Munam's Gems Store

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Our mission is to make our customers overjoyed with magnificently beautiful diamonds, gems, and jewelry through our welcoming and down-to-earth Jewelry Home, located in the heart of the city.

We always provide customers with family-style service as each customer works directly with one of the family-operated owners.

From years of experience with thousands of customers, we know that purchasing a diamond, sapphire, or engagement ring is a significant purchase. We make it an utmost effort to treat each person that walks through the door like a friend, by warmly greeting them, giving them advice on the right diamond they should purchase, or giving the customer the comfort to make the exact purchase they decide on, based upon their individual needs. It’s those simple things that make buying a diamond, sapphire, or extraordinary piece of jewelry an experience you’ll love and cherish for the rest of your life.

With over years of experience in the jewelry business, we try to give you straightforward answers to any of your questions. And if we can’t give you the answer you’re looking for, we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction.

We sell high-quality diamonds, gems and jewelry at very reasonable prices. Knowing that, you can be confident that all of our loose diamonds that are over 0.50 carats come with either a GIA or EGL independent laboratory certificate. In addition, most of our diamonds are ideal cut and laser-inscribed to ensure that you get the exceptional quality you are paying for.

We look forward to seeing you soon. And we really do mean that!

Munam Gems Team,
Contact: +92-21-334-3009747

Cut and Shape of Gems

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A gem’s shape refers to the face-up outline displayed by the cut of a particular gemstone. In nature, the shape of a gemstone is determined by its natural crystal structure and the conditions under which the crystal developed. To enhance the natural beauty of the crystal and provide suitable shapes for mounting, gem cutters form flat, symmetrical planes, called facets, which catch and reflect light to emphasize preferred colors, sparkle, and brilliance of the finished stone. In addition, gem cutters try to select shapes and cutting styles which allow them to minimize the appearance of undesirable flaws and to get the maximum weight from the rough gem material. The most common shapes include round, oval, square, triangle, pear, marquise, heart, and cushion. With diamonds, shapes other than round are often referred to as fancy cuts.

Round Shape	Square Shape	Cushion Shape	Trillion Shape
Oval Shape	Heart Shape	Marque Shape	Fancy Shape
Pear Shape	Octagon Shape	Half-Moon Shape	Hexagon Shape

Cutting Style

Cutting style refers to the way in which a gemstone is cut or faceted. Gemstone cutting is based on science. Each gem material has a known refractive index which allows a gem cutter to determine how light rays will bend as they pass through the stone. Using this information a gemstone can then be precisely shaped to best enhance its natural beauty.

The styles of gem cuts are generally divided into faceted gems (gems with geometrically shaped flat polished faces) and non-faceted gems (those gems that do not have geometrically shaped flat polished faces such as cabochons). The most common and basic cutting styles are as follows:

Cabochon Cut

Has a dome-shaped top that is polished but un-faceted. The term comes from a French word signifying a bald pate (caboch, from the Latin cabo, meaning a head). Opaque, asteriated, iridescent, opalescent, or chatoyant stones are usually cut en cabochon. The back of a normal cabochon-cut stone is flat, but it may be hollowed to lighten the color. This is the simplest cut for a stone and is often seen in antique jewelry. Since the cabochon is the simplest style and often made from lower quality material that is unsuitable for faceting, it generally costs less than faceted stones.

Step Cut

Has rows of facets that resemble the steps of a staircase. A step cut gem has sloping, four-sided elongated facets that are cut below the table and run parallel to the stone’s girdle. There are fewer facets in a step cut diamond than in a brilliant cut stone. The baguette, a square-cornered, rectangular stone is an example of a step cut. If step cuts have clipped-off corners, they’re called emerald cuts because emeralds are often cut this way. This protects the corners and provides places where prongs can secure the stone.

Brilliant Cut

Has mostly 3-sided facets which radiate outward from the stone and are positioned so that the light coming through them interplays in such a way to best enhance the stone’s brilliance. Kite- or lozenge-shaped facets may also be present.

The best-known example is the full-cut round brilliant, which has 58 facets. Ovals, pears, marquises, and heart-shapes can also be brilliant-cut. The single cut, which has 17 or 18 facets, is another type of brilliant cut. Square brilliant cut stones are called princess cuts. Triangular brilliant cuts are called trilliants. Gemstone pendants or earrings are occasionally cut as briolettes. These have a tear-drop shape, a circular cross-section, and brilliant-style facets.

Mixed Cut

Mixed cuts include faceting elements from both the brilliant and step cut techniques, either side by side or in different areas of the gemstone. Mixed cuts are popular for colored gemstones.

Fancy cut generally refers any cut which is not a standard cabochon, brilliant cut, or step cut. A very common old-style fancy cut is the rose cut which has brilliant-style facets, a dome-shaped crown, a flat base and a round girdle outline. Rose cut may also be cut with a pavilion. Other common examples of fancy cuts are the checkerboard cut which is step- and brilliant-cut with a large table facet on the crown. Another example is the millennium cut which has a step-cut crown and a pavilion with concave faceting.

Antique Cushion	Baguette	Emerald Cut	Briolette
Pear Cut	Common Cuts		Marquise Cut
Square Cut	Trilliant Cut	Round Cabochon	Princess Cut

Evaluating a Well-Cut Gemstone

Cut quality refers to the proportions and finish of the gemstone. This is a crucial factor because it affects the brilliance and color of gems, but its importance is not always reflected in the price of colored gemstones. Our Todaygem.com gemologists have put together a couple of handy tips to help you quickly evaluate a gemstone’s quality.

View your gemstone face up and see whether it exhibits even color distribution all across the stone. Well-cut stones do not display large black areas or any washed out areas that allow you to see right through them. In general, the larger the window, the poorer the cut. Even color distribution is normally a sign of good quality cut.
Examine the entire shape of the gemstone and consider it to its carat weight. If you were to compare two stones with the same face-up size, the one that has a deeper and fatter bottom will weigh considerably more than a well-cut stone with a more shallow bottom. The overly deep stone would potentially cost more, even though it has the same face-up size; however, it may be impractical for mounting and appear overly dark.

I am a Capricorn!

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The signs of the Zodiac can give us great insights into our day to day living as well as the many talents and special qualities we posses. You can discover a great deal of relevant information about yourself through reading about your Zodiac sign.

I am a Sagittarius!

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I am a Scorpio!

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I am a Libra!

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I am a Virgo!

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I am a Leo!

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I am a Cancer!

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I am a Gemini!

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I am a Taurus!

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I am an Aries!

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I am a Pisces!

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I am an Aquarius.

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Calculate Your Western And Chinese Astrological Signs

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Calculate your Western and Chinese Astrological Signs

Number 9

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As Psychic Number:

Impressive and charismatic presence, warm personality. Aggressive, assertive, challenging, emotional, can fly into a rage, volatile, anger easily, impatient, aristocratic demeanor. Better in dealing with troubles of the many than the problem of a single person. Militant, benevolent, unprejudiced. Long for love and approval. Able to synthesize and harmonize with all other vibrations. Sincere, postpone personal satisfaction for common goals, hard working, serves.

As Destiny Number:

Humanitarian, warm, real, direct, responsive, responsible. Always busy, work constantly. Broadminded, compassionate, dramatic in emotional expression, proud, disciplined, self sacrificing, universalist philosophy, community orientation. Excellent teachers, socially active, ecologically conscious, accomplish lots. Give of themselves without wanting anything in return, incorruptible when evolved. Romantic yet love impersonally, enjoy music and the arts as personal reward. Kind and understanding, concerned for the overall advancement of society, liberated, wise, serve.

As Name Number:

HUMANIST, will love unconditionally and work ceaselessly.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	1, 2, 3
Enemy Numbers	5, 4
Day	Tuesday
Color	red
Gem	coral
Metal	copper
Body Chemistry	Bile (Pitta)
Karmic Lesson	Patience
Best suited professions	Organizers, managers
Compatible numbers for :
business	1, 3, 6, 9
marriage	1, 3, 6, 9
romance	1, 3, 7, 9

Number 8

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As Psychic Number :

Strong constitution, action motivated, serious, heavy, goal oriented, good judge of character, slow, business minded, materially focussed. Able to manage wealth, fame and fortune with skill and savvy, major ups and downs with fiances. Independent, radical revolutionary, problems with authorities, stubborn, frustrated by limitations. Intimidating, dare devil, ruthless, intense, lonely, dependable and solid. Do not scare or panic easily, responsible to their own law only. Prefer to work alone, accomplish much.

As Destiny Number :

Struggle with opposition, delays, failures, humiliation. Exceptional endurance, persevering, ambitious, success driven, desire fame, and materially oriented. Want to deliver something major in life and manifest a legacy. Isolated from themselves and others. Get entangled with the law and substance abuse, prone to addictions and depression and extreme states of consciousness. Age prematurely, suicidal tendencies, easily feel unwanted, unloved, neglected and rejected. Argumentative, manipulative. Need to learn to harness their considerable powers for the good of all to be satisfied.
As Name Number :

WORKER, will revolutionize society and manifest thru fame and fortune.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	4, 5, 6
Enemy Numbers	1, 2, 9
Day	saturday
Color	black
Gem	Blue sapphire, Amethist
Metal	iron
Body Chemistry	Air (Vata)
Karmic Lesson	Kindness, Forgiveness
Best suited professions	Public servants or executives
Compatible numbers for :
business	1, 2, 8
marriage	1, 2, 4
romance	1, 2, 4, 5, 7

Number 7

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As Psychic Number :

Vast, spacious, spiritual. Trouble with expressing their feelings and vulnerable to emotional explosions. Mystical, poetic, intuitive, may be psychic. Have self control and dignity, steady and reliable friends. Skeptical, torn between rational thinking and the call of the unconscious. Proud, investigative, philosophical. Prefer to work alone, opinionated, stubborn, cynical, perfectionist, unsure, escapist, vague. Difficult to be in partnership with.

As Destiny Number:

Charming, lively, unpredictable, able to access subconscious information, a dreamer, sociable, sentimental, studious, analytical. Withdraw when emotionally troubled, critical of self and others. Intuitive, spiritual, want to spend time contemplating the deeper issues of life and love. Trouble expressing feelings, can appear cold and detached, lack trust and courage. May suffer from a troubled mind, lack of determination and resolve. Metaphysically oriented.

As Name Number:

MYSTIC, will become poetic, prolific and philosophical, will contemplate.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	8, 6, 5
Enemy Numbers	1, 2, 9
Day	monday
Color	white
Gem	Cat's eye
Metal	White gold
Body Chemistry	Mucus (Kappha)
Karmic Lesson	Practicality
Best suited professions	Artists, teachers, journalists, film makers
Compatible numbers for :
business	2, 3, 6, 7
marriage	2, 3, 6, 7
romance	2, 3, 7, 9

Number 6

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As Psychic Number:

Loving and caring, everybody's friend, charming and charismatic, beauty oriented. Balanced yet paradoxical in their self expression. Good ally and counselor, home-maker, nurturing, sympathetic, service oriented yet independent. Periodical bouts of luxury seeking. Artistic, attractive, admired, adored, posses refined taste, sexual. Suffer when separated from family yet have to endure this occasionally, pleasant personality, excellent taste, open minded and open hearted.

As Destiny Number :

Family and home oriented, exude understanding and compassion. Connoisseur of luxury, in need of comfort, loving philosophy, fair minded, fine sense of justice. Artistic and beauty loving, generous, not necessarily logical with finances. Vulnerable to praise and criticism, responsible and willing to sacrifice for others, value friends and provide a safe port for them in times of need. Fulfilled in marriage and as parents. Emotional, idealistic and imaginative. May worry too much and suffer from chronic stomach problems. Will spend long periods of time alone.

As Name Number:

HOMEMAKER, will nurture and support, will create lavish environments.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	4, 5, 8
Enemy Numbers	1, 2
Day	friday
Color	silver
Gem	Diamond
Metal	silver
Body Chemistry	Mucus (Kappha)
Karmic Lesson	Discipline
Best suited professions	Healt care, alchemists, art critics, journalists
Compatible numbers for :
business	3, 6, 9
marriage	3, 6, 9
romance	1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9

Number 5

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As Psychic Number:

Restless, busy, fickle minded, youthful, lover of stimuli, adventuresome, modern and progressive, creative, resourceful. Good at communicating, have a way with words, scheming, can sell anything, convincing. Like change and to conquer new frontiers, upbeat personality, gentle at heart. Good with their hands. Make friends easily, love distraction, multiple careers, many relationships, excel in the entertainment industry. Independent, curious, love change, not easy to go to depths in anything because they are excitement driven. Rolling stone. Vastly gifted and enterprising with resources.

As Destiny Number:

Lucky, soft and sensuous, non committal, love to explore all of live. Intelligent, able to grasp process and access vast amounts of information and live many realities simultaneously. Easily bored, need variety, childlike at heart, trusting and innocent. Self employed, the need for freedom dominates all decisions, want to try everything and go everywhere. Need discipline and to practice tolerance and understanding to be happy and fulfilled. Like to cruise through life, nothing too heavy, easy does it. Technologically adept, joyous and fun to be with. Always look younger than their age.
As Name Number:

ENTERTAINER, will network, innovate and help transform mainstream concepts.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	1, 4, 6
Enemy Numbers	2
Day	Wednesday
Color	green
Gem	Emerald
Metal	gold
Body Chemistry	Balanced
Karmic Lesson	Sobriety
Best suited professions	Business men, investors, bankers, stock brokers
Compatible numbers for :
business	3, 5, 9
marriage	3, 5, 9
romance	3, 5, 6, 8

Number 4

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As Psychic Number :

Powerful, builder, egocentric, unpredictable, rebellious and antagonistic. Brilliant and futuristic. Greedy and selfish yet generous. Impulsive, secretive, willing to work for a better world, utopian, difficult to understand and get close to. Loyal to those they love but a loner and can be abrupt and rude. Non-conforming, strong, hard to keep up with energetically. Very mental, hard to grasp, like relating through a smokescreen, evasive. Good sense of order, keen observation skills. Desire driven, courageous, survivor nature. Uniquely different.

As Destiny Number:

Highly intelligent, a mental orientation. Radical by nature. Can get organized and deliver when least expected. Chase the impossible dream, yearn for freedom, feel easily restricted. Persevering, helpful, community minded, yet very private, make anonymous donations to the unconventional causes. Unsuccessful in matters of love, difficulties with intimacy. Serious, know how to enjoy the good life yet somehow never satisfied and wanting more. Strong likes and dislikes, will support the opposition. Not security minded, doubting, lonely. Have substantial knowledge at their fingertips. Non sharing.

As Name Number:

BUILDER, will challenge all convention and create in various realities through radical approaches.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	5, 6, 8
Enemy Numbers	1, 2, 9
Day	sunday
Color	gold
Gem	Hessonite, Gomed, Canelian
Metal	gold
Body Chemistry	Bile (Pitta)
Karmic Lesson	Satisfaction
Best suited professions	Planners, lawyers, politicians, technicians
Compatible numbers for :
business	1, 4, 6
marriage	1, 4, 6, 8
romance	1, 4 ,6, 8

Number 3

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As Psychic Number:

Dynamic, cheerful, skilled, inflated ego, critical, large of heart, creative, self expressive, artistic, religious, savor the limelight, love to minister and hold court, happy go lucky, outgoing, inspirational and uplifting. Say 'yes' to everything, and accomplish lots due to their optimistic nature. Have a 'verve' that motivates others. Scatter their talents easily. Good with romance, engaging. Love money, career success, jealous and gossipy. Love a challenge, the bigger the better. Competent, value traditions.

As Destiny Number :

Hardworking, agreeable yet unable to follow through on all their promises and can stress out. Confident, don't like their actions challenged. Overall positive disposition, communicate well but resist opposition. Always busy, cheerful, idealistic, religiously minded, philosophical, adventurous. Experience betrayal as they rush projects and relationships and have too many. Proud, extravagant, exaggerated sense of Self. Resilient, yet emotionally vulnerable, do not like to be alone, like to excel at all they do and are.
As Name Number:

ARTIST, will infuse, inspire and pull society upward and forward through idealistic contributions.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	1, 2, 9
Enemy Numbers	5, 6
Day	thursday
Color	yellow
Gem	Yellow sapphire or topaz
Metal	gold
Body Chemistry	Balanced
Karmic Lesson	Selfless service
Best suited professions	Scholars, professors, bankers, scientists, business executives, actors
Compatible numbers for :
business	3, 5, 6, 7, 9
marriage	3,5,6,7, 9
romance	1,3,6,9

Number 2

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As Psychic Number :

Shy and sensitive, emotional but repressed, indecisive and moody, much like the waxing and waning of the moon, an off and on changeable nature. Fragile, reflective, poetic, artistic and romantic. Possessing natural healing gifts. A delicate nature and easily cold, insecure, dependent on help. Passionate and perceptive, peacemakers, diplomatic, always seeking harmony, truthful, tough fighters when provoked. Don't learn from their mistakes, forgive, forget and repeat lessons. Need a lot of privacy and time alone, need rest, easily addicted to sweets.

As Destiny Number:

Charming, warm, kind, co-operative, private, mystical, tactful, easily hurt as very sensitive. Will withhold affection/contact and move away from stressful situations and problems, will not 'make war'. Need security and emotional support, dependent nature, looking for stability and comfort in relationships. Need solitude to balance, prefer calming companionship to lively dazzle. Spiritual, truth loving, excellent counselors as they care. Difficulty making instant commitments. Non-athletic yet agile.

As Name Number:

TEACHER, will expand healing qualities and serve as a reflection of cosmic truth to all.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected.
Friendly Numbers	1, 3
Enemy Numbers	5, 4
Day	Monday
Color	White
Gem	Pearl
Metal	Silver
Body Chemistry	Mucus (Kappha)
Karmic Lesson	Individual stability
Best suited professions	Diplomats, arbitrators, real estate, salesmen, politicians, teachers, researchers, reformers
Compatible numbers for :
business	2,7,8
marriage	1,2,7,8
romance	2,3,7,8

Number 1

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As Psychic Number:

Sunny, energetic, radiant, confident, proud, self centered, goal oriented, socially active, leader vs follower, self actualized, authoritative. Can be cruel in their intensity, arrogant and ready to rule, yet on account of the regal qualities also a protector and provider. Known for lavish gifts, boldness, with good endurance.

