PARA-339-Star-Emerald

Caretaker Status: Unknown

Affiliated companion(s): none

Level 1 - concrete
Word: Emerald (Star)

Origin:
Old English steorra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ster, German Stern, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin stella and Greek astēr .
Middle English: from Old French e(s)meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek ( s)maragdos, via Prakrit from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqeṯ, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle’).

Definition:
Star emerald is a rare variety of emerald that exhibits asterism; a six-rayed star that shimmers over the surface of the stone when it is moved. The star effect is owed to aligned needle-like rutile inclusions.

Magic Status: 0 - Uninitiated

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware