Minimalist Emerald Stacking Rings

The birthstone for May, beloved for millennia, evokes rebirth and renewal. Regarded as the very definition of green, emerald is the perfect color for late spring. Emerald has captured hearts and minds throughout the ages. The rich green color suggests soothing and lush gardens.

Legend suggests that emerald has the power to make its wearer more intelligent and quick-witted, and it was believed to cure diseases like cholera and malaria. It’s the gemstone given for 20th and 35th wedding anniversaries.

Emerald comes from smaragdos, ancient Greek for a green gem. Pliny the Elder wrote in his encyclopedic Natural History that nothing greens greener. He also posited the therapeutic properties that helped gem cutters: (they) have no better method of restoring their eyes than by looking at the emerald, its soft, green color comforting and removing their weariness and lassitude. Now we know, the color green relieves stress and eye strain.