As Destiny Number:

Original, works smarter not harder. Self referencing - follow me and my cause. Enthusiastic, individualistic, able to enlist friends and helpers everywhere. Explorer and innovator, driven by worldly desires and success, determined to accomplish something noteworthy. Courageous and commanding, astute negotiator, self made leader, willing to be and work at the frontiers of life. Opinionated, stubborn and rigid. People react to them with attraction or aversion.
As Name Number:

LEADER, will enjoy positive reinforcement from, and success within circle of family, friends and society.

The following information mostly applies to Psychic Numbers. For Destiny and Name Numbers, both similarities and differences in interpretation or application can be expected :
Friendly Numbers	2,3,9
Enemy Numbers	4,6,8
Day	Sunday
Color	Gold
Gem	Ruby
Metal	Gold
Body Chemistry	Bile (Pitta)
Karmic Lesson	Renunciation
Best suited professions	Administrators, department heads
Compatible numbers for :
business	1,4,8,9
marriage	1,2,4,8,9
romance	1,3,4,6,8

Numbers

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According to Numerology, each of us has three numbers that are the most relevant:

Psychic Number :

The psychic number reveals the way you look at yourself. It is what you really want to be and what defines your basic character. It represents your basic predispositions and talents that lead you to interact daily in a particular way.

The psychic number is obtained by making a single whole number (from 1 to 9) of the day of the month on which you were born. For example, Master Zico was born on Nov 20th, and since 1+2=3, his psychic number is 3.

Destiny Number :

The destiny number indicates how you are viewed by the world and is related to your samskaras - vibrational patterns acquired by past actions. It is also the you that other people see, especially if they do not know you very well. And as you learn the lessons in this life you will tend to take on more of the characteristics of your destiny number.

Although both psychic and destiny numbers are important throughout life, between the ages of thirty-five and forty the psychic number recedes in influence while the destiny number becomes more significant.

The destiny number is the single whole number obtained by adding up the date, month, and year of birth. Harish Johari was born on May 12, 1934, so 5 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 4 = 25 ... 2 + 5 =7. Thus, his destiny number is 7.

Although they are relatively easy to calculate, you may use our Online Calculator for Psyche and Destiny Numbers to get them fast.

Name Number :

The name number is most important in your relationships with other people and you can have more than one name number if people are addressing you with different names. Changing your name and thus your name number may enhance certain qualities of your psychic and destiny numbers or avoid conflict between them.

Since name numbers are more difficult to calculate, with each character creating sound frequencies that relate to a particular number, you will find our Online Calculator for Name Numbers very handy.

Numbers of year, month and day :

Use our online calculators to predict your future : year number - month number - day number.

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Rune of the Day

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Runes were first used over 1500 years ago by the East Goths, and later appeared throughout England and Scandinavia. As Christianity took hold, the use of runic alphabets in divination became reviled as a pagan practice. The word "rune" itself comes from an early Anglo-Saxon word meaning "secret" or "mystery", and they remain an enigma to the world at large. Runes were initially most popular among Wiccans and modern pagans, but have enjoyed unprecedented mainstream adoption in the past 30 years.

I-Ching of the Day

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The I Ching (Classic of Changes or Book of Changes), also known as the Yi Jing, Yijing, or I Ging, is one of the Five Classics, the fundamental books of Confucianism. It is over 3000 years old (the symbols used in divination are over 5000 years old), making it both one of the oldest surviving books in the world, and one of the oldest forms of divination. It is by far the most popular spiritual resource and oracle in Asia, and has a growing following in Europe and the Americas based on its uncanny ability to provide detailed insights to those who study it carefully.

Tarot Card of the Day

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The Tarot is a deck of cards that originated over 500 years ago in northern Italy. Although the Tarot was first used in a game called Triumphs, it was quickly adopted as a tool for divination, and popularized by occult societies such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The early Tarot symbolism was deeply rooted in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, but over the centuries it has grown to incorporate everything from Astrology and Kabbalah to Runes (which predate the Tarot by 1000 years) and the I Ching (which predates the Tarot by 2500 years). Today, the Tarot is far and away the most popular tool for spiritual introspection in the West.

Coral

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Coral may not be seen as a real gem by some, but it has fantastic healing qualities.The coral is the gemstone of the planet Mars and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

Red coral is useful as jewelry and for pleasing the planet Mars, but the use of white corals is more popular in Bengal, where people also use it for Mars energy.

The best gem should have the following qualities:

1. deep red color
2. regular shape and even surface
3. round or oval shape
4. free of dents, holes, or perforations
5. smooth

One who wears or possesses such coral enjoys good fortune and is never possessed by evil spirits or bothered by ghosts, bad vibrations, nightmares, storms, or lightning. Japa done with a coral mala with 108 beads brings siddhi (power).

Some tests for Identification of Real Coral

1. If real coral is placed in a glass of cow's milk, the color of the milk will appear pink or take on a red tinge. Imitation coral will not affect the whiteness of milk.
2. If a coral is dropped in blood, blood will thicken around it.
3. A true coral changes color according to the physical well-being of the wearer. It fades before the disorder in physical health is noticeable and resumes its original color when physical health is restored.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Coral

A coral should be bought on a Tuesday when the Moon is in Aries or Scorpio. The coral's weight should be no less than 6 rattikas. The metal used should be a mixture of copper and gold.

Some aspects of the The Medicinal Utility of Coral

Coral Oxide is used ror different diseases with different mediums, follows:

1. For dry cough: Use it with powdered raw sugar.
2. Cough with mucus: a) If the mucus needs to be expelled from the system, coral oxide should be taken with powdered brown sugar; b) If the mucus needs to be dried, it should be taken with honey.
3. Low fever: It should be taken with sitopiladi choorna with honey.
4. Breathlessness with low fever: Take it with honey.
5. New fever: With honey.
6. Bone fracture: With honey.
7. Eye troubles (burning, irritation): Use it with ghee, rock sugar candy, and milk.
8. Headache: Use it with milk cooked with almond paste.
9. Mental weakness: Use it with milk cooked with almond paste.
10. General tonic: Use it with honey.
11. Diseases of liver: With honey.
12. Hyperacidity: With cold milk.
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The other form of medical preparation is pishthi (paste), which is more powerful and better in quality than oxide.
Dosage: 1 to 2 rattikas twice a day :

1. To prevent miscarriage: Apply the paste (not powder - if only the powder is available make a paste by adding rose water or kewra water - a few drops to two doses) to the navel of a pregnant woman.
2. First stage of tuberculosis: Use it with honey.
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Coral powder is very good for nursing mothers who become weak during the nursing period.

Chief Sources of Coral

Coral of the finest quality is obtained in bulk from the coasts of Algeria and Tunisia. Other profitable sites for coral deposits are the coasts of Spain, France, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. Corals are also processed in India.

Blue Sapphire, Amethist

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Known as indra neel and neel mani in Sanskrit and neelam in Hindi, the blue sapphire is a gem of the corundum family. The blue sapphire is the gemstone of the planet Saturn and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

Sometimes white sapphires, rubies and blue sapphires are found in the same mine and that is why there is a mixture of colors in the crystals of these gems. Ruby is harder than white sapphire and blue sapphire is harder than ruby. What distinguishes them from each other is their hardness. Blue sapphire is hardest. Blue sapphire crystals are found as twelve-sided prisms.

Some Qualities of a Good Blue Sapphire

1. smoothness
2. transparence
3. uniformity in color
4. high specific gravity

Some Flaws of a Blue Sapphire

1. milky - brings poverty
2. dull (without luster or devoid of brilliance) - harms friends, brothers and near relations
3. film like a cobweb - brings disease
4. multicolored - increases anxiety and mental problems
5. greenish in shade - causes financial loss

Some tests for Identification of Real Blue Sapphires

1. A real blue sapphire emits blue light and, if placed in a glass of cow's milk, the milk appears to have a bluish tinge.
2. A real blue sapphire emits blue sparks when placed in a glass of water.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Blue Sapphire

A blue sapphire should be bought on a Saturday when Saturn is posited in Capricorn, Aquarius or Libra. The weight should not be less than 4 rattikas. Weighing 5 carats is supposed to be auspicious. The gem should be flawless.

The gemstone should be bought in the evening hours and given to the jeweler on the same day, who should prepare a ring from a mixture of gold, iron and silver. For Saturn the following mixture of five metals is best: 1 part gold, 2 parts silver, 3 parts lead, 4 parts iron and 1 part copper. Instead of copper, zinc can be used.

The ring should be taken from the jeweler on a Saturday evening, and the best time to wear the ring is evening.

Saturn is a friend of Mercury and Venus. To add additional power to the ring, emerald and diamond could also be embedded in it. The back should be open to allow the gemstone to touch the skin.

Some aspects of the Medicinal Utility of the Blue Sapphire

Blue sapphire pishthi (paste) can be given for skin diseases, migraine, heartburn, nervous disorders, rheumatism, colic pains, lack of appetite and bloating of the stomach, among others.

Chief Sources of Blue Sapphires

Kashmir, Salem, Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka

Cat's Eye

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Cat's-eye is a gemstone that comes from the gem mineral chrysoberyl. The cat's eye is the gemstone of the planet Ketu and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

Cat's eye is an aluminate of beryllium having traces of oxide of iron and chromium, which serve as coloring agents and give it brownish and greenish tinges. The chrysoberyl mineral produces three types of gems :

1. Alexandrite
2. Cat's-eye
3. Chrysolite

Some Qualities of a Good Cat's-Eye

1. smoothness
2. brilliance of chatoyance
3. high specific gravity - heavier than average stone of the same size
4. having three streaks of light, similar to the sacred thread worn by Brahmins in India
5. straightness of the chatoyance

Cat's eye is found in yellow, black, dark or smoky-green, and white. The only thing common to all shades is the band of light moving across the stone, the chatoyance. A gem having a white band of light is supposed to be best. Cat's-eye shines like the eye of a cat in darkness, but it does not shine in total darkness.

Some Flaws of a Cat's-Eye

1. dullness - the cat's-eye that is not brilliant and is shining and flimsy is injurious for physical health and personal wealth
2. crack inside the gemstone - brings injuries from sharp-edged weapons
3. cobweb inside the gemstone - brings imprisonment and is harmful for the wearer
4. having five streaks or bands of light - brings misfortune
5. holes or dents - bring diseases of the stomach
6. flat - devoid of effect and therefore not suitable for wearing
7. uneven in shape - unlucky

Some tests for Identification of Real Cat's-Eye

1. If a real gem is put in a dark place, it shines like the eyes of a cat.
2. If a real gem is rubbed against a cloth, its brilliance increases.

Wearing a cat's-eye increases physical strength, radiance, stamina, happiness, wealth, and the joy of having progeny. Is saved from injuries caused by weapons Cat's-eye removes poverty cures illnesses caused by inauspicious Ketu.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Cat's-Eye

A cat's-eye should be bought on a Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday when Moon is in Aries, Sagittarius, or Pisces or when Moon is in Ashvini, Magha, or Mul nakshatras, in the morning hours of an ascending moon cycle. The gemstone should be given to the jeweler the same day, and the jeweler should set it in a mixture of five metals: iron, silver, copper, gold, and zinc, as prescribed for hessonite or blue sapphire, or in iron. The weight of cat's-eye should not be less than 5 rattikas. The time to wear a cat's-eye ring for the first time is two hours after sunset, or in the evening.

Some aspects of the medicinal utility of Cat's eye

Wearing a cat's eye increases physical strength, radiance, stamina, happiness, wealth and the joy of progeny. It cures illnesses caused by inauspicious Ketu, which may be the cause of skin diseases, leprosy, pain in joints, diseases of joints and nerves, excessive body heat, anxiety and accidents, among others.

Chief Sources of Cat's-Eye

India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Brazil.

Diamond

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The diamond is pure carbon, having the most compact arrangement of carbon atoms found in nature. The diamond is the gemstone of the planet Venus and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

Most attractive to the eyes, the diamond is famous for its play of colors. It emits a very delicate bluish, reddish, or a mixture of blue and red radiance of glittering luster when exposed to light.

A fine diamond is radiant, and delightful. It is as soothing to the eyes as the Moon; is magnificent and has the self-luminous quality of a clear crystal.

Ancient Hindu scriptures mention eight types of diamonds

1. Hanspati: transparent white color like a conch,
2. Kamlapati: transparent pinkish white, like lotus petal.
3. Vajraneel: transparent blue-white, like the color of the neck of a blue jay,
4. Vanaspati: transparent green-white, like fresh blade of grass,
5. Shyamvajra: transparent smoky-grey color
6. Telia: oily,and dark color.
7. Sanloyi: yellow-green or pale green color,

Some Qualities of a Good Diamond

1. hardness
2. luster
3. transparence
4. luminosity
5. pleasant appearance

Some Flaws in a Diamond

1. Dullness
2. "Feathers of a crow"
3. Red spots
4. Black spots
5. Greasy
6. Pale or brown in color
7. Ridges on the surface
8. Brittleness

Some tests for Identification of a Real Diamond

1. A real diamond when placed in warm milk cools the milk.
2. A real diamond when placed in liquid butter or ghee (clarified butter) at room temperature solidifies the butter or ghee.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Diamond

A diamond should be bought on a Friday when Venus is in Taurus, Libra, or Pisces. Should be bought in the morning between sunrise and 11:00 A.M. A diamond should be at least 1 rattika (.59 metric carat) in weight. The setting should be silver, white gold, or platinum, and the gem should be flawless. The gemstone should be given to the jeweler on the same day, and the ring should be made and the gemstone set on a Friday under the lunar mansions.

A ring worn in this manner removes the evil effects of an ill-aspected Venus, brings wealth, health, prosperity, removes fear of evil spirits, cures diseases, makes one invincible, removes enmity, and saves one from electric shocks, poisonous insects and animals, and accidental death.

Some aspects of the Medicinal Utility of the Diamond

Diamond is the hardest of all gemstones, and it should never be used orally in the form of a pishthi (paste). Only its bhasma (oxide) is used in Ayurveda. If a diamond particle gets into the stomach it can be fatal. Therefore it is purified very carefully when its oxide is prepared.

Diamond oxide provides prana (life force). It is useful for epilepsy, paralysis, insanity, hernia, premature old age, weakness of mind, among others. It makes the body strong and provides longevity.

Chief Sources of Diamonds

India, Brazil, Africa, U.S.S.R.

Emerald

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The Emerald is a gemstone of green color belonging to the family of beryl gems. The emerald is the gemstone of the planet Mercury and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

This gemstone is rare because it is very difficult to find a flawless emerald. Aquamarine, morganite, goshenite, and heliodor are also members of the beryl family and have the same chemical constituents, except for chromic oxide, which gives emerald the green color that distinguishes it from the other varieties of beryls.

Some Qualities of a Good Emerald

1. rich green homogeneous color that is deep and pleasant, like a blade of fresh grass
2. retains its color and luster in all kinds of lights and shades
3. compactness, which gives it high specific gravity
4. transparence, which makes it rare and costlier than diamonds

According to the Agastya Mat, as mentioned in the Ratna Prakash, a good emerald is transparent, without dust, pure as a drop of dew on a lotus leaf, and it sheds luster in all directions when held on the palm in sunlight.

Some Flaws of Emeralds

1. brittleness
2. presence of a hole
3. dullness; devoid of inner glow
4. unevenness of color
5. graininess
6. black or yellow spots

Such stones have no merit and should be discarded. A real emerald of a good size is rare and it is almost impossible to find an eyeglass-clear emerald. It is known for its ability to neutralize poison.

Some tests for Identification of Real Emeralds

1. If a real emerald is placed in a glass pot with water it radiates green light, whereas the imitation does not.
2. If a real emerald is placed on the eyes it gives a cool feeling, whereas an imitation becomes warm very quickly.
3. A drop of water on a real gemstone retains its shape and does not spread around like water. Even moving and inverting the gemstone does not harm the drop, whereas in an imitation it does not remain a drop but spreads like water.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing an Emerald

An emerald should be bought on a Wedsnesday when the Sun is in the norther quarter in an ascending cycle. The weight of the gemstone emerald should not be less than three rattikas. It should be set in gold during the morning hours. Before wearing the ring should be kept immersed for some time in raw cow's milk.

Some aspects of the Medicinal Utility of the Emerald

Emerald Oxide increases ojas (radiance), cures fever, coma, vomiting, thirst, problems created by any kind of poisoning, aggravated bile, acidity, asthma, jaundice, constipation, hemorrhoids, and swellings of the internal organs. Because the oxide of emerald is cold in nature it is very suitable for people with hot temperament. It also cures weakness of the heart and the stomach. It is a very useful remedy for tuberculosis, diabetes, and urinary troubles. The oxide of emerald increases memory, provides longevity, and is an effective remedy for snakebite. It also cures problems caused by evil spirits and by the planet Mercury.

Emerald Paste can be used whenever needed for the following:

1. Kidney stone - with honey and pipal
2. Colic pains - with honey
3. Fever - with honey
4. Vomiting - with honey
5. Poisoning - with honey or malai
6. Swelling of internal organs - with honey
7. Indigestion - with honey and triphala choorna (powder)
8. Heart troubles - with sarpgandha powder ETC.
...

Chief Sources of Emeralds

India, Pakistan, Colombia, Africa,...

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Hessonite, Gomed, Canelian

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Hessonite is also called Cinnamon Stone, or Zircon. Its Sanskrit name is gomedak and the Hindi name is gomed. The hessonite is the gemstone of the planet Rahu and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

A good-quality gomed gemstone of Rahu, is one that reflects the color of the urine of a cow, that is, having a nice honey color. It is a silicate of zirconium and is commonly found in igneous rocks but is fairly rare as a gemstone. Zircon has a considerable range of colors and is found in red, blue, green, yellow, orange, and brown shades. Blue and green hessonite or the white colorless variety of hessonite are not associated with Rahu.

A pure and transparent hessonite having a delicate hue, brilliance, luster, and uniform color neutralizes the evil effects of Rahu, and if Rahu is well posited it gives beneficial results during its major period and subperiods, removes fear, creates clarity of mind, and helps spiritual growth.

Some Qualities of a Good Hessonite

1. color similar to the clear urine of a cow
2. transparency
3. high specific gravity
4. brilliance
5. uniform color

Some Flaws of a Hessonite

1. dullness
2. fibrous
3. rough
4. having a hole or dents
5. flat
6. having a black spot

Some tests for Identification of Real Hessonite

1. If a real hessonite is left in cow's urine for twenty-four hours the color of the urine changes.
2. Real hessonite is devoid of concentric rings of air bubbles.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Hessonite

A hessonite should be bought on a Saturday when Adra Nakshatra or Kshat Bhikha Nakshatra is present. In an ascending moon cycle, in the morning before 10 A.M. and given to the jeweler the same day. The weight should not be less than 4 rattikas. The hessonite should be set in a ring made of the five metals recommended for blue sapphire or in a ring made of iron or steel. The mounting should have an open back to allow the gemstone to touch the finger. The best time to wear a hessonite is two hours after sunset.

Some aspects of the Medicinal Utility of Hessonite

Hessonite pishthi or oxide gives luster to the skin, improves the faculty of reasoning and thinking, gives strength to dhatus (body and semen), and gives longevity, among others. It also cures disorders created by Rahu.

Chief Sources of Hessonite

India, Burma, Sri Lanka.

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Yellow Sapphire

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A gem of the corundum family, yellow sapphire is a twin of ruby and blue sapphire. The yellow sapphire is the gemstone of the planet Jupiter and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

Yellow sapphire is found in yellow, golden, and orange colors, as well as in a colorless variety known as white sapphire. The best gem is said to be of lemon-yellow color. The color in yellow sapphire is due to the presence of iron and titanium.

Some Qualities of a Good Yellow Sapphire

1. heaviness or high specific gravity that can be felt when placed on the palm
2. rich velvety luster that can be seen with the naked eye
3. transparency, which makes it clean and pure
4. evenness in surface, without any variation in thickness
5. uniformity of color, without any layers
6. solidity, hardness

Some Flaws of a Yellow Sapphire

1. dullness - harmful for health
2. crack inside the gem - creates fear of thieves
3. milky appearance inside - harmful for progeny
4. asymmetrical shape - brings bad luck

Some tests for Identification of a Real Yellow Sapphire

1. When placed on a white cloth and exposed to sunlight, it gives yellow hue to the spot where the light is reflected.
2. If kept in milk for twenty-four hours it does not change color.
3. It cures poisonous insect bites immediately if rubbed on the afflicted area.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Yellow Sapphire

A yellow sapphire should be bought on a thursday, in an ascending moon cycle and when the Pushya Nakshatra is present. The weight of the gem should be no less than three rattikas. The ring should be set in gold and polished and finished the same day.

Some aspects of the Medicinal Utility of the Yellow Sapphire

Pukhraj Oxide is a vermicide; it also increases bile and gives strength. It is good for problems created by poisons. It cures vomiting and problems created by aggravated wind and mucus. It cures burning sensations, problems of the blood, hemorrhoids, and leprosy, and it strengthens gastric fire; it cures jaundice, gastritis, constipation, flatulence, cough, colds, asthma, nosebleed, apoplexy, tumors, tuberculosis, general debility, and ailments caused by loss of seminal fluid. It also cures problems created by an afflicted Jupiter.

Pukhraj Pishthi (Paste or Powder) : for mucus that is dry and needs to be expelled from the system, the pishthi mixed with malai (skim of milk) is best. For mucus that needs to be dried, a pinch of freshly ground black pepper should be added to the honey. For patients suffering from asthma it should be given with honey and sitopiladi. For colds, mix with honey and a pinch of fine-ground fresh black pepper. For vomiting the paste can be given with honey and a pinch of fine-ground red cardamom seeds.

Chief Sources of Yellow Sapphires

Like other members of the corundum family, pukhraj is also found as crystals in rocks of limestone and schists and in riverbeds and streams.

The primary sources in India, as mentioned in its ancient scriptures, are the Mahanadi and Brahmputra rivers, the Himalayas, the Vindhyachal Mountains, Orissa, Bengal, and Kashmir. The best yellow sapphires, famous for their luster, smoothness, brilliance, and transparence, come from Mogok, situated in the upper region of Burma.

Sri Lanka produces sapphires in yellow, light green, and color-less varieties in sufficient quantities. These sapphires are of some-what inferior quality to the Burmese pukhraj. Good quality sapphires in shades of yellow, green, pink, red, blue, violet, and white (colorless) are found in abundance in Brazil.

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Pearl

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Pearl has many healing qualities associated with the lunar energy, both on a physical level as on a mental level. The pearl is the gemstone of the planet Moon and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

The formation of a pearl inside a pearl oyster is thought to occur because of the presence of foreign material inside the body of the oyster. To save itself from the undesired material the mollusk coats the object with layer after layer of nacre. It takes many years for a mollusk to produce a pearl of substantial size. The process through which the pearls are formed inside the body of the mollusk is very delicate, and a little disturbance at any stage of development of a pearl can influence its shape and luster. The finest pearl is that which has no foreign matter in its core.

There is a common belief among tantriks that when Svati Nakshatra rain comes to earth it produces pearl in pearl oysters. The mollusk is then said to open its mouth to receive the first raindrops. When these same raindrops fall into the mouth of a cobra, it produces venom. The same raindrops also produce camphor in the banana plant, go-lochan (go-rochan or calcium) when they fall in the horn of a cow, and bansh-lochan and bansh-mukta (or bamboo pearl) when they fall inside a bamboo shoot. Bansh-lochan is known as Calcium bamboana and is very much used in Ayurvedic medicines.

The pearls thus produced by the raindrops of Svati Nakshatra are the finest and have no foreign matter in them.

Pearls are said to be obtained from eight sources:

1. Sky pearl
2. Cobra pearl
3. Bamboo pearl
4. Hog pearl
5. Elephantine pearl
6. Conch pearl
7. Fish pearl
8. Oyster pearl

A genuine pearl is supposed to have the following qualities:

1. Moonlike, shining white color
2. Perfectly round, globular shape and size
3. Compactness, which gives it a high specific gravity
4. Lustre, soft glamour, attractiveness, and brilliance of reflection
5. Smoothness, which gives an agreeable sensation to the eyes
6. Spotlessness and freedom from blemishes (dents, scratches, ridges) and impurities

One who wears or possesses a pearl with all of the above-mentioned qualities enjoys good fortune and is blessed by the goddess Lakshmi (the goddess of prosperity), lives long and becomes sinless and obtains vitality and intelligence. He or she achieves high position by his wisdom and becomes famous.

A pearl with a yellow luster brings prosperity. Red-tinted pearls make one intelligent, shining white pearls bring fame, and a pearl with a bluish hue brings good fortune.

A pearl devoid of luster, that is, dirty, broken, having no gleam of circulating water, black or copper colored, partly white and partly colored, irregular, odd in shape, having holes, dents, or spots is defective and should be avoided.

Some Flaws of Pearls

1. cracks or ridges - wearing of such a pearl is injurious to one's health
2. wavy thin line on the surface -brings misfortune
3. dents - bring loss of wealth
4. a mole - like formation on the surface layer - brings sadness and disease

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Pearl

A pearl should be bought on a Monday in the ascending moon cycle. Saturday is not a good day. The pearl should be given to the jeweler on the same day and the ring should be constructed and polished on the same days as mentioned above under the influence of the same nakshatras. Should be mounted in silver. The setting should be open-backed so that the pearl touches the skin of the finger. The best time to wear a pearl ring is evening, or when the Moon is rising.

Some aspects of the Medicinal Utility of Pearls

Mukta Bhasm or Pearl Oxide provides strength and longevity.Together with Mukta Pishthi (pearl paste or powder), it is used for eye troubles, general debility, tuberculosis, chest troubles, weakness of heart, cough, low-grade fever, hiccups, illusions of ghosts or evil spirits, nosebleed, weakness of mind and urinary troubles, among others.

Chief Sources of Pearls

Gulf of Manar in Sri Lanka
The Persian Gulf
Bay of Bengal
Mexico
Australia

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Ruby

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The ruby is a gemstone of the corundum family and is attractive as because of its brilliance, if it is crystal
clear and transparent. The ruby is the gemstone of the planet Sun and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.

Chemical composition -- Aluminum oxide.

The ruby is found in a variety of crimson and scarlet red colors ranging from pink to a deep ruddy violet color. The gemstone is solid and possesses high specific gravity. The red tint in ruby comes from a light combination of iron and chromium. The finest quality ruby has a delicate rose color.

Some Qualities of a Good Ruby

1. smoothness

2. transparence

3. luster

4. brilliance

5. hardness

Some Flaws of Rubies

1. dullness - gives problems with brothers

2. brittleness - gives problems in having a son

3. flimsiness - gives problems with lightning

4. cracks - gives bad luck

5. bubbles - makes the gem ineffective

6. feather - gives bad luck

7. dirty - ineffective

Some tests for Identification of Real Rubies

1. If you place a real ruby on an unopened lotus bud it will open up and become a blossoming lotus in a short time.

2. If you place a real ruby in a glass jar, a red hue of light will be seen to emit from the jar.

3. If pearls are put together with a real ruby in a silver plate and placed in sunlight, the silver plate will appear
blackish, the pearls will have a red hue and the ruby will shine like the Sun.

Some aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Ruby :

A ruby should be bought on a Sunday, Monday or Thursday in the ascending moon cycle. The stone should
be mounted in an ring made of a mixture of gold and copper. The gemstone should touch the skin of the wearer's finger. The best time to wear a ruby ring is sunrise.

Some aspects of the Medicinal Utility of the Ruby :

Both the oxide as the pishti of Ruby are used for impotence, hearth troubles, loss of blood, tuberculosis,
indigestion, prolonged fevers, diabetes, among others.

Chief Sources of Rubies

Ruby mines are found in Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Kabul (Afghanistan), Tanganyika, and South India.

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How are Gemstones Classified?

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How are Gemstones Classified?

Chemical composition

A gemstone may be a pure chemical element (diamond is essentially pure carbon), a relatively simple chemical compound (quartz is silicon dioxide, SiO2), or a more complex mixture of various compounds and elements (the garnet family includes a highly variable mix of iron, magnesium, aluminum, and calcium silicates). The great majority of familiar gem materials are oxides or silicates (i.e., they contain oxygen and perhaps silicon) and formed as crystals during the cooling of the earth's crust over past millenia.

Crystal structure

Gemstones may be formed in single or multiple discrete crystals (such as diamond), in massive collections of microscopic crystals (cryptocrystalline ) (such as chalcedony), or in amorphous (non-crystalline) masses (such as opal). In general, larger crystals were formed in areas of slow cooling of molten rock, and smaller crystals in areas of more rapid cooling. There are several classes of crystal structure based on symmetry of the resulting crystals, and there are also noncrystalline (amorphous) minerals used as gem materials. In addition, there are some organic materials (such as shell and bone) that have been used traditionally as gem materials.

Crystal systems

Cubic

Crystals in the cubic, or isometric, system have three mutually perpendicular axes of equal length. Common forms in the cubic system are the tetrahedron (4 faces), the cube (6 faces), the octahedron (8 faces), the dodecadehedron (12 faces), the trapezohedron (24 faces), and the hexoctahedron (48 faces). Gemstones occurring in cubic crystal forms include diamond, the garnets, pyrite, and spinel.

Hexagonal

Crystals in the hexagonal system have four axes, three of which are of equal length and intersect at 60 degree angles within a plane, and the fourth of which is perpendicular to the plane of the other three. Gemstones occurring in hexagonal crystals include beryl, corundum, quartz, and tourmaline. Some crystallographers further identify two subdivisions of hexagonal crystals: trigonal (corundum) and rhombohedral (quartz).

Tetragonal

Tetragonal crystals have three axes intersecting at 90 degree angles, two of which are of equal length. Examples include zircon, rutile, and scapolite.

Orthorhombic

Orthorhombic crystals have three axes at 90 degree angles , all of which have different lengths. A typical example is topaz.

Monoclinic

Monoclinic crystals have three axes of unequal length, two of which intersect at an angle other than 90 degrees, and both perpendicular to the third. Jadeite and nephrite are common examples.

Triclinic

Triclinic crystals have three axes, all of unequal length and intersecting at angles other than 90 degrees. Examples include labradorite and microcline feldspar.

Optical characteristics

Optical characteristics of gemstones are primarily derived from their chemical composition and crystal structure.

Color

Color is the apparent result of selective absorption or transmission of different frequencies of visible light. Color can be described as the combination of three characteristics: hue, tone, and intensity. Hue is a function of the frequency of light and is described by familiar terms such as red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo, and violet. Tone is a variation from very light to very dark. Intensity is a measure of saturation, or purity, of a color. The typical human eye can identify approximately 150 pure hues, but around one million colors. The differences among colors may be immediately obvious or so subtle that direct comparison under controlled conditions is required to discern them. Color acuity is also highly affected by fatigue, diet, and other factors, so it is unwise to attempt judging subtle color differences in gemstones such as diamond without attention to the physical and emotional condition of the observer, as well as properly graded comparison stones and careful control of lighting conditions.

Pleochroism is the apparent change in color of a doubly refractive gemstone when viewed through different directions of the crystal structure. In most cases, the color variations are not obvious to the unaided eye and must be viewed through a polariscope or dichroscope, but in some cases, the pleochroic colors are strikingly obvious. For example, many green tourmalines appear black through the C axis of the crystal, and iolite shows a striking combination of blue-violet and near colorless. Dichroism refers to the display of two ("di") pleochroic colors in a gemstone.

Alexandrite-like color change, or photochroism, is the marked change in perceived color of a gemstone under different lighting conditions. As the name implies, the most famous example appears in alexandrite, a form of chrysoberyl that typically appears blue or green in daylight and red or purplish in incandescent light, but similar color changes may be observed in sapphire, garnet, and tourmaline. The phenomenon is due to selective absortion of different wavelengths of light, and the predominance or absence of those wavelengths in the prevailing light (incandescent light has proportionately higher quantities of reddish wavelengths and less of blue or green).

Optic Character

Gemstones may affect the passage of light differently through different directions in the crystal structure. If the velocity of light is constant through all directions in the stone, the stone is said to be singly refractive, or isochroic, and has one refractive index. This is characteristic of isometric crystals. If the velocity of light varies with direction, the stone is doubly refractive, or anisotropic, and has two refractive indices. In anisotropic materials, light is separated into two polarized components, the ordinary ray and the extraordinary ray. Anisotropic materials can be further characterized as uniaxial, biaxial positive, and biaxial negative.

Amorphous (non-crystalline) materials, such as opal, amber, and glass, may scatter light in unusual directions due to internal stress and display a phenomenon known as anomalous double refraction.

Refractive Index

Refractive index, or R.I., is the ratio of the velocity of light in air to the velocity of light through a transparent material. If light passes from air into a transparent material at an angle of incidence other than a 90 degree angle, it is deflected at a different angle (the coincident angle) according to the R.I. Gemstones with higher R.I. are generally more brilliant than those with low R.I. For example, diamond has an R.I. of about 2.4; quartz, about 1.54-1.55. The R.I. of most gemstones is easily measured using a simple optical instrument known as a refractometer.

Birefringence

Birefringence is the difference in value between the highest and lowest refractive indices in a doubly refractive (anisotropic) material. Depending on the orientation of a faceted stone, this can result in a "fuzzy" appearance and apparent doubling of facets viewed through the stone.

Dispersion

Dispersion is the ability of a gemstone to separate light into its component colors; that is, the quality of passing different wavelengths of light at different velocities. Dispersion is the quality in a diamond that produces sparkles of color in an otherwise colorless stone. Quartz, which has a dispersion of 0.013, shows much less of this effect than diamond, which has a dispersion of 0.044. Diamond, in turn, shows much less color play than sphalerite, which has a dispersion of 0.156.

Fluorescence

Many materials are fluorescent. That is, when exposed to ultraviolet light or X-rays, they transform some of the incoming energy into visible light. The color and intensity of the fluorescence is often indicative, but not conclusive, of the identity of the material. For example, natural yellow sapphires from Ceylon show a distinctive apricot-colored fluorescence, while synthetic yellow sapphires generally show no fluorescence or a dull red when exposed to long-wave ultraviolet (UV) light. Most natural emeralds are inert (non-fluorescent) under long-wave UV, and most synthetic emeralds show a moderate to strong red fluorescence. Because of the prominent exceptions, this test alone is inconclusive.

Phosphorescence

If a fluorescent material continues to emit light after the exciting UV or X-ray light is removed, it is said to be phosphorescent. This phenomenon usually lasts only a few seconds but may occasionally persist for much longer periods. This is a relatively rare characteristic in gemstones.

Clarity

Gemstones can vary from complete opacity to lucid clarity and may contain few or many inclusions such as crystals of other minerals, gas- or liquid-filled cavities, or even insects! (Large, perfectly preserved insect specimens in amber are highly prized.) In some gemstones, such as emerald, certain inclusions are highly distinctive and can be used as reliable indicators of identity. A gemological microscope (a binocular microscope with a typical magnification of 10X to 40X) is one of the most useful tools in identifying many gemstones, as well as grading them on relative clarity.

Specific gravity

Gem materials vary greatly in density -- amber may float in salt water (density near that of water), while hematite is more than five times the density of water. This is why two different gemstones may have the same size but different weights and vice versa -- a one carat round brilliant diamond of typical proportions will be approximately 6.5 mm in diameter, while a round brilliant ruby of the same size (6.5 mm in diameter) and proportions will weigh approximately 1.55 carats. Generally, gemologists refer to specific gravity, or relative density -- the ratio of the density of a gemstone relative to that of water.

Durability

The two most familiar qualities of durability -- hardness and toughness -- are often misunderstood. Hardness is resistance to scratching or piercing. Toughness is resistance to breakage. The combination of the two largely defines the durability of a gemstone. Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring material and is also quite tough; however, it can be broken by a hard blow. Jadeite and nephrite (the jades) are much softer and relatively easy to scratch but are perhaps the toughest gem materials. Hardness is often represented on the Mohs scale, a nonlinear scale of scratch resistance varying from 1 (talc) to 10 (diamond). The Mohs scale can be misleading -- there is a much greater difference in hardness between 9 (corundum) and 10 (diamond) than between 9 and 1 (talc). More precise, and less familiar, measurements of hardness are done using other systems, such as the Knoop scale of resistance to indentation. Because of the likelihood of physical damage, hardness tests are NOT recommended for gem identification. Resistance to chemical degradation or to changes in temperature or humidity are important. Turquoise is often quite porous and can be discolored by exposure to oils. Opals are heat-sensitive and have a high water content; sudden temperature changes or extremely dry conditions can cause them to crack or craze.

Thermal conductivity (the ability to conduct heat) is very low in most gemstones but is extremely high in diamond (from 1.6 to 4.8 times as great as in pure silver!). This unusual property of diamond is the basis for several popular diagnostic probes that are used to distinguish diamond from its numerous imitations.

