald as he found that it would soothe his nerves…..remembering that he was the Emperor that appeared to be a little ‘insane’ playing his violin while Rome burned.

• The Greeks also saw emeralds as being powerful with both Aristole and Pliny commenting on them. Aristole believed that the wearing of emeralds elevated a person’s overall stature, while Pliny felt that emeralds were good for allowing the eyes to feel rested.

This collection of heart shaped emerald jewelry is truly breathtaking and I know that I would be blown away to receive any of these pieces.   I know I’m not the only one as beauties such as Cleopatra loved emeralds and even since then well known women have wanted to own emeralds.

Throughout the ages beautiful women have worn emeralds – Napoleon gave his Josephine emeralds and screen legends such as Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Greta Garbo and Elizabeth Taylor have all been bitten by the emerald bug!   Even modern day celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Kim Khardashian have been captured by the emerald’s allure.

A lot of great emerald jewelry actually belongs to royalty around the world which gives this beautiful green stone a regal appeal as well.   The Iranian Crown Jewels and the British Crown Jewels both contain beautiful emerald pieces.

Other famous people who wore emeralds included the Duchess of Windsor and Jackie Kennedy-Onassis.   While Queen Elizabeth II not only has access to the crown jewels but also owns a considerable amount of emerald jewelry herself.   Queen Anne Marie of Greece also enjoys wearing emeralds.

While it would be great to be able to own some of these famous pieces of jewelry the emerald pendants showcased on this page would more than make me (and many others I would imagine) very happy!