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Nitpick: Emeralds are a bad example. An "emerald" is just green beryl - a blue instance of the same mineral is just a blue piece of beryl. They exist, but they aren't emeralds.
Philosophy of Science textbooks mention that fact. Goodman chose a bad example and now we must all pay the price.