Gem Guide

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Abalone
Diversifies the personality allowing for well rounded interest and influences.
Physical: Strengthens muscular tissue, especially the heart, also a strong anti-carcinogenic. Good for smokers.
Emotional: Aligns the esthetic body and balances the feminine qualities.

Agate
Agate is a variety of chalcedony. It tones and strengthens the body and mind. It imparts a sense of strength and courage. It facilitates the ability to discern truth and accept circumstances. Grounding but energetic. The Agate is a powerful healer.

Botswana Agate
Transmutes energies that are less than positive, allows one to take an objective look at one self. Opens one to explore beyond the known boundaries of knowledge.
Physical: Aids in lung and tissue regeneration. Helps rid the body of toxins through the use of the lungs
Emotional: Alleviates depression and lethargy. Opens one to maintain consciousness during such exercises as re-birthing.

Ellensburg Blue Agate
Assists one in "out of body" experiences.
Physical: Aids in the oxygenation of the body and in the relief of pollen headaches.
Emotional: Promotes rational thought and calm focus on business and earthbound matters.

Fire Agate
Master healer stone for those who function as light bearers. It grounds, balances and transforms one into a state of harmony.
Physical: Influences the balance of the endocrine system and helps to clear disorders of the central nervous system. Enhances night vision.
Emotional: Assists in the greater development of balance concerning sexual issues. Assists one in placing sexuality in its perspective of co-creation rather than procreation. Creates a sense of sexuality of a higher order.

Moss Agate
Helps one to attune to nature and that which is natural. Assists one in communicating with the plant kingdom and the realm of the devas.
Physical: Relieves symptoms of hypoglycemia and diabetes. Increases the bodies ability to assimilate protein from vegetable sources.
Emotional: Aligns the mental and emotional bodies to function as a single unit. Opens one to the ability to agree and improves self-esteem.

Alexandrite
Helps one to return to the origins of their development; assists one in becoming centered and in holding ones self in high esteem.
Physical: Improves the assimilation of protein and alleviates disorders of the central nervous system.
Emotional: Develops the ability to be aware of the interconnection of all things. Assists one in rejuvenating oneself from the inside out.

Amber
Stimulates the DNA process and aids in the accurate regeneration of cellular tissue. Assists the body in letting go of the past and creating anew.
Physical: Strengthens the thyroid, inner ear and neurological tissue. It may be used in an elixir to treat disorders of the kidneys and bladder.
Emotional: Activates a desire to serve humanity, stimulates the intellect and helps to activate the pituitary gland.
Necklaces with Amber: Chakra 3 and 6, Master Communicator, Green Garnet and Citrine

Amethyst
Calms the mind, enhances mental activity and lends strength and will power to control passions and break undesirable habits.
Physical: Balances metabolism, stimulates tissue regeneration and increases the production of red corpuscles. May be used to treat disorders of blood sugar levels and lapses in the immune system.
Emotional: Amplifies thought, increases intuition and integrates emotional, mental and spiritual bodies to function as a single unit.
Necklaces with Amethyst: Buddha's Delight, Shree Ganesh, Chinese Theatre, Holy Tree

Ametrine
Assist one in accessing connection to higher self and successfully dealing with the stress that comes with following one's truth.
Physical: Assist the pancreas in functioning correctly, stimulates hyper oxygenation. Helps one to recognize and accept physical body changes.
Emotional: Enhances the acceptance of compatibility, helps to clear emotional blockages and opens one to interaction and cooperation with fellowman without stress.

Amazonite
Magnifies the consciousness stored in the solar plexus and heart chakra, helping one to operate powerfully and gently.
Physical: Stimulates the neurological synapses of the brain. Helps to remove energy blockages, and balances the absorption of calcium.
Emotional: Assist one in expressing completely and with love on all matters. Strengthens the ability to bring order out of chaos.
Apatite
Helps one to develop the ability to serve humanity in the capacity of healing, communication, teaching, and energy balancing. It is useful as a bridge between consciousness and matter.
Physical: helps one to focus healing energy on physical body. Creates balance and wellness to internal glands and organs. Clears mental confusion and awakens inner connection to higher self.
Emotional: Creates balance and right action of all the chakras. Enhances creativity and connection with inner self. Promotes a sense of inner peace, clarity and unity with higher self.
Necklaces with Apatite: Brazilian Emerald, Calcite and Apatite, Mon Iza
Aquamarine
Aligns the etheric and mental bodies. It assists one in honoring their spiritual experiences as their own and using those experiences to further their own growth.
Physical: Cleanses the physical body by directly strengthening the organs that perform that function. It strengthens and flushes the lymphatic system.
Emotional: Reduces fear and stimulates self expression. Helps one to communicate compassionately and to feel safe while moving through the changes of life.
Necklaces with Aquamarine:Shree Ganesh, Devotion, Carnelian and Peridot

Aventurine
Cleanses the esthetic emotional and mental bodies. Activates, clears and protects the heart chakra.
Physical: Often used to treat disorders of the lungs, heart, gland and muscular system, this stone assist one in knowing the true design of the physical body and honoring that.
Emotional: Supplements ones ability to honor ones decisions and to trust the decisions of self to be those for the highest and best interest of the physical self. Relieves anxiety and fear.

Azurite
Stimulates psychic ability, provides a clear insight into all areas of life and assists one in verbalizing psychic experiences.
Physical: Helps to treat circulatory disorders, spinal miss-alignment, and enhances the flow of motion. It is helpful in relieving spasms and misinformation fed from the brain to the physical body.
Emotional: Assists one in imparting information to the masses that are a part of third dimensional reality and helping them move into awareness of other dimensional realities.

Bloodstone
Assists the person in centering and grounding the energy of the heart. Heals the body by assisting in balancing of energy to overcome stress and anxiety associated with awakening.
Physical: Neutralizes and eliminates toxins, helps to clarify the eyesight, lungs and clears congestion and rashes by helping to clear the liver.
Emotional: Heightens consciousness and assists in emotional purification. Assists one in attainment of the altruistic nature necessary for spiritual enfoldment.
Calcite
Promotes increased mental capacity for astral projection and increases ones ability to remember information from astral travel.
Physical: Stimulates the kidneys to better eliminate toxins from physical body. Relieves the rigidity of mind that produces arthritis, tendentious and other osteopathic problems.
Emotional: Release joy from the esthetic body into the physical plane. Assists the body by stimulating the mind to remember divine connection during out of body experiences.
Necklaces with Calcite: Calcite and Apatite
Carnelian
Very highly evolved mineral healer. Often referred to as the Master Communicator. It energizes the blood and enhances the functions of all eliminative organs. It vitalizes the physical/mental and emotional bodies. Aligns the esthetic bodies and enhances attunement with inner self. Facilitates concentration and opens the heart. It is a warming and joyous gem.
Necklaces with Carnelian:Chakra, Shree Ganesh, The Sun, Devotion, Carnelian and Peridot, Carnelian Necklace, Ma Catoune, Exotica, Jhambo Jubille

Celestite
Provides for clarity of communication of ideas of a universal nature that enhances the enfoldment of the universal well-being of humanity.
Physical: Treats disorders of the eyes, eliminates negativity which causes toxic buildup in the physical body. Assist the body in assimilating nutrients and eliminating toxins.
Emotional: Assists one in advancing in the spiritual realm, overcoming despair and moving beyond worries and concerns that block ones divine enfoldment.
Chrysoprase
Strengthens the esthetic body and enhances the physical body in healing in order to produce visible results.
Physical: Strengthens the reproductive organs and opens the sexual chakra. Increases fertility and assists the body in being receptive to the energy necessary to pro or co-create.
Emotional: Provides for an attitude of acceptance and non-judgment and allows one to be open to the recognition of fellow beings as equals – regardless of their station in life.
Necklaces with Chrysoprase:Holy Tree Necklace, Emerald Necklace
Citrine
Shields and protects the solar plexus. Tempers the energy of the power chakra, allowing for ease in dealing with others while maintaining your personal power.
Physical: Aids in digestion and elimination. Removes toxins and aids in regenerating the digestive system. It balances the thyroid and activates the thymus thereby allowing one to act from the purity of intent of the young in spirit; child like rather than childish.
Emotional: Increases contact with higher self and aids in the accomplishment of matters of daily living. Assists one in attracting those things necessary for life as the Gods that we truly are.
Necklaces with Citrine: Holy Tree, Lotus, Devotion, Shree Ganesh, Green Garnet and Citrine, Champagne Goddess, Garnet Delight, Goddess Zu-Zu, Mon Iza

Coral
Represents the ability to allow for flow and change in ones life and quiets the emotions.
Physical: Stimulates tissue regeneration, helps the body to clear cholesterol from the circulatory system by enhancing the production and absorption of niacin into the physical body.
Emotional: Helps one to connect with the quality of the mystic within. Brings in communication with past spiritual masters to bear on current issues and transfer this knowledge in a manner that is easily understood.
Necklaces with Coral: Buddha's Delgiht, Lotus, Chinese Theatre, Turquoise and Coral, Ma Catoune, Om Ganesh
Diamond
Removes blockages and negativity. Reminds one of ones dedication to spiritual awareness and brings fidelity to ones interpersonal relationships.
Physical: Draws toxins from the physical body lends clarity of sight and helps to balance the metabolizing ability of the body.
Emotional: Removes blockages to the crown chakra, promotes clarity of thought and aligns one to thoughts associated with higher self. Stimulates unity and love of self and others.
Necklaces with Diamond: Om Ganesh
Dioptase
Assists one in living in the now and seizing the day. Helps one to be in touch with the forces that helps one to gain wisdom and correct the tendency to space out and become ungrounded.
Physical: Eases pain, corrects disorders associated with lungs, heart and digestive absorption problems.
Emotional: Raises the consciousness balances the energies and calms the energies. Eliminates feeling of lack and assists one to see the richness in ones life no matter the circumstances.

Emerald
Aids in the development of keener insight into dreams and alleviates hidden fears. Stimulates the greater use of mental capacity in the healing of the body.
Physical: Treats disorders of the spine, muscles and over-all general healing of the physical body.
Emotional: Balances the heart chakra and aligns and quiets the emotional bodies. Brings harmony to all areas of ones life. Eliminates negativity and assist one in remaining centered during the practical nature of ones work.
Necklaces: Brazilian Emerald, Emerald Necklace, Om Ganesh

Fluorite
Allows one to remain calm and centered in ones own spirituality while dealing with the everyday world. Balance the positive and negative aspects of ones mind.
Physical: Strengthens bones and teeth, helps to remind the body of the original DNA/RNA patterns in the formation of the skeletal structure.
Emotional: Focuses ones energy and attention in the physical body. Increases ones ability to perceive higher levels of reality. Encourages one to maintain ones ideals of health and well-being.
Garnet
Activates a willingness to serve others while remaining true to oneself. Assists one in being committed to ones self as well as to others and to the causes that one respects and holds dear.
Physical: Activates the second chakra and increases the creative energy. Equalizes sexual energy, repairs damage to DNA and enhances the body in assimilation of iodine, calcium, magnesium and vitamin A and E.
Emotional: Helps to integrate experiences and assist one in self- discovery. Provides a protective influence, a connection to other dimensions. Helps one to recognize flashes of insight and apply them in the appropriate place in one's life.
Necklaces with Garnet: Holy Tree, Lotus, Shree Ganesh, Green Garnet, Garnet Delight
Gold
Balances energy fields. Sometimes called master healer it allows one to experience and become connected with one's inner beauty.
Physical: Aids in the regeneration of the heart, improves digestion, assists the body in the absorption of all vitamins and minerals and assists in the balance of left and right brain activity.
Emotional: Attracts honor, wealth and happiness. It enhances mental clarity and clears negativity. It stimulates one to move toward the light more rapidly. Activates the five charkas above the crown and causes an alignment of higher spiritual vision.
Necklaces with Gold: Lotus, Holy Tree, Chakra,

Gypsum
General: Aligns one with ones ideal of growth and improvement. Strengthens progression and eliminates stagnation. Creates stability amidst chaotic change.
Physical: Helps to strengthen bones and enhances elasticity of the skin and connective tissues.
Emotional: Brings good fortune to the user and creates a heart connection between participants when used during ritual practices.

Hematite
Helps one to remain grounded and to sort out the priorities that one chooses to face. Focuses energy and emotions to facilitate balance between physical, emotional and mental bodies.
Physical: Strengthens the organs that cleanse the blood, i.e. the liver, lungs, etc… Helps to dispel heat in the body often used to bring down fevers.
Emotional: Strengthens the esthetic body, dissolves negativity and opens one to universal love while staying connected to the physical.

Herkimer Diamond
Used as a communication stone, it is often used to tune or align the energies of oneself with another person, place or condition.
Physical: Aids the body in releasing stress and tension, also getting rid of toxins in an appropriate manner. It corrects imbalances in the RNA/DNA and helps the body remember the original plan.
Emotional: Stimulates clairvoyant understanding and the messages one attains from dreamtime. May be used to grid an area or thing for a given energy. Herkimer are of an extreme high and clear energy.

Iolite (water sapphire)
Clears negative thought patterns, banished the blues and encourages one to be secure in oneself and face fear heads on.
Physical: Used to treat fever producing disorders and helps the body to produce regulatory chemicals in the correct proportions for healthy expression.
Emotional: Helps one to be in touch with and clear for communication with ones higher purpose. Eliminates feelings of being trapped on earth plane and opens one to living ones purpose.
Necklaces with Iolite: Buddha's Delight, Shree Ganesh, Carnelian and Peridot

Jade
Generates divine unconditional love, assists one in being in touch with ones desires and building the bridges to create dreams into reality.
Physical: Assists one in being in touch with the body's needs to rest and rejuvenate in order to open to spiritual guidance and dream input. Cleanses the blood and removes toxins
Emotional: Assists one in attuning the physical body with earth, provides for a healthy expression of self confidence, self reliance and self sufficiency.
Necklaces with Jade: Holy Tree, Chakra, Devotion, Chinese Theatre, Master Communicator, Ma Catoune, Jhambo Jubille

Jasper
A protector, clears negativity and assists one in grounding. Represents the elemental nature of humanity and our connection with the components of physical reality.
Physical: Clears toxins, soothes the nerve and balances the mineral ratio for the body. Helps the body to stabilize itself during dietary changes and improves the assimilations of trace minerals.
Emotional: Helps one to stabilize emotions, eliminate contradiction and create a sense of connection between all worlds during travel out of body.
Necklaces with Jasper: Chakra

Kunzite
Eases the entrance of life force into the physical body by strengthening the esthetic, removes obstacles from ones path. Helps one to produce a shield against unwanted energies.
Physical: Balances the cardiovascular system, assists the body in receiving radionic treatments. Promotes the cellular blueprint with the perfect reproduction of the physical form.
Emotional: Opens the heart chakra and promotes the unification of the soul with the heart.

Labradorite
Connects one with one's destiny in the stars. Connects the user with the other worldly energies that reside within the stone.
Physical: Treats disorders of the brain, aids in digestion, reduces anxiety and stress, stimulates mental sharpness.
Emotional: Helps one to advance without constraint. Provides clarity of purpose and insight into ones direction according to the preconceived plans of your higher self.
Necklaces with Labradorite:Buddha Delight, Labradorite Necklace, Goddess Zu-Zu

Lapis Lazuli
Strengthens the body during spiritual growth and opens one to receive messages from the higher self regarding one's well being. Opens one to direct contact with the void.
Physical: Releases anxiety and tension. Invigorates the thymus and pituitary glands. Strengthens the immune system and encourages the wisdom to care for the physical body.
Emotional: Increases spiritual and psycho-spiritual experiences, expands awareness and intellectual ability. Encourages success in relationships and opens one to advance in relation to universal wisdom.
Necklaces with Lapis Lazuli:Shree Shree Ganesh

Lepidolite
Reduces the need to stress and worry needlessly. Assists one in restructuring and reorganizing patterns and allowing new things to express forth in ones life.
Physical: Sometimes referred to as mineral kingdom theorizing, it produces a calming effect on the body, reducing insomnia and hyperactivity.
Emotional: Stone of transition, allows one to connect with the divine plan and work through perceived difficulties.

Malachite
Assists one in accepting and allowing for one's shortcomings and proceeding in a manner that is supportive of one's enfoldment. Creates a clear path leading to a desired goal.
Physical: Helps one get in touch with the thought that caused physical disorders, aligns and cleanses the cellular structure. Helps to ease the birth process
Emotional: Inspires healers to give more of themselves while serving the universal good. Promotes loyalty in relationships and responsibility in transactions.
Necklaces with Malachite: Chakra

Moldavite
Speeds up and enhances the enfoldment of the being in a spiritual and meta-spiritual nature. Allows one to access inner dimensional and extraterrestrial beings end energies.
Physical: Assists the body in becoming more balanced, helps in the absorption of vitamin B complex and in regulating irregularities of the heart.
Emotional: Stimulates the ability to feel messages from beyond. Balance all the charkas and transmutes negative energy. It opens the user to the vast amount of support that is available beyond our perceived boundaries.

Moonstone
Brings peace and harmony and attracts one to spiritual things. Assists one in allowing oneself to be served and treated with the kindness and consideration that one deserves.
Physical: Aids in the assimilation of nutrients, eliminates toxins, strengthens the reproductive organs in women, eases labor, enhances fertility and assist the body in releasing excess water.
Emotional: Integrates the emotions so that one may experience true compassion and sensitivity. Alleviates emotional tension.
Necklaces with Moonstaone:Shree Ganesh

Obsidian
Protects gentle people from abuse, shield against negativity, stabilizes internal and external energies.
Physical: Provides the healer and the subject with insight and clarity into the cause and necessary things to dispel disease.
Emotional: Disperses un-loving thoughts, protects against that which could bring harm emotionally or mentally.
Necklaces with Rainbow Obidian:Holy Tree

Onyx
Encourages good fortune, enhances self-control, stimulates divisiveness.
Physical: Strengthens the center of the skeletal system. Allows for internal support of outer desires.
Emotional: Banishes grief and allows one to separate with grace and ease. Assists one in becoming the orchestrates of one's future. Helps one to recognize one's strengths and to utilize them to one's best interest.

