Founded in 1938, Chatham is known for its man-made emeralds but also produces 10 other gem varieties: alexandrite, aqua-blue spinel, opal, and ruby as well as blue, champagne, padparadscha, pink, white, and yellow sapphires. (Chatham also produces lab-grown diamonds, which always have been distributed in-house.)Chatham master gem cutters cuts away 80% of the rough to create faceted emeralds that are essentially flawless in clarity and highly saturated in color.A Chatham sapphire is not an imitation, ratherit is an actual sapphire grown in a human-controlled environment. This is not dissimilar from the way pearls are cultured.
Why is Chatham called Chatham?
European settlement of the former city of Chatham area began with a naval dockyard in 1792, at the mouth of the Thames River. The town was named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. It was built as a naval dockyard, a characteristic shared by Chatham, Kent, England.
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