ʻO ka Emerald kahi hui mineral i hui pū ʻia me ka alumini silicate a me ka beryllium. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Kolombia ka wahi hānau o nā emeralds kiʻekiʻe loa. Ua ʻeli ʻia nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi ma Zambia, Brazil, Madagascar, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan a me Rusia. Hoʻoikaika nā mea nani Emerald i ka hanohano, ka naʻauao a me ka naʻauao.
Ma ka mākeke honua, ʻike nui ʻia nā emeralds mai Brazil a me Zambia e like me nā emeralds Colombian. He pōhaku laʻa ka Emerald me ka honua Mercury a ua manaʻo ʻia he hōʻailona o ka manaʻolana. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka emerald e hōʻike maikaʻi loa i kāna mau waiwai i ka pūnāwai. E hoʻopōmaikaʻi nui ʻia nā Emeralds i nā mea kākau, nā kālai'āina, nā kāhuna pule, nā mea hoʻokani pila, nā kiʻi lehulehu, nā luna kānāwai, nā limahana kīwila, nā mea kākau, nā panakō a me nā mea kālā.