Opal
Aids in restoring harmony on all levels. Opens one to spontaneity of action and decisions. Helps one to understand forces of mysticism, intuition and shamanism.
Physical: Promotes clarity of sight, helps purify blood, and relieves fatigue. Often times used in childbirth to reduce the effects of pain.
Emotional: Opens one to balance and clarity in the decision making process. Provides faith in oneself and helps one to release old patterns of being and embrace ones true nature.
Necklaces with Jade: Devotion

Pearl
Alleviates emotional imbalances. Enhances personal integrity and smoothes the peaks and valleys of emotional expression.
Physical: Strengthens the adrenals and pancreas thereby increasing the production of insulin. Relieves conditions of bloating and eases the fluctuation of insulin levels in the body.
Emotional: Brings truth to situations of the heart, inhibits behavior that is not conducive to the advancement spiritually and emotionally of the individual.
Necklaces with Pearls: Holy Tree, Buddha's Delight, Devotion, Chakra, Carnelian and Peridot, Carnelian Necklace, The Sun, Ma Catoune, Tourmaline Necklace, Champagne Goddess, Goddess Zu-Zu
Peridot
Eases reception of information from higher self. Stimulates an openness of solar plexus and allows for an ease of tense situations.
Physical: Clears toxins, stimulates complete tissue regeneration of the body and allows vibration remedies to work more effectively. Strengthens the spleen and the pancreas.
Emotional: Eliminates behavior that is not conducive to the enfoldment of self. Eases nervousness and balances and aligns the energy to heal the ego.
Necklaces with Peridot: Lotus, Chakra, Shree Ganesh, Green Garnet
Platinum
Alleviates depression and improves memory. Provides permanence to relationships and stimulates self-approval. Enhances intuition, psychic abilities and awareness of other levels.
Physical: Stabilizes the physical body, clears the digestive tract, stimulates the health of the eyes.
Emotional: Improves one's ability to interpret psychic experiences. Enhances one's ability to move towards one's goals.

Pyrite
Assists one in seeing the truth behind facades. Promotes the recall of memories of the perfection of love.
Physical: Aids in the assimilation of nutrients. Aids the upper digestive tract in the efficient solution of food stuff.
Emotional: Strengthens the astral body and eases depression, frustration and anxiety and false hopes. Rids one of danger and all forms of negative vibrations.
Quartz
Clear/Crystal
Amplifies energies and thought patterns, quartz assists one in increasing the force of thought for sending and receiving energy, information or vibrations. It is the only stone of the mineral kingdom that can be programmed to carry a vibration other than that which it was naturally given.
Physical: Strong positive influence on the digestive system and the bodies ability to heal itself. Has been used successfully to treat vertigo.
Emotional: Opens and activates the pituitary chakra (throat) and assists one in being better able to experience visions.
Necklaces with Clear (Crystal) Quartz: Shree Ganesh
Aqua Aura
Clear quartz that has been molecularly bonded with 24K gold. This stone is sometimes referred to as the stone of manifestation. It assists one in bringing into physical form that which only exist in thought before.
Physical: Allowing spirit to work through whatever means that are presented to heal the body.
Emotional: Assists one in trusting spirit to manifest the necessary things to create the dreamed of reality – stepping out on faith knowing that all is well.
Necklaces with Aqua (Blue) Quartz:Sandalwood Goddess
Phantom
Symbol of universal awareness, the phantom crystal awakens in the user the ability to access original truths. It may be used to connect with personal guides or loved ones who have passed away.
Physical: Often used for hearing disorders and may be used to help clear inner ear problems.
Emotional: Because of the shadows of the past within a phantom it can be used to access information regarding past lives and situations that are affecting the present.
Rose (Pink, Cherry)
Promotes self-fulfillment and peace, restores balance to the emotions.
Physical: Helps the body to release muscular cramping, useful during one's menstrual cycle, birthing and after strenuous exercise. Helps the body to absorb magnesium.
Emotional: Brings calmness and clarity to the emotional state and assists one in trusting one's own truth and decisions.
Necklaces with Cherry Quartz: Chakra, Shree Ganesh, Carnelian and Peridot, Ma Catoune, Buddha's Delight
Rutilated
In the past this stone was primarily used to heal the physical body and assist with tissue regeneration after injury.
Physical: Helps the body restructure according to accelerated DNA patterning. May be used to assist in healing injuries by reminding the body of the accelerated DNA pattern thereby speeding recovery.
Emotional: Assist one in accessing the thought form that caused the disorder. Now this stone is being used to bring the evolving human into earth resonant frequency so that they may experience the ascension process with ease.
Smoky
Creates a sense of stability and connection to one's ability to survive. Helps one be aware of what drives the desire to maintain the body.
Physical: Strengthens and rejuvenates the first chakra, the reproductive organs. Helps one to be grounded in the vitality of the creative process.
Emotional: Creates a sense of connection to the earth, the ability to draw support, focus and intention from the solid foundation of inner truth.
Rhodochrosite
Cleanses the subconscious and allows access to higher thoughts.
Physical: Soothing to topical disorder, also useful for treating the thyroid. Helps the body to cleanse and remove toxins that result from internal inflammations
Emotional: Creates emotional balance and assists one in increasing feelings of self-worth and self-esteem. Useful in situations of emotional and physical abuse, it allows the victim to get in touch with feeling deserving of honor and respect.
Necklaces with Rhodochrosite:Holy Tree, Emerald Necklace, Green Garnet and Citrine, Jhambo Jubille
Rhodonite
Balances yin and yang and duality of thought. Promotes a sense of inner calm and self-assuredness.
Physical: Strengthens the inner ear and allows one to become more open to "hearing" what is truth.
Emotional: Dispels anxiety, calming influence during chaotic times. Allows for increased results from mantras and affirmations.
Ruby
Preserves the body and improves general health. Stimulates the heart chakra and helps one to reach their most sought after goals.
Physical: Strengthens tissues directly connected with the heart, treats the heart muscle. Helps to reduce fear and assist the body in flushing chemical toxins.
Emotional: Creates balance in spiritual endeavors, brings about a state of stability and confidence and improves ones ability to deflect negativity.
Necklaces with Ruby: Shree Ganesh, Tourmaline Necklace

Sapphire
Represents one's connection with divine mind. Opens the mind to beauty and intuition.
Physical: Stimulates the regeneration of the pituitary gland and the ductless glandular system.
Emotional: Improves communication with spirit guides, promotes clarity and inspiration. Alleviates depression by helping the body correctly regulate the chemicals that affect moods.
Necklaces with Sapphire:Devotion, Om Ganesh

Selenite (Gypsum)
Helps one to be more consciously aware of ones surroundings and how that awareness is connected with the all that is.
Physical: Allows the physical skeletal structure to be more flexible ; also is used to halt the formation and growth of abnormal cellular structure. Strong anti-carcinogenic.
Emotional: Assist one in being strong yet flexible when making decisions and to see all sides and depths of given situations before making a rational judgment...

Silver
Allows one to be more receptive to the good in life. Usually chosen by those in service in life, silver is reflective and moon oriented in its energy.
Physical: Helps the body to eliminate toxins, helps to stabilize vision by assisting the body in the assimilation of vitamins A&E. It assists the body in absorbing helpful trace minerals from stones that it is used with.
Emotional: This metal assists one in showing a more reserved cultured response to one's surroundings. It enhances one's ability to articulate information concisely and clearly with a smoothness that is readily acceptable in all situations.
Necklaces with Silver: Buddha's Delight, Shree Shree Ganesh, Turquoise and Coral

Sodalite
Sometimes referred to as the stone of endurance, this stone helps one to be grounded and focused before beginning any task. It assist one in following through to completion with ease.
Physical: Strengthens the thyroid gland and assists the body in efficient metabolism. It has been used to treat nervous stomach.
Emotional: Assists one in allowing for forthright communication of feelings tempered with compassion for the recipients reaction. It opens one to support and self-esteem building situations while promoting a sense of openness and self confidence in one's choices.

Sugilite
Strengthens ones ability to spread love and light in the world. Assists one in getting in touch with ones purpose and to believe in one's ability to fulfill that agreement.
Physical: Helps one to release negativity that often causes physical diseases. Clears the energy of despair so that healing can take place.
Emotional: Helps one to get in touch with the thought form that causes the physical disorder. Helps one to receive the open channel of information and support from higher self and Spirit.
Tanzanite
Assists the user in articulating the content of Psychic insight, facilitates communication between third dimension and others.
Physical: Helps the body to absorb zinc, restores consciousness, clears toxins that can cause skin disorders.
Emotional: Allows one to be more cognizant of the anomaly of time and space in relation to our current third dimensional reality. Assist one in feeling more at one with the all.
Necklaces: Devotion
Tiger Eye
Aids in the clarity of perception, sometimes referred to as the stone of commitment, it assists the user in forming clear and defined ideals around responsibility to relationship.
Physical: Soothes the abdomen and strengthens the navel chakra, opens the circulatory system to a more uniform and consistent flow.
Emotional: Tiger-eye often signifies a need to complete unfinished communications; to bring closure or at least an up to date status to relationships and projects.
Necklaces with Tiger Eye:Devotion

Topaz
General: Assists one in attracting and absorbing that which is needed from the universe. It helps one to enact the things necessary to change one's physical world by putting them in touch with the higher desires of self.
Physical: Clears toxins from the body, helps the clarity of communication of perfected physical reality that was the original program.
Emotional: It instills a sense of trust in the universality of all. Allows the user to surrender to the pre-planned destiny that is set-up in the beginning.
Necklaces with Topaz: Buddha's Delight, Devotion

Tourmaline
This stone comes in every color of the rainbow and each color has a specific frequency that alters the human condition. As a general rule each of the colors correspond to a chakraand affect that energy center of the body.
Clear or White
Corresponding to the crown chakra, it enhances and aligns the other colors and the energy centers of the body. It synthesizes the desire to serve on all levels thereby serving one's Self.
Blue
Activates the throat and the third eye allowing for compassionate and clear communication of universal truths and ideals. It assists one in accessing higher realms and relaying that information.
Pink (Rubellite)
Stimulates the heart chakraand encourages the universality of unconditional love. Promotes loving aspirations to be realized in this reality.
Necklaces with Pink Tourmaline:Carnelian Necklace, Buddha Delight, Om Ganesh, Tourmaline Necklace
Green
Strengthens the immune system, clearing toxins in an appropriate manner and stimulating healing in the newly cleansed system. It also transforms negativity and generates an aura of opulence that translates to abundant material gain.
Yellow
Treats the solar plexus allowing for an opening to the desires and a willingness to allow the necessary changes to take place that would allow for the desires to manifest.
Orange
Enhances the creativity, and the activity of reproducing on the physical plane that which is already held within the mental.
Black
Grounding, it helps one to maintain their connection to the reality no matter the outward appearance. It awakens the ideas that are needed originally in order to start the creation process.
Necklaces with Tourmaline:Lotus,

Turquoise
Excellent stone for spiritual attunement because it aligns all the chakras bringing one into the remembrance of original cause.
Physical: Tissue regenerator, restores original DNA patterns and assists one in seeing clearly. Can be used to treat eye disorders such as cataracts.
Emotional: Assists one in looking at the past with an unbiased eye and allowing for the lessons to be learned and the decisions honored. Heals the spirit and brings a calm state of mind to the user.
Necklaces with Turquoise:Buddha's Delight, Shree Shree Ganesh, Master Communicator

Unakite
Enhances one's ability to reason and logic with impunity, creates the clarity necessary for responsible decision-making.
Physical: Treats the reproductive system. Puts one in touch with the root cause of disease.
Emotional: Helps to clear emotional and physical blockages. Provides gentle release for things that inhibits one's growth.

Vanadinite
Provides a deep connection with the power of creation and manifestation.
Physical: May be used for the treatment of exhaustion and healing overuse of the physical vehicle.
Emotional: Promotes the right use of one's resources. Creates a sense of patience and inner clarity during manifestation.

Zircon
Creates illumination of body/mind/spirit and motion and brings one into alignment with the universal law.
Physical: Helps the body to utilize vitamin E. Aids in the treatment of vertigo and the mending of skeletal tissue and muscle.
Emotional: Assists one in moving freely about the other dimensions. Opens one to purity of intent in all relationships.

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Gemstone Symbolism

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The primary use for gems throughout history has been for healing and spiritual rituals. Although gems were rare and exhibited great beauty, the reason they were so precious was due to the power they imparted to their wearers.

They are storehouses of empowerment, transmitted through contact with one's body. Kings and queens would have gemstones set in their crowns to obtain their potencies. They connected the monarchs with forces enabling them to rule guided by cosmic energies. Priests of different religions used gems in rings for similar reasons. Gems exhibit their power in a beneficial or detrimental way – depending on how they are used.

The inherent powers of gemstones are recognized by modern science in the technological uses of crystals in watches, lasers, and computers, but the more subtle potencies, such as their ability to promote physical healing in the body, or their power to help balance human emotions, elude modern science.

Here is an overview on the power of gems taken from All you wanted to know about Gems by Vijaya Kumar:

1) All stones or gems have magnetic powers in varying degrees, and many of them are beneficial to us for their therapeutic cures.

2) They emit vibrations and frequencies which have strong potential influence on our whole being.

3) They create strong energy fields which enable us to be charged with their energies.

4) The gems are used for healing, transforming, balancing, and attuning the body, mind and soul.

5) They are a manifestation of vibrancy, light and color, life, textures, transparency and clarity.

6) They activate our abilities, soothe and comfort, heal and balance through the purity of their rays.

7) The patterns in the stones reveal to us the changes that keep taking place, indicating that life is change – that the process of evolution is a cosmic law.

8) Each gem, tuned to a particular ray, has a special role to play.

9) The gems can be cleaned by leaving them under running water for six to eight hours. Or, bury them in some earth overnight, and rinse them off. Or, keep the stone in the flame of a candle until the candle melts. Or still, place the stone amongst a heap of quartz for several days, whereby its energy is revived from the contact of the quartz.

10) The gem that is cleaned should be placed in direct sunlight, for the sun is a great source of energy and purification.

11) The more precious stones that you wear, the more strongly will you be charged with cosmic forces, radiating out into your surroundings.

12) Wear your stones – Do not store them in a safe or jewelry box, for you will be depriving your body of their tremendous power.

13) Precious stones have a way of healing emotions that have been inharmonious.

14) The stones selected for use should always be in contact with one's body to absorb their healing properties.

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Colors & Vibrations - Color Theory

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Colors & Vibrations - Color Theory

The energy wavelengths of color can have a significant effect upon a person's health, psychological condition and general well-being. Different ones have very definitive effects upon our muscular and nervous systems. Some colors relax people, some stimulate them, some seem to instigate a positive mental state and some seem to bring on depression.

Color	Feelings Generated
Red	Stimulating, excitement
Green	Relaxation
Blue	Calm, soothing
Yellow	Cheerful, positive
Black	Depressing, tired

The color redstimulates; greenrelaxes and promotes feelings of well-being; black can be a depressant; blueis calming for the emotions. Bright yellowsand orangeshave been found to make recovering patients more positive and cheerful, greatly speeding their recovery due to an increase in their own desire to get better.

Colors can be used to restore physical vitality and depleted energy to organs of the body. This is certainly not a "new age" discovery either. Pythagoras experimented with the effects of color on health. Color therapy was used not only in the golden age of Greece, but in Egypt's "healing temples of light." There are many practitioners of color therapy who can confirm the dramatic positive effects upon the health of their clients. If the body is healthy, being given the proper diet, exercise, exposure to sunlight, and so on then it should naturally filter out needed colors from white light as necessary. However, if health is not optimum then the color needs to be supplied to the body in some way.

Phototherapy, or exposing the body to colored lights, has been used to treat illnesses and it has been found that certain glandular functions responds to specific colors. The secretions of the glands become stimulated, which in turn gives help to particular parts of the body. It was found that by treating specific organs through color therapy the endocrine system was stimulated, the lymphatic system promoted better drainage and thus bacteria and rotten tissue were flushed from the body. As a result, accumulations of toxins within the body were also eliminated.

Colors are light waves of specific lengths. Sir Isaac Newton, also credited with discovering the law of gravity, found that when sunlight was passed through a prism seven distinct and separate colors were observed. These are the colors of the well-known spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple. These colors are visible in nature in rainbows or the polar lights.

Light is simply radiant energy which is visible to our eyes. The vibrations vary in size and vibrations of light less than 32 impulses per second are invisible as well as inaudible. The speed at which light travels is 186,000 miles per second. The electromagnetic spectrum is made up of a range of wavelengths that can be as large as hundreds of miles in length to as small as a thousandth of a millimeter.

The variations of light, heat and color are in direct proportion to the variance of size of these wavelengths. Although extremely short wavelengths may be invisible, they still have color, it's just that our eyes cannot pick it up. No medium is necessary for transmission of light rays, as is necessary with sound. They easily travel through space. Modern physics classes color according to wavelength, measured in "angstrom units" (A.U.). One angstrom unit is approximately one hundred-millionth of a centimeter. The approximate range of wavelengths of colors is as follows:

Purple = 4300 – 4600 A.U.

Blue = 4700 – 5000 A.U.

Green = 5000 – 5500 A.U.

Yellow = 5800 – 5900 A.U.

Orange = 5900 – 6000 A.U.

Red = 6000 – 6700 A.U.

There are many different types of electromagnetic energy sources and the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum have many varied uses. Some are positively used while other electromagnetic radiations may be dangerous. Here is a list of the most well known:

1) Cosmic rays, which are very short ways, are the ones most important in gem therapy, as they bombard the Earth from outer space.

2) Gamma rays, used to treat some cancers, are given off by radioactive materials such as radium.

3) The x-rays used to take pictures within our bodies are thought to also cause cancers.

4) Ultraviolet rays which tan our bodies (from the sun only), are used for photography and can destroy moulds and bacteria.

5) Visible light, originating from the sun, other stars and incandescent light bulbs allows our eyes to function.

6) Infrared (short) rays (from a great heat source) are used to take pictures in total darkness.

7) Long rays, also from heat source, are used for cooking.

8) Radio waves of a high-frequency oscillating circuit transmit sounds.

9) Very high frequency television waves transmit both sound and pictures.

10) The very long waves of alternating electrical current generate light, heat and power.

Color and sound both radiate energy. All living beings radiate energy, although these emanations are invisible to most of us, yet some living things, such as fireflies or glow-worms do emit visible radiation. Both color and sound vibrations, unlike most of those mentioned in the above list, may be used without harmful side-effects to treat many physical and emotional disorders.

