Aquamarine · Origin
Brazil (Santa Maria) Aquamarine
"Santa Maria" is the trade's benchmark name for a deep, richly saturated aquamarine blue, originating from a specific Brazilian mine and now used more broadly for comparable fine material.
The original Santa Maria mine produced an exceptionally saturated, almost neon blue that redefined what buyers expect from top-tier aquamarine, and the name has since become trade shorthand for that depth of color regardless of the exact mine of origin. Brazil remains a historically important and consistently productive source of aquamarine across all quality tiers.
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