Emerald gemstone is a symbol of kindliness and power that is known for its charm & beauty. Gota de Aceite is the most valuable and rarest quality of Emerald gemstone.

The word Gota de Aceite is a Spanish word that means “drop of oil”. This term is associated with the Colombian emerald and this effect can be seen in only one in a thousand stones mainly those of high quality stones.

The term gota de aceite is also known as “butterfly wing effect ” that means efectoaleta de mariposa in Spanish.

The impact is brought on by an impermanent intrusion of crystallization process in a few emeralds and to the development of inner calcite. The calcite stays into the crystal amid the entire setup stage, it is secured amid the gem’s development, till the arrangement of the gem. Calcite’s solid remains have a refractive list that discourages the light separating into the crystal, cooperating with it to make impacts and plane splendid figures like butterfly wings which appear to be alive when we move the gem in our grasp.

The butterfly effect is appreciated because of its beauty, uniqueness and most significantly because of its rarity. It is estimated that this effect can be found only in one emerald among the one or two thousand emerald. It is always the Colombian emerald that shows this effect because of high concentration of calcite in Colombian mines.

In some uncommon cases the “butterfly wing” effect might be because of specular light reflections on the two faces of break, with air incorporation. In any case, this impact is continually charming and specialists depict “butterfly wing” emeralds as oily and liquid gems, as though they moved always, on account of light impacts.

The oily appearance legitimizes the expression “gota de aceite” (a drop of oil) used to call these geems, regardless of the possibility that it can be truly broad and utilized for all great Colombian emeralds, recognizing the starting point of the gemstones. In Colombia, this expression has a tendency to be extremely nonexclusive and frequently mishandled on the grounds that it is regularly used to characterize emeralds of superb quality.

As per optical view point, this splendid effect is highlighted by another rare quality of Colombian emeralds. These gemstones have a natural fluorescence because the eye gets the green hue of the stones and our senses are fascinated by the red fluorescence present inside the crystal.

The “butterfly wing” impact has dependably pulled in the enthusiasm of specialists, essentially, the Gubelin who was the first to notice this phenomenon in his gemological research center. Be that as it may, it didn’t produce at the time of its disclosure, it exists from when the unstoppable force of life exists as it is a characteristic wonder creating in deep mines, frame the minute in which emerald causes capturing, as though by enchantment, the vibrating wings of a butterfly. We can’t state if their beating will bring about a sea tempest, however the wonder of these illustrations, most likely incites an enthusiastic tempest in the onlookers.