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Gemstones & Chakra Jewelry

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Gemstones and Chakra Jewelry
The human body contains hundreds of positions where there it is focused and concentrated energy. There are, nevertheless, seven principal centers of energy, commonly recounted like "chakras". The chakra is a Sanskrit word the one that means " the wheel ". The chakras are similar to wheels, in which they make to turn whirlpool of the energy. They are centers of the force, located inside our body etheric, by which we receive, us transmit and treat energies of life.

Every chakra in the body is recognized as a focus of force of life about physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energies. The chakras are the network for which body / mind / spirit they are related as a system holistic.

Seven chakras principal correspond to specific aspects of our knowledge and have their own individual characteristics and functions. Each one has a relation corresponding to one of several glands of the system endocrine of the body, as well as to one of seven colors of the rainbow.

The principal target in functioning with and understanding of the chakras is to create the integration and the integrity inside us. This way, we bring several aspects of our knowledge, of the physicist to the spiritual one, in a harmonious relation. Finally, we begin to recognize that the aspects different from us all the work together, and that every aspect is so much a part completely as the others. We must be capable of recognizing, of accepting and of integrating all the levels of our being.

The chakras are brought in for our knowledge. They are brought in by which flow of emotional, mental, and spiritual force in the physical expression. They are openings for which our attitudes and systems of credence sign and create our structure of body / mind. The created energy of our emotions and mental attitudes penetrates the chakras and it is distributed to our cells, textiles, and organs. The achievement of this one brings the tremendous sagacity in as us ourselves we affect our bodies, minds and circumstances for well or badly.

To understand the chakras and his relation to our knowledge, understanding each other is better. The understanding we ourselves will allow us to do our options and decisions of a place of conscience and balance, rather that to be blind under the influence of forces that we do not understand.

The way more powerful of be opening, to activate, to activate, and to balance all our chakras and to keep our bodies and minds in a healthy condition is to love we and others unconditionally. The love is the biggest healer. The love is the vitalization, the nutrition, supporting the electricity of the life.

Each of us is interconnected and a part holographic of Everything who Is. When we open in the biggest expression of love, knowledge and power, we give this gift to any creation. When a person becomes entire, the humanity is this greatly closer to the integrity. We must remember this one and take our personal responsibility to us and to a humanity of awakening. The love is the source of the whole healing, the Love Is.

1. Chakra of Muladhara:Beginning of Conscience
Position: Base of the thorn (coccyx)
Color: Blood (the secondary color is black)
Element: Earth
Function: It gives the vitality to the physical body. Force of life, instinct of conservation, instincts.
Qualities and Lessons: Matters about the material world, success. Mastery of the physical body. Base, individuality, stability, safety, calmness, health, courage, patience.
Gems / minerals: Ruby, garnet, heliotrope, red jasper, tourmaline black, obsidian, smoky quartz
Jewelery shop of Chakra to stimulate and to treat 1r (Low) Chakra: Chakra Neckalces

2. Chakra of Swadhisthana:Place that Resides of Me
Position: abdomen lower than area of bellybutton
Color: Orange
Element: To water
Functions: Procreation, assimilation of meal, physical force and vitality, sexuality.
Qualities and Lessons: Giving and reception, strong emotions, desire, pleasure of looking, sexual / passionate love, change, movement, assimilation of new ideas. Good health, tolerance, capitulation. The functioning harmoniously and creatively with others.
Gems / minerals: Cornelian, garnet, coral, gold calcite, amber, citrine, golden topaz, peach aventurine, chrysoprase
Jewelery shop of Chakra to stimulate and to treat the 2nd (Naval) Chakra: Holy tree, Lotus, necklaces of Allegiance

3. Chakra of Manipura: Transformation of Being
Position: On the bellybutton, the breast roars
Color: Yellow
Element: Fire
Functions: It vitalizes the nervous comprehensive system, digestive processes, metabolism and emotions.
Qualities and Lessons: It goes to, the personal power, the authorities, the energy, the mastery of desires, auto control. Resplendence, heat, awakening, transformation, humor and laugh.
Gems / minerals: Citrine, golden topaz, amber, eye of tiger, yellow sapphire, I pray.
Jewelry shop of Chakra to stimulate and to treat 3r (Solar Plexus) Chakra: Holy tree, Goddess of Champage, necklaces of exotic Objects

4. Chakra of Anahata: Healing and Compassion
Position: Center of the breast
Color: Green (the secondary color is pink)
Element: Air
Functions: There anchors the force of life of the highest me. It activates the blood and the physical body with the force of life (breath) and regulates the blood circulation.
Qualities and Lessons: divine, unconditional love. Pardon, compassion, understanding, balance, knowledge of group, the alive unit. Acceptance, peace, frankness, harmony and happiness.
Gems / minerals: the Emerald, tourmaline green and pink, the malachite, the green jade, aventurine green, chrysoprase, kunzite, raised the quartz, the ruby.
Jewelry shop of Chakra to stimulate and to treat the 4th Chakra (of Heart): Shree Ganesh, Holy Tree, necklaces of Lotus

5. Chakra of Visuddha: the Expression of Creativity
Position: area of gullet
Color: Blue
Element: Ether
Functions: Speech, sound, vibration, communication
Qualities and Lessons: Power of the said word. Real communication. Creative expression in speech, writing and the arts. Integration, peace, truth, knowledge, knowledge, allegiance, honesty, reliability, gentleness and kindness.
Gems / minerals: Turquoise, chrysocolla, celestite, blue topaz, sodalite, lapis lazuli, aquamarine, azurite, kyanite.
Jewelry shop of Chakra to stimulate and to treat 5th (Gullet) Chakra: the Pleasure of Buddha, Mon Iza, Maha Marsha necklaces

6. Chakra of Ajna: the Knowledge of Being
Position: Center of the front, between the eyebrows.
Color: Indigo
Element: Light
Functions: It vitalizes the low brain and the nervous central system. It regulates the vision.
Qualities and Lessons: achievement of soul, intuition, sagacity, imagination. Clairvoyance, concentration, calmness of fortitude. Knowledge, allegiance, perception beyond duality.
Gems / minerals: the Lapis lazuli, azurite, sodalite, cleans the quartz, the sapphire, iolite, tourmaline
Jewelry shop of Chakra to stimulate and to treat the 6th one (Third Eye) Chakra: Allegiance, Shree Shree Ganesh, the necklaces of Pleasure of Buddha

7. Chakra of Sahasrara:Endless possibilities
Position: Summit of the head
Color: Purple
Element: He thought
Functions: It vitalizes the top brain
Qualities and Lessons: Unification of higher me with the human personality. Unit with the infinite. Spiritual will, inspiration, unit, knowledge and understanding. Idealism, disinterested service. Perception beyond space and time. Continuity of knowledge.
Gems / minerals: the Amethyst, alexandrite, the diamond, sugilite, fluorite purple, cleans the quartz, the selenite.
Jewelry shop of Chakra to stimulate and to treat 7th (Crown) Chakra: Holy tree, Shree Ganesh, Holy necklaces of Tree

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GEMS AND PLANETS

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GEMS AND PLANETS
It is said that different gemstones receives their potency of the cosmic energies of several planets. The astrology Vedic and the system Ayurvedic of the medicine they say to us that the certain planets can have effects in corporal organs and parts of the body. Also it is said that the planets have effects in our minds and subtle parts of our knowledge. Also, their specific positions in the horoscope indicate the way of destination.

The medical and astrological uses validate one to other. The different planets have the influence in parts different from our bodies. A weak planet in the letter often demonstrates physically as a weakness in the part of the body affected by the cosmic energy of that planet. The gems have the power to harmonize planetary influences. The birthstone gemstones for every planet are as it continues:

Celestial Body	Primary Gemstone	Secondary Gemstone
Sun	Ruby	Red Tourmaline, Red Spinel, Red Garnet, Red Zircon, Sunstone
Moon	Pearl	Moonstone
Mars	Red Coral	Red Jasper, Carnelian, Pink Coral
Mercury	Emerald & Green Jade	Peridot, Green Tourmaline, Green Zircon
Jupiter	Yellow Sapphire	Yellow Topaz, Citrine Quartz
Venus	Diamond	Colorless Sapphire, Zircon, or Quartz, Turquoise, White Coral
Satrun	Blue Spphaire	Lapis Lazuli, Amethyst

Secondary Gemstones: (for financial targets, these can be used instead of the primary gemstones)

Secondary Gemstones can be worn as rings, bracelets or earrings. The primary or secondary gems can be worn as necklaces. The jewelry shop should be formed in such a way that the light will happen for the stone to the body. This one means that the piece must be opened supported and the stone must be mounted so that this between in the physical contact with the skin.

SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, GEMS and BIRTHSTONES
All the gems are related to planetary forces, and someone wearing jewelry of his native planets will be in the harmony with his stellar beams.

This is a letter of the gemstones related to every sign of the zodiac and Maha Lakshmi birthstone recommended necklaces:

Sign	Birthstone Gems
Taurus	Golden Topaz,Yellow Coral, Emerald
Gemini	Pearl
Cancer	Red coral
Leo	Emerald & Green Jade
Virgo	Yellow Sapphire
Libra	Diamond
Scorpio	Blue Sapphire
Sagitarious	Amethyst
Capricorn	Smoky Quartz, Beryl
Aquarious	Blue Sapphire
Pisces	Diamond, Jade, Aquamarine
Aries	Ruby, BloodstoneRed, Jasper

Many people prefer to use stones that relate to their astrological sun sign. Your sun sign is the sign that most people identify with when looking up their horoscope. These sun signs are as follows:

Aries

The symbol of this sign is activity – initiative, ambition or creativity. Arians always rise from the lowest to the highest form – from red to white.

Gems: All red stones, like garnet, ruby, red jasper

Taurus

The symbols of this sign are love and wisdom. Taurus are closely attuned to products of the earth. They need to transform the love of personal to that of selfless service.

Gems: All yellow stones like topaz, citrine, amber

Gemini

This is the sign of duality. It symbolizes life and death, joy and sorrow, health and sickness, abundance and poverty.

Gems: All purple stones, like amethyst or fluorite

Cancer

This symbolizes love and life. The magic power of love is the message and quest of this sign.

Gems: All green stones – emerald, jade, peridot, agate, green jasper

Leo

This is the sign of wisdom and activity. Divinity and humility are keynotes for meditation for the native of this sign.

Gems: All gold and orange stones – amber, orange jasper, carnelian, fire opal, topaz

Virgo

This sign symbolizes reason transformed into wisdom. Knowledge and understanding produce wisdom.

Gems: Amethyst and fluorite

Libra

It symbolizes the balance that must be weighed with the deeds of the year. It symbolizes the unfolding of love leading to unity.

Gem: Yellow stones – topaz, amber, citrine

Scorpio

This is one of the most powerful signs. Its force being dual in aspect, it moves from the lowest depths to the greatest heights. It purifies the animal nature and lifts forces to a higher plane of expression.

Gems: Red and clear crimson stones – ruby, garnet, coral, red jasper, bloodstone

Sagittarius

This sign symbolizes high idealism and noble aspirations. Its highest expression is a spiritualized mind.

Gems: Blue Stones – Sapphire, lapis-lazuli, blue topaz, sodalite

Capricorn

This sign denotes the mystery of the darkest night and the glory of the light. This sign symbolizes the crossing of the bridge of darkness before reaching the radiation of the great white light. The goal for a Capricorn is to conquer one's ego.

Gems: Black and white stones – black tourmaline, jet, moonstone, opal, pearl

Aquarius

This sign symbolizes promotion of communication and group work. The goal of an Aquarian is to achieve oneness of the whole, or wholeness of the one.

Gems: Clear blue stones – blue topaz, lapis-lazuli, sapphire

Pisces

This sign symbolizes selfless service, the ideal way to achieve success. It denotes the spirit struggling to rescue humanity from greed.

Gems: Soft blue and indigo stones – blue topaz, indigo sapphire, azurite

BIRTHSTONES BY MONTH
The origin of western modern "birthstones" can be mended until the days of Moses when he gave instructions on "breastplate of the judgment. " This one is confirmed by the academic texts of the Institute of Gemological of America. In the Bible, the breastplate is described as position with 12 gemstones, each one with an engraving of the name of one of 12 tribes of Israel.

In the book of revelations, the gems in the breastplate were described like being the first stones of the temple " of the New Jerusalem. " The order that 12 gems were given was used as the order for birthstones for the months. For no seemingly excellent reason the first one of the birthstones was awarded to March. Together two lists are as it continues:

Month	Gems
January	Garnet
February	Amethyst
March	Bloodstone or Jasper
April	Sapphire or Diamond
May	Emerald
June	Agate
July	Turquoise
August	Carnelian
September	Chrysolite
October	Beryl
November	Topaz
December	Ruby

These stones were used like birthstones until August 12, 1912 when the Jewelers' Association of Selling to the public National American (ANRJA) changed the list of stones that would be more profitable commercially for the industry of jewelry shop. Then, in 1938, the Society of American Gem (AGS) adopted the ready piece of news, adding an additional stone, citrine, to the list. In 1952, the list was once again a change of direction and it gained the approval of ANRJA, AGS, NJA (National Association of Jewelers) and ASIA (Importers' Association of American Stone). Be then, it established the official list of birthstones that is still used today.

This list does not have absolutely any interrelation to the astronomical / astrological signs of the Zodiac. His target is purely commercial. Since the sun changes signs every month about the third week, it is not possible to award any stone to an entire month. This is the sign of the Zodiac that is the factor of determination in the birth, not the month in which he is born.

MonthGems

January	Garnet
February	Amethyst
March	Aquamarine or Bloodstone
April	Diamond
May	Emerald
June	Pearl, Moonstone, or Alexandrite
July	Ruby
August	Peridot or Sardonyx
September	Blue Sapphire
October	Opal or Pink Tourmaline
November	Topaz or Citrine
December	Turquoise or Zircon

The signs of the Zodiac each one has a planet that is the Gentleman, or the rule, of that particular sign. Each of the planets also has a gemstone that vibrates and transmits the cosmic energy. Therefore the only significant system of birthstones is according to the sign that the sun, or the moon, lodgers in the moment of the birth, although it is more practiced in Asia to choose a stone as the lunar sign.

The list of birthstones accepted everywhere of Asia from the antiquity is according to the position of the sun, or moon, as it continues:

Sign of Zodiac	Ruling Planet	Birthstone
Aries & Scorpio	Mars	Red Coral
Taurus & Libra	Venus	Diamond
Gemini & Virgo	Mercury	Emerald or Jade
Cancer	Moon	Pearl
Leo	Sun	Ruby
Sagittarius & Pisces	Jupiter	Yellow Sapphire
Capricorn & Aquarius	Saturn	Blue Sapphire

GEMS FOR EVERYDAY
You may wish to wear a certain stone on a particular day, or wear one that represents the day of the week on which you were born.

Day of the WeekRuling PlanetGems to Wear

Sunday	Sun	Amber, Gold, Topaz
Monday	Moon	Pearl, Moonstone
Tuesday	Mars	Ruby, Garnet, Coral
Wednesday	Mercury	Turquoise, Sapphire, Lapis-Lazuli
Thursday	Jupiter	Amethyst
Friday	Venus	Emerald, Malachite, Jade
Saturday	Saturn	Diamond, Smoky Quartz, Opal

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Orange Color Gemstones

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Orange Gemstones are symbolic of vitality with endurance. Orange Gemstones is associated with the Sacral Chakra which is located at the genitals and is associated with sex organs and spleen. A deficiency in this chakra may result in one being emotionally explosive, manipulative, obsessed with thoughts of sex or lacking energy. Some of the Orange Gem stones are Orange Carnelian, Orange jasper, Fire Opal, Orange Chalcedony, Amber, Sunstone and Orange Sapphire.

Orange Gemstones are symbolic of vitality with endurance. Orange Gemstones is associated with the Sacral Chakra which is located at the genitals and is associated with sex organs and spleen. A deficiency in this chakra may result in one being emotionally explosive, manipulative, obsessed with thoughts of sex or lacking energy. Physical problems may include kidney weakness, depression, stiff lower back, muscle spasms and constipation. Some of the Orange Gem stones are Orange Carnelian, Orange jasper, Fire Opal, Orange Chalcedony, Amber, Sunstone and Orange Sapphire. A short description of some of the orange colored gemstones is given below.

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December

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Blue Topaz: Birthday Blue

Blue topaz has become one of the most popular gemstones on the market today, due to its clarity, durability, availability and affordable cost. Yet it is a shade of topaz rarely found in nature. The stone’s watery blue color is most often created through a combination of heat treatment and irradiation.
Topaz is one of the well-known pegmatite minerals that also includes beryl and tourmaline. Blue topaz is the birthstone for December - and is also the recommended gemstone for couples celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary.
Blue topaz has a definite, uniform color ranging from sky blue to Swiss blue. It is sometimes confused with the more costly aquamarine - yet whereas aquamarine sometimes has a greenish-blue or bluish-green tint, blue topaz will always look blue or bluish gray. The one exception is for surface-enhanced topaz, a process introduced in 1998 that enhances the stones�appearance and brings out colors such as blue to greenish-blue to emerald green.
Most blue topaz starts life as a colorless or slightly tinted topaz from places like Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and China. It is then irradiated (to incite the color change) and heated (to stabilize the change). The result is a permanent aqua shade. To get deep blue color out of topaz, treaters use neutron bombardment in a nuclear reactor and market the final product under the name "London blue." In fact, neutron bombardment is the only means by which to produce smaller calibrated stones with deep color.
Despite the stone’s exposure to irradiation, experts say it poses no health hazard whatsoever to the wearer.
In addition to blue, the stone comes in a variety of colors, including golden yellow, orange-yellow, reddish-orange, sherry red, deep pink, honey brown, light green, and many shades in between.
Topaz holds the distinction of being the gemstone thought to have the widest rage of curative powers. According to legend, the stone can dispel enchantment and improve the eyesight. The ancient Greeks believed that it had the power to increase strength and make its wearer invisible in times of emergency. Topaz is also said to change color in the presence of poisoned food or drink. Throughout history, different cultures have believed that the stone could cure insomnia, asthma and hemorrhages; bring friendship; promote patience and a pleasant disposition, and ensure fidelity. To the ancients, it was also a symbol of love and affection and was even thought to ward off sudden death.
With a ranking of "8" on the Mohs scale of hardness, blue topaz is exceptionally strong and durable and well-suited to everyday wear. However, it should be protected against hard blows which can split, crack or chip it.

