Emerald imineral compound iyo inosanganiswa nealuminium silicate uye beryllium. Colombia inoonekwa senzvimbo yekuzvarwa yemhando yepamusoro emerald. Matombo madiki anocherwawo kuZambia, Brazil, Madagascar, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan neRussia. Zvishongo zveEmerald zvinosimudzira kukudzwa, kungwara uye huchenjeri.
Pamusika wepasi rose, emerald kubva kuBrazil neZambia anokosheswa zvakada kufanana neColombian emerald. Emerald ibwe rinoera rakabatana nepasi reMercury uye ragara richionekwa sechiratidzo chetariro. Zvinotendwa kuti emerald inonyanya kuratidza maitiro ayo muchirimo. Emerald inonyanya kubatsira vanyori, vezvematongerwo enyika, vafundisi, vaimbi, veruzhinji, vatongi, vashandi vehurumende, vagadziri vezvivakwa, mabhanga uye vane mari.