Latin for ""seawater."" Roman sailors carried it as a talisman, believing it could calm the ocean in a storm.
A member of the beryl family, sharing the same crystal structure as emerald. A trace difference in iron content separates deep green from pale blue. The same skeleton, an entirely different character.
Primarily sourced from high-altitude granite pegmatites in Brazil, Pakistan, and Madagascar. Named after the sea, born deep within mountains.