November

2010-03-13T19:41:00.003-08:00

Citrine: Versatile, Affordable and Golden Yellow

Citrine is the most affordable of all the earth-toned gemstones, thanks to its durability and availability. It has become increasingly popular with budget-minded women looking to expand their work and leisure jewelry wardrobes.
Citrine, a form of quartz, derives its name from the French word for lemon, "citron." It is available in a range of golden hues from lemon to straw to sun yellow to gold, as well as oranges, browns, and deep madeira red. It is generally more inexpensive than amethyst and is also available in a wide range of calibrated sizes and shapes, including very large sizes.
Citrine's lively colors can brighten almost any jewelry style, and it blends especially well with yellow gold. Its low cost makes it an ideal stone for popular free-form fancy cuts for one-of-a-kind and customized pieces. And good cut is as important in determining citrine's quality as it is for more expensive yellow counterparts, such as yellow sapphire.
As with other stones, citrine in very large sizes (above three carats) in rich, deep colors has always been rare and therefore the most valuable form of the gem. Although this stone's dark orange and red shades traditionally have been the most prized, its bright lemony hues have become very popular in recent years because they mix better with pastel colors.
In ancient times, citrine was carried as a protection against snake venom and evil thoughts. It was also thought to give calmness and mental balance to its wearer.
Citrine is the birthstone for November, as well as recommended jewelry gift for couples celebrating their 13th wedding anniversary.
Most citrine is mined in Brazil. Supplies are most plentiful in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, particularly from the Serra mine. The Ira' mine also produces large quantities of the gem.
These stones generally start life as either smoky quartz or amethyst geodes. Heat treatments first turn them clear and then give them a permanent color ranging from yellow to brownish red.
Sometimes citrine is referred to as topaz quartz, which is incorrect. The name refers to the color, which is sometimes similar to topaz. But since topaz is a separate mineral, the name could be confusing and should not be used.
Occasionally, Mother Nature combines the colors of amethyst and citrine into a single gemstone called ametrine.
With a ranking of "7" on the Mohs scale of hardness (from 1-10, with "10" representing a diamond, the hardest mineral on earth), citrine has excellent durability and is suitable for everyday wear. However, since much of the citrine on the market today has been heat treated to improve its color, it should be kept away from prolonged exposure to strong light or heat.

October

2010-03-13T19:40:00.001-08:00

Opal: The Queen of Gems

Opal, the birthstone for October, is one of nature's most prized gems. The stone - which also happens to be the recommended jewelry gift for couples celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary - was mined by eastern Europeans, the Aztecs and the ancient tribes of Central Africa. Opals have been featured in the crown of the Holy Roman Emperor and the crown jewels of France. They were mentioned in the plays of Shakespeare and the novels of Sir Walter Scott. Napoleon gave an opal to Josephine. Queen Victoria gave them out as wedding gifts.
One of the reasons this gem has been so revered is because of its supposed mystical powers. Scandinavian women wore opals in their hair to prevent it from going gray. The Arabs thought opal would ward off lightning and grant invisibility to its wearer. Other powers ascribed to the gem include the ability to grant vigor, aid the heart and kidneys and protect against fainting and infection.
Worshipped by the Romans as a symbol of hope, fidelity, purity and good luck, opal is sometimes called the "queen of gems" because the stone can flash patterns of color representing every hue of the rainbow.
This "play of color" is one of opal's signature characteristics. The gem is found in a range of hues, including white opal (the most common); black opal; "boulder" opal (black opal with iron oxide); crystal or water opal, which is transparent; and fire opal, which has a yellow to orange to red body color.
The vast majority of the world's opal supply comes from Australia. Black opal is the rarest variety and therefore the most valuable. White opal is also mined in Brazil. Fire and crystal opal can be found in the United States (Nevada) and Mexico.
Brilliance of color and color pattern are critical in determining the value of opal. Opals with strong flashes of red fire are generally the most prized. Stones with blue or green flashes are more common and subsequently less valuable. Stone size also helps determine price, since the gem is very rare in larger sizes. Prices can vary from a few dollars per carat for common white opal to more than $1,000 per carat for fine black opal. Most stones are not faceted and usually cut into rounded cabochons to enhance color play.
Perfect natural opals are extremely rare and expensive. Many are treated to enhance their appearance. One common technique is to place the opal in a sugar solution and then in sulfuric acid, which blackens body color and makes the play of color more pronounced. Other treatments include applications of colorless oil, wax and resin; plastic, or synthetic resins and hardeners to fill cracks and improve durability.
With a hardness of approximately 5.5 on the Mohs scale, opal is relatively fragile, and care should be taken not to scratch, chip or crack it. To clean opal, use a soft cloth moistened with olive oil. Do not use chemical or mechanical cleaners. Also, avoid heat and dry conditions that could dehydrate and crack the stone. Avoid impacts.

September

2010-03-13T19:39:00.001-08:00

Sapphire: The Jewel of the Sky

Sapphire has been sought after for thousands of years as the ultimate blue gemstone. The ancient Persians believed that the earth rested on a giant sapphire that gave its blue reflection to the sky, hence the Latin name "sapphiru", which means blue.
The gem has long symbolized faith, remembrance, and enduring commitment. According to tradition, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on tablets of sapphire, making it the most sacred stone. This supposed "divine favor" is why sapphires often were the gem of choice for kings and high priests throughout history. In fact, the British Crown Jewels contain a number of notable sapphires. Prince Charles even gave Princess Diana a sapphire engagement ring.
Sapphire is the birthstone for September. It is also the recommended gem for couples celebrating their fifth and 45th wedding anniversaries.
Both sapphire and its sister stone, ruby, are part of the corundum family, one of the strongest minerals on earth. The stone is mined in many parts of the world, including Australia, Cambodia, China, Kashmir, Kenya, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. Sapphires from Kashmir and Myanmar are rarest and most prized because of their vivid blue, velvety look.
Although sapphire is virtually synonymous with blue, the stone also comes in a variety of fancy colors that includes colorless/white, pink, yellow, peach, orange, brown, violet, purple, green and many shades in between (except red, because a red sapphire would be called a ruby). Some sapphires that are cut into a cabochon (dome) shape even display a six-rayed white star. These are called star sapphires, and the ancients regarded them as powerful talismans that protected travelers.
Like other gemstones, color is the main determining factor when judging the value of a sapphire. As a rule, the most valuable sapphires have a medium intense, pure vivid blue color and hold the brightness of their color under any type of lighting. Any color undertones - usually black, gray or green - will reduce a stone's value. Although a pastel stone would be less valued than a deeper blue one, it would be more valuable than a stone considered too dark. In selecting your sapphire, keep in mind that the finest stones are "eye clean", with little or no inclusions (flaws) visible to the naked eye.
Sapphire is readily available in sizes of up to 2 carats, but gems of 5-10 carats are not unusual. The stone is most often cut in a cushion shape - a rounded rectangle - or an oval. But smaller stones are available in round brilliant cuts and a variety of fancy shapes, such as triangle, square, emerald, marquise, pear, baguette, cabochon and others.
Some of the more noted sapphires include the Logan Sapphire, a 423-carat cushion-cut stone from Sri Lanka currently in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and a 258-carat stone set in the Russian crown and kept in the Diamond Fund in Moscow.
With a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, sapphire is harder than any other gemstone except a diamond. This quality makes it extremely durable for everyday jewelry pieces subject to repeated impact, such as rings and bracelets. In general, sapphire can be cleaned with soapy water or commercial solvent and a brush.
It is estimated that about 90% of sapphires on the market today have been heated to maximize their color and clarity. This process is permanent and completely stable. Perfect natural, untreated gems are exceptionally rare and very expensive. Some colorless or pale stones are treated with chemicals (diffusion treated), which improves the surface color only. This could create a problem if the stone is ever chipped or nicked and needs to be recut or repolished. In addition, some fancy colored sapphire is irradiated to give it a more intense shade. These effects are temporary and can fade in light or heat.

August

2010-03-13T19:38:00.001-08:00

Peridot: Soothing Green

Peridot, the gem form of the mineral olivine, traces its jewelry roots back more than 3,500 years. It was first mined by the ancient Egyptians on the island of Zebargad in the Red Sea. Zebargad was known as the "serpent isle" because it was infested with snakes that interfered with mining activity until one Pharaoh finally had them all driven into the sea.
Found in various shades of green, peridot is most prized in lime hues. The Romans called peridot "evening emerald" because its green color was said to glow at night. The gem was also used to decorate medieval churches and was most likely carried back to Europe by the Crusaders. Large peridots of more than 200 carats in size adorn the shrine of the three magi at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
Small crystals have been found in volcanic rock - in fact, Hawaiian legend called peridot the divine tears wept by Pele, goddess of the volcano. Samples of the gem also have been discovered in meteors that have fallen to earth.
The ancients believed that peridot had the power to ward off evil spirits, nightmares and enchantments. It was also used as a medical remedy to treat asthma and other ailments. Its power was considered most potent when the stone was set in gold. Peridot was also said to strengthen any medicine drunk from goblets carved from the stone.
Most of today's peridot is mined by Native Americans on the Carlos Reservation in Arizona. It is also mined in Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, Hawaii, Italy, Norway, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. A new deposit was discovered in Pakistan in 1994, yielding some of the finest peridot ever seen. Numerous fine, large crystals were discovered, including one stone of more than 300 carats.
Peridot is readily available in a range of sizes, shapes and color hues. The finest stones are eye clean and have a deep, lime green color. Because inclusions are common, clarity is an extremely important factor when buying peridot.
Its relative affordability and lively green color has made it a popular substitute for those who cannot afford emeralds. The birthstone for August, peridot is also the recommended gem for couples celebrating their 16th wedding anniversary.
When shopping for peridot, keep in mind that it is relatively soft (6.5 on the Mohs hardness scale) and should be spared rugged, regular wear if mounted in a ring. This is why the gem is more often used as a sidestone for more expensive gems than as the center stone. It is also highly sensitive to rapid temperature changes and can lose its polish if brought into contact with hydrochloric or sulfuric acid.
Peridot is occasionally treated with colorless oil or wax to improve its appearance. Surface fractures are sometimes filled with a colorless resin that hardens. If done properly, these treatments should remain stable.
Fine large specimens of the stone are on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; the Diamond Treasury in Moscow; and the Geological Museum in London.

July

2010-03-13T19:36:00.001-08:00

Ruby: the King of Gems

Perhaps no gemstone has been as prized throughout history as the ruby. Celebrated in the Bible and in ancient Sanskrit writings as the most precious of all gemstones, rubies have adorned emperors and kings and inspired countless legends and myths with their rich, fiery hues.
As the ultimate red gemstone, rubies have symbolized passion and romance for centuries. Ruby is the birthstone for July and is also the recommended gem for couples celebrating their 15th and 40th wedding anniversaries.
Also the color of blood, the stone is symbolic of courage and bravery. Warriors were said to have implanted rubies under their skin to bring them valor in battle and make them invincible. The stone has also been used as a talisman against danger, disaster, to stop bleeding, and a number of other ailments. Its intense color was thought to come from an undying flame inside the stone - or, as some legends would have it, a piece of the planet Mars.
Ruby is the red variety of corundum, a sister of sapphire. Like sapphire, ruby rates a "9" on the Mohs scale of hardness, making it the second hardest material known after diamonds.
The most valuable rubies come from Myanmar (formerly Burma), but they are mined throughout Southeast Asia. Good quality stones come from Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Kenya and Tanzania also are becoming more important as mining sources for ruby. But while the color of the stones from East Africa rivals the world's best rubies, most of these stones are fraught with inclusions that diminish their transparency and value. However, the East African stones are displayed to full advantage in cabochon cuts and have done well in the mass jewelry market. Meanwhile, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Russia have all produced occasional top-quality rubies, but the rough terrain in these areas has made mining difficult.
The most important factor to consider when buying a ruby is its color. It comes in a variety of shades ranging from purplish- and bluish-red to orange-red. Like sapphire, there is also a translucent variety of ruby that can display a six-point star when cut in a smooth domed cabochon cut.
The finest rubies are intensely saturated, pure red with no overtones of brown or blue. After color, the factors that influence value are clarity, cut and size. Rubies that are clear with no visible inclusions are more valuable than those with visible internal flaws.
Rubies are readily available in sizes up to 2 carats, and because of their intense color and durability, they make excellent accent stones. Larger sizes can be obtained, but top-quality rubies are rarer and more valuable than colorless diamonds - particularly in sizes above 5 carats. For instance, a 16-carat ruby sold at auction for $227,301 at Sotheby's in 1988. A 27.37-carat Burmese ruby ring sold for $4 million at Sotheby's in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 1995 - an astounding $146,145 per carat. In contrast, none of the D-color, internally flawless diamonds over 50 carats sold in the last decade can match this value per carat.
Rubies are rarely found perfect in nature - which is why many are heat-treated to intensify or lighten their color or improve their clarity. Heat enhancement is a permanent, stable process. Some rubies also have surface fractures and cavities that are filled with glass-like materials to improve their appearance. This filler may break, fall out or wear out over time if exposed to heat, strong abrasives or constant impact. For both treated or untreated stones, the safest cleaning method is to just use soapy water or a mild commercial solvent and a brush.

June

2010-03-13T19:35:00.001-08:00

Pearls: The Treasures of the Sea

Pearl, the birthstone for June, is among the most timeless, classic and treasured of all gems. Throughout history, these noble gems have been associated with wisdom, wealth, purity, romance and mystery. The ancient Egyptians were buried with them. In Rome, pearls were considered the ultimate symbol of wealth and status. The Greeks prized them for their beauty and association with love and marriage. Medieval knights wore them in battle as a talisman against injury. And during the Renaissance, some European countries banned all but nobility from the right to wear them.
It's hard to believe that such a luscious, beautiful gem comes from such humble origins. A natural pearl starts out as a grain of sand or microscopic worm that works its way into an oyster and cannot be expelled. To protect its soft body from this irritant, the oyster secretes a smooth, hard crystalline substance called nacre. Layer upon layer of nacre coats the foreign object and hardens, ultimately forming a pearl. In general, the thicker the nacre, the richer the "glow" of the pearl - which can greatly enhance its value.
Although early pearl gathering depended on divers braving the oceans' depths to retrieve these treasures, the vast majority of pearls today are grown, or cultured, on pearl farms by surgically inserting a small shell bead, or nucleus, into the mantle of an oyster.
Even though pearls are harvested en masse on pearl farms, producing a quality pearl is an extremely rare event. It is estimated that half of all nucleated oysters do not survive - and of those that do, only 20% bear marketable pearls.
Pearls - the recommended gift for couples celebrating their third and 30th wedding anniversaries - are cultured in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors and kinds:
Akoya pearls are the classic round pearls found in most quality pearl jewelry. They are mainly grown in the waters off Japan. They come in a range of hues, including white, cream, pink and peach.
White South Sea pearls are grown in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and other areas of the South Pacific and are prized for their large size.
Tahitian pearls, grown in French Polynesia, can be very large and come in a range of natural colors from gray to black to green to purple. Because of their large size and unique dark colors, they command very high prices.
Mabe pearls, grown in Japan, Indonesia, French Polynesia and Australia, are usually flat-backed because they form against the inside shell of the oyster rather than within the oyster's body. They are often used in earrings and rings.
Freshwater pearls are grown in bays, lakes and rivers primarily in Japan, China and the United States. They are often irregularly shaped, of various colors, and are less lustrous than saltwater cultured pearls �hence, they are substantially cheaper.
When shopping for pearls, the five factors that determine value are luster (surface brilliance); surface cleanliness (absence of spots, bumps or cracks); shape (generally, the rounder the pearl, the higher its value); color (pearls come in virtually every hue of the rainbow, and a few others, too); and size (the average pearl sold is 7-7.5 millimeters, but these gems can be as small as 1 millimeter or as large as 20 millimeters). High-quality pearl strands will feature pearls well-matched in these characteristics.
Because pearls are soft, ranking only 2.5-4.5 on the Mohs scale for hardness, they require special care. Natural oils from the skin, as well as hair spray, lotions and cosmetics, can dull their luster. Like other jewelry, they should be cleaned with a soft damp cloth and stored in cloth or cotton away from other jewelry to prevent scratching. Also, avoid allowing your pearl to come in contact with harsh chemicals, which can erode its surface. And if worn frequently, pearl necklaces should be brought to a jeweler once a year for re-stringing to prevent strand breakage.

May

2010-03-13T19:34:00.001-08:00

Emerald: The Symbol of Spring

Emerald, May's birthstone, has been prized for thousands of years for its lush green hues and rare beauty. Throughout the ancient world, emerald symbolized eternal hope, rebirth and the arrival of spring - and some cultures believed the gem rewarded its owners with love, intelligence and eloquence as well.
The ancients ascribed numerous magical and mystical properties to this most precious of green gems. In ancient Rome, for example, emeralds were believed to have a soothing effect on the soul. Modern scientists have since shown this myth to have some basis in fact: tests indicate that the human eye is more sensitive to green than any other color. Middle Age seers used emeralds to foretell the future, as well as to ward off evil spirits and cure ailments ranging from bad eyesight to infertility. The stone was also said to improve memory and bring great wealth to its wearer.
Derived from the Latin word for green, "smaragdus", emerald is also the traditional gift of choice for couples celebrating their 20th and 35th wedding anniversaries.
The finest emeralds have traditionally come from Colombia; both the Incas and Aztecs mined rich emerald deposits in the rugged Andes Mountains. But Russia's Ural Mountains also have produced top-quality gems. Brazil is by far the world's largest producer of emerald, with a wide range of quality. Other sources for the stone include Afghanistan, Australia, India, Pakistan, the United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Emeralds come in a variety of light and dark shades of green - and often with subtle background hues of other colors like yellow, blue, brown or gray. Generally, the purer and richer the green, the more valuable the emerald. The gem ranks 7.5-8 on the Mohs hardness scale. This means that emerald, while relatively hard, can still be scratched, chipped or split fairly easily. Most emeralds have numerous flaws, or "inclusions", which weaken their structure. Flawless emeralds are exceptionally rare, and therefore command great prices (in some instances, higher than diamonds).
When shopping for emeralds, keep in mind that the gems are judged by size, color, clarity and cut (although because of the stone's penchant for inclusions, a lesser clarity is acceptable - as long as light is still reflected through the gem). Color is extremely important, and is broken down into three considerations: hue (the basic color of the stone, including any tints other than green); tone (the "depth" of color, ranging from "light" to "dark"); and saturation (the purity of the green and the level of other hues, if present).
Fissures, or cracks, are common in emeralds. Try to avoid those that penetrate too deeply into the stone, thus making it more susceptible to splitting.
Like most gemstones in the market today, emeralds are usually treated in some way to remove surface flaws and enhance color. The most common (and acceptable) technique is to oil the stone with a green-tinted oil to fill in surface cracks. The oil hardens and strengthens the stone, and improves its green color as well.
In caring for your emerald, avoid ultrasonic cleaners that can remove the oil, or harsh cleansers that can damage its relatively soft surface. Clean with a soft, damp cloth and warm water, and a soft bristle brush if needed. The gem has been known to crack when exposed to extreme temperatures, so keep this in mind when wearing your emerald. Regularly check that setting prongs aren't loose or cracked, and have a jeweler re-oil every few years.

April

2010-03-13T19:33:00.001-08:00

Diamonds : The Most Precious of Gems

Diamonds are among the most prized substances on earth. Their incomparable brilliance, elegance, durability and mystery have captivated our imagination for thousands of years. Considering the endless lore and mystique behind this regal stone, it's no wonder that it has come to symbolize the ultimate gift of love and romance.

Not only is a diamond the overwhelming choice for prospective brides and grooms selecting an engagement ring, but the gem is also the birthstone for April. And diamonds are the recommended gift for couples celebrating their 10th, 60th and 75th wedding anniversaries.
Buying a major piece of diamond jewelry such as an engagement ring or anniversary band is one of the most expensive purchases many of us will ever make. That's why it's so important to understand the elements behind the quality and cost of a stone, so you can make an informed buying decision. When shopping for a diamond, keep in mind that the value of a stone is determined by the "4 Cs" of cut, color, clarity and carat weight.
Cut refers to the execution of the diamond's design, the skill with which it was cut, the quality of its polish, and the overall symmetry of the stone. Diamond cuts are broadly graded as Ideal, Excellent, Very Good, Fair or Poor. A well-cut diamond releases the inner brilliance of the stone and projects its maximum amount of fire and sparkle. A poorly cut diamond allows light to leak out the sides or bottom rather than reflecting back to the eye, resulting in a "dull" diamond that may even have some "dead" spots inside.

Color refers to the presence or absence of color in white diamonds. As a rule, the whiter the stone, the greater its value. Even a slight tinge of yellow or brown could have a negative impact on a stone's value. Most diamonds are graded on the GIA color scale that begins with "D" for colorless and continues all the way down to "Z", with the color becoming more visible as you move down the alphabet. Stones in the D-F color ranges are considered the most valuable because they are the rarest.
Clarity refers to the presence of surface or internal flaws within a diamond caused during its formation. External marks are known as blemishes, while internal ones are called inclusions. Diamonds are graded for clarity on a scale ranging from "F" for flawless (no blemishes or inclusions visible under 10x magnification) to "I" for imperfect (inclusions visible to the naked eye), with numerous grades and subgrades in between. The best diamonds, of course, are flawless, but these stones are exceptionally rare and therefore very costly.
Carat weight refers to the size of the stone. The carat is the measure of weight for diamonds. One carat is approximately 200 milligrams, or 100 "points". A stone weighing a half-carat would be a 50 pointer, and so on. In general, larger diamonds are rarer and have a higher value per carat. However, other factors such as cut, color and clarity come into play as well in determining a stone's value. It's entirely possible for a smaller stone of exceptional cut, color and clarity to be worth more than a larger stone of only average quality in these areas.
There are even fancy natural colored diamonds in reds, pinks, blues, greens, yellows, browns and other colors. They vary in color richness or saturation from "faint" to "vivid", with the latter grade reserved for stones with the most vivid and deepest saturation. The value of a fancy stone depends largely on the rarity of its color (for instance, reds and greens are rarer than yellows and browns); the saturation of the color; and the purity of the color (whether the color is bright and clear or clouded by tinges of other underlying colors). Top grade fancy diamonds are extremely rare and can command tremendous prices. Probably the most famous colored diamond is the Hope, a 45.52-carat deep blue gem that resides in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Even though diamonds are the hardest known substance on earth, rating a "10" on the Mohs scale of hardness, they can still be damaged if they aren't handled with care. Since only diamonds can scratch other diamonds, it's important to wrap and store your diamond jewelry pieces separately so they aren't touching one another. Also, diamond jewelry should never be worn during heavy work, since points are vulnerable to chipping and the setting can be loosened. Visit a jewelry retailer every six months to have your diamonds, mountings and settings checked.
As for cleaning, it's always best to have this done by a professional. To clean jewelry at home, you can soak your diamonds in warm, sudsy water made with any mild liquid detergent, brush with a soft toothbrush, then rinse and pat dry with a soft, lint-free cloth. Other effective cleaning methods include soaking diamonds in household ammonia, brand-name liquid jewelry cleaners and even a glass of vodka.

March

2010-03-13T19:32:00.001-08:00

Aquamarine: Gem of the Sea

Aquamarine derives it name from the Latin term for seawater - and one look at this elegant gem's blue hues easily explains why.
According to legend, aquamarine was the treasure of mermaids and had the power to keep sailors safe at sea. It was also thought to possess a number of other mystical properties, including the ability to help couples smooth out their differences; protect against the wiles of the devil; cure headaches, insomnia and other ailments; quicken the intellect; and attract new friends. It is the symbol for youth, hope, health and fidelity.
It is also the birthstone for March and the recommended gem for couples celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary.
A variety of the mineral beryl, like the emerald, aquamarine is found in many exotic places around the world, including Afghanistan, Angola, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Russia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. But most of the gemstones available in the market today come from Brazil.
Aquamarine is found in a range of blue shades, from pale pastel to greenish-blue to deep blue. Deeper colors are unusual in smaller sizes; generally, it takes a larger stone to hold a darker shade. The most prized aquamarines are those displaying a deeper, pure blue, with no green tints. These are rarer and therefore more valuable. But if you prefer those with a greenish hue, you should be able to get them for a bargain price.
Like with any gem that is pale, aquamarines should be "eye clean" (no inclusions visible to the naked eye), since internal flaws are more noticeable in a pastel stone. This shouldn't be much of a problem - unlike its emerald sister, aquamarine is known for being relatively free of inclusions. This is why aquamarines are frequently cut with large step facets to show off their flawless surfaces. The most popular cuts for aquamarine are oval and emerald.
Settings for aquamarine can also safely expose more of the gemstone than is possible with emerald. Aquamarine's tendency toward having few inclusions makes it less susceptible to nicks or cracks than many other gems. With an "8" ranking on the Mohs hardness scale, the stone is very durable and can stand up to everyday wear. Its clear, pale brilliance makes it an appropriate stone for all types of jewelry - and it combines well with all jewelry metals and is flattering to most skin tones.
Aquamarine is commonly heat-treated to permanently remove green overtones. Unlike its sister stone the emerald, aquamarine generally isn't plagued by surface fractures - which means the stone isn't usually treated with fillers, resins or oils. Even so, avoid mechanical cleaners. To clean aquamarine, use warm soapy water.
The largest known aquamarine is a 243-pound stone found in Brazil in 1920. It was cut into many smaller stones and a 13-pound uncut piece resides in the American Museum of Natural History. Another noted aquamarine is an 879.5-carat flawless, step-cut, sea green stone on display in the British Museum of Natural History.

February

2010-03-13T19:31:00.000-08:00

Amethyst: The Color for Kings

Amethyst has long been a favorite gem of kings and queens for its royal purple hues. The gem, the most precious member of the quartz family, exhibits color ranging from pale lilac to deep purple. Amethysts are featured in the British Crown Jewels and were worn by Catherine the Great as well as Egyptian royalty.
Through the ages, various special properties have also been prescribed to amethyst. The Greeks and Romans considered it a strong antidote against drunkenness and drank wine from goblets carved out of the gem. Leonardo Da Vinci wrote that amethyst could dissipate evil thoughts and quicken the intelligence. The stone also is supposed to bring peace of mind to the wearer and prevent fatal poisoning.
In some legends, the stone also represents piety, celibacy and dignity. In Tibet, for instance, amethyst is considered sacred to Buddha and rosaries are often made from it. In the Middle Ages, the gem was an important ornamentation for the Catholic Church and other religions. In fact, it was considered the stone of bishops, and they still often wear amethyst rings.
The birthstone for February, amethyst is an extremely popular gem for jewelry because of its regal color, variety of sizes and shapes, affordability and wide range of hues. It also is the recommended gem for couples celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary.
The stone is mined in Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina, as well as in Zambia, Namibia and other African nations. Very dark amethyst in small sizes also is mined in Australia. But the ideal for fine quality amethyst was set by a Siberian variety, often called Russian or Uralian amethyst, which is now considered a defunct source.
Generally, South American amethyst tends to come in larger sizes than African amethyst. But the African variety has a reputation for having deeper color intensity and is therefore considered more valuable. The African version also is harder to come by than amethyst mined from South America. Most of today's amethyst comes out of Brazil.
The finest and most valuable amethysts are very clear, with very deep color (and they sometimes exhibit reddish or rose overtones). Some stones are so oversaturated with color they have areas that are blacked out, which can negatively impact their value.
Amethyst is available in a wide range of calibrated sizes and shapes, including many fancy cuts. Large fine stones are sold in free sizes but generally the stone is cut in standardized dimensions. Paler shades, sometimes called "Rose of France", were common in Victorian jewelry. Banding - darker and lighter zones of color - is also a common occurrence. Occasionally, amethyst is even found combined with its sister quartz citrine into a single stone called ametrine.
The most common enhancements to amethyst are heat and irradiation. The stone, which ranks a 7 on the Mohs hardness scale, is considered durable enough for everyday wear. However, care should be taken not to expose the gem to excessive amounts of bright sunlight, as this can cause its color to fade.

January

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Garnet: The Gem for All Seasons

Garnet, the birthstone for January, is one of the most versatile stones on the market. It comes in a rainbow of colors, from deep red to tangerine orange to lime green to pale pink, as well as purple, gold and brown.
The name garnet most likely was derived from the pomegranate, a fruit whose deep red-purple color resembles some varieties of garnet. Many ancient pieces of garnet jewelry are studded with tiny red gems that look like a cluster of pomegranate seeds.
Garnet is found all over the world, including Africa, Australia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America and Southeast Asia. There are garnets that change color in different light, translucent green garnets that look like jade, and garnets that display a faint four-rayed star. Even though this exciting gem has been mined for thousands of years, new deposits have been found in the last decade. This stone is actually part of a family of gems with mineral and color differences which include rhodolite, malaya, demantoid, grossular, hessonite, spessartite, almandine, mandarin, and combinations of these varieties.
Almandine, the most common type, is dark red to brownish red. Pyrope is blood red. Rhodolite, one of the most popular varieties, ranges from pink to purplish red and is mined in Africa, India and Sri Lanka. Malaya, a mixed variety found in Tanzania and Kenya, ranges from orange to gold. Tsavorite is bright yellow green to grass green and is also mined in Tanzania and Kenya. Demantoid is primarily found in Russia. Hessonite and spessartite mostly come in golds, oranges and browns. Mandarin is a bright orange type of spessartite recently found in Namibia. Grossular is available in pinks, greens and yellows.
As the most common types of garnet, almandine and pyrope are also the most affordable. But tsavorite and demantoid are quite rare and can cost several thousand dollars per carat depending on size and quality. Bright colors usually command higher prices than gems with light or dark hues. The stone also is available in a variety of sizes, depending on the type of garnet. Larger stones are available in the more common types and exceedingly scarce in more valuable tsavorites and demantoids.
Throughout history, garnets have been prized for their rich hues and supposed mystical properties. The stone was a favorite of ancient Egyptian jewelry artisans. Demantoid garnet was used lavishly by the Tsars of Russia. Travelers carried the gem to protect them against accidents. The gem was thought to protect its wearer from a range of ailments, ward off evil spirits, spark creativity and dispel anger. The stones are also said to light up the night and protect their owners from nightmares. Noah used a garnet lantern to navigate the Ark through 40 days and nights of torrential rain.
Garnet's various types range from 6-7 on the Mohs scale of hardness, which means that the stone is susceptible to nicks and cracks caused by impact.
To clean garnet, use warm soapy water and a soft brush. Ultrasonic cleaning is safe for most types of garnet except demantoid. Avoid steam cleaning.
Garnet is the recommended gift for couples celebrating their second wedding anniversary.

Gems

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Ruby

Indian Name
Manik

Ruby is said to have effects on the name, fame, vigor, virtue, warmth and the capacity to command to its user. It's color is red and is a hot stone. On diseases front - It helps to cure peptic ulcer, fever, rheumatism, gout etc. Prolonged use of Ruby may have adverse effect on a person. Ruby should be used in gold in third or ring finger of right hand on Sunday.

Represents : Sun Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B Grade-C

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Pearl

Indian Name
Moti

Pearl protects from harm from others, inspires love and faithfulness and overall ensures a happy married life. It also increases sexual strength. This is normally shiny white in colour. It is a cold stone. Pearl is very useful for ladies as it increases their facial lustre, thereby enhancing their beauty and will keep them ever young. It should be worn on 4th finger of right hand on Monday with silver.

Represents : Moon Available Grades : Grade-A

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Red Coral

Indian Name
Munga

Red Coral helps in curing blood -related diseases.This is red in color. Coral ensures material happiness, recovery from diseases indicated by Mars such as fever, cough, bilious complaints, smallpox, chickenpox, headache, loss of vitality, piles, boils, measles etc. It should be worn in silver or copper, and should be worn on Tuesday on 1st or 4th finger of right hand. It is a hot stone.

Represents : Mars Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B Grade-C

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Emerald

Indian Name
Panna

Emerald is said to have a positive effect on memory, communication, intuition, and the intellect ability of a person. This is normally petal green or dark green in colour. Emerald is a hot gem and helps fickle mindedness and builds up confidence in a person. Emerald should be worn in 4th finger of right hand on Wednesday. An Emerald wearer is likely to get sufficient wealth.

Represents : Mercury Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B Grade-C

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Yellow Sapphire

Indian Name
Pukharaj

Yellow Sapphire helps in achieving better financial status. The wearer may get plenty of wealth, good health, name honour and fame if the Gems suits him or her. It is said to have powers of helping un-wed girls to find suitable match for a girl early. This is normally faint yellow in colour and is said to be a cold gem. In diseases, Topaz cures diarrhea, gastritis, ulcer, rheumatism, jaundice, insomnia, heart troubles, impotency, gout, arthritis, pain in knee joints, etc. Topaz should be worn in gold, on 1st finger of right hand on Thursday.

Represents : Jupiter Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B Grade-C

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Zircon

Indian Name
Zircon

Zircon leads one to have a luxurious life. Diamond is also supposed to enhance the name, fame and artistic quality of the person. Zircon is a hot gem creating goodness and removing the effects of evil.
It improves financial conditions and blesses the native with comforts and peace of mind. It also enhances sexual power. Zircon should he worn on 1st finger of right hand on Friday in gold or platinum.

Represents : Venus Available Grades : Grade-A

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Blue Sapphire

Indian Name
Neelam

Blue Sapphire removes evil effects of Saturn and possesses magical power to elevate its user to a higher status from all sides. It brings wealth, name and fame. It is advisable to first test it for a week before final wearing. It is capable of giving everything one could desire. This is normally faint or dark blue in colour and is a very cold gem. They may be yellow also. Best suited for joy, love and happiness. It should be used on 2nd finger of right hand in gold or panch dhatu on Saturday.

Represents : Saturn Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B Grade-C

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Cinnamon Sapphire

Indian Name
Gomedh

Gomedh can help in achieving speedy success in less time than expected. It is often believed that the shadow planet Rahu is supposed to be responsible for all sorts of delays in the path of ambitions. Gomedh also improves dealing with people and protects its wearer from sudden misfortunes. This is normally reddish-chocholate in colour. Gomedh is cold in nature. It should be used in silver on Saturday on 2nd finger of right hand.

Represents : Rahu Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B

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Cat's Eye

Indian Name
Lahasunia

Cat’s Eye is said to protect an individual from hidden enemies, mysterious dangers as accidents and diseases. This is milky in colour and is known to be a hot gem. Cat’s Eye is supposed to counter evil effects of Ketu and diseases caused by Mars. Cat’s Eye gives wealth by secret means to its user namely in the form of stock and exchange market and speculations. It should be worn in gold on 2nd finger or 3rd finger of right hand.

Represents : Ketu Available Grades : Grade-A

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Opal

Indian Name
Opal

Opal leads one to have a luxurious life. Diamond is also supposed to enhance the name, fame and artistic quality of the person. This is a hot gem creating goodness and removing the effects of evil.
It improves financial conditions and blesses the native with comforts and peace of mind. It also enhances sexual power. Opal should he worn on 1st finger of right hand on Friday in gold or platinum.

Represents : Venus Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B

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Amethyst

Indian Name
Amethyst

Amethyst removes evil effects of Saturn and possesses magical power to elevate its user to a higher status from all sides. It brings wealth, name and fame. It is advisable to first test it for a week before final wearing. It is capable of giving everything one could desire. This is normally faint or dark blue in colour and is a very cold gem. They may be yellow also. Best suited for joy, love and happiness. It should be used on 2nd finger of right hand in gold or panch dhatu on Saturday.

Represents : Saturn Available Grades : Grade-A

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Moon Stone

Indian Name
Moon Stone

Moon Stone protects from harm from others, inspires love and faithfulness and overall ensures a happy married life. It also increases sexual strength. This is normally shiny white in colour. It is a cold stone. It is very useful for ladies as it increases their facial lustre, thereby enhancing their beauty and will keep them ever young. It should be worn on 4th finger of right hand on Monday with silver.

Represents : Moon Available Grades : Grade-A Grade-B

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Yellow Topaz

Indian Name
Yellow Topaz

Yellow Topaz helps in achieving better financial status. The wearer may get plenty of wealth, good health, name honour and fame if the Gems suits him or her. It is said to have powers of helping un-wed girls to find suitable match for a girl early. This is normally faint yellow in colour and is said to be a cold gem. In diseases, Topaz cures diarrhea, gastritis, ulcer, rheumatism, jaundice, insomnia, heart troubles, impotency, gout, arthritis, pain in knee joints, etc. Topaz should be worn in gold, on 1st finger of right hand on Thursday.

Represents : Jupiter Available Grades : Grade-A

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