Ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum aluminum oxide, other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems, together with amethyst, sapphire, emerald, and diamond, The word ruby comes from ruber, Latin for red. The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium.
It is a gemstone of planet SUN. Ruby is soft, bright, has a fine shape, cut, resilience and is RED in color. It is known to be beneficial in diseases like TB, weakness in body, impotency, reproduction problems, fearfulness etc. The wearer of this gemstone gets name, fame, reputation and good confidence along with bravery.
A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers.
It is a gemstone of planet Moon. It comes in many colors such as white, light yellow, pink, blue and black color. However pearl in white color is widely prevalent. The wearer of pearl get rids of blocked and sinful mind. This gemstone provides mental peace and keeps mind calm and cool.
Red corals grow on rocky seabottom with low sedimentation, typically in dark environments—either in the depths or in dark caverns or crevices. The original species, C. rubrum (formerly Gorgonia nobilis), is found mainly in the Mediterranean Sea.
Red corals grow on rocky sea bottom with low sedimentation, typically in dark environments either in the depths or in dark caverns or crevices. The original species, C. rubrum (formerly Gorgonia nobilis), is found mainly in the Mediterranean Sea.
Astrologically planet Mars is the ruler of Coral. It is usually red, sinduri, orange and white in color. It gives energy to heart and body. It is beneficial in curing problems like low blood pressure, spleen and heart diseases. It imparts “bravery” to the wearer & is extremely helpful for people who are fearful in facing interviews as well as in communicating with higher officials.
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.58 on the Mohs scale. Most emeralds are highly included, Emer so their toughness (resistance to breakage) is classified as generally poor. Emerald is a cyclosilicate.
Emerald is a gemstone of planet Mercury. It is green in color and is soft and supple. Wherever this gemstone is there it increases money and food grains, memory power, removes ghost obstacles, snake fears and imparts competent children. Mercury is a planet of trade and commerce and so this gemstone is popular amongst businessman as it gives progress in business. Also it is known to reduce labor pains and eases child delivery of a pregnant woman.
Sapphire is a variety of Corundum, an aluminum oxide mineral that forms in prismatic tabular, bipyramidal or rhombohedral crystals, as well as granular or massive habits, and may be transparent to opaque. Low iron content in Corundum is responsible for Yellow Sapphire’s color, sometimes called Golden Sapphire if intensely colored. The name Corundum is of Indian origin, derived from the Sanskrit korund and applied to opaque massive gems, generally of a dull color.
It is a gemstone of planet Jupiter. Pukhraj as it is popularly called as, is bright, soft, solid gemstone and is yellow in color. If there is a delay in a girl's marriage then wearing yellow sapphire helps in getting deserving groom for her rapidly. Also it is helpful for people in service since it is known to bring easy promotion.
Diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at standard conditions.
It is an expensive gemstone. It is a gemstone of planet Venus or Shukra. It is found in many colors such as white, light blue, light brown, black etc. If a person is weak in romance, is not able to give sexual satisfaction to the partner, that individual should wear Diamond. It is beneficial in providing strength, improved potency and increased sexual desires.
Sapphire is a gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide (α-Al2O3). It is typically blue in color, but natural fancy sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors.
It is a gemstone of planet Saturn or Shani. Neelam is soft, sparkling, transparent stone and is blue in color. If a person is running a bad period of Shani's sadesati then that person may wear Neelam for betterment. It is known to give benefits in diseases like eye defects, madness, coughing, vomiting, blood defects, fever etc.
Gomed, also known as Hessonite or Cinnamon Stone, is a gemstone which is generally used in India to fight the adverse effects of Rahu, a concept which is unique to Indian astrology. It is also believed to possess properties to relieve mental tension and improve strained relationships.
It is believed to be the gemstone of RAHU mainly. It is bright, soft and is brownish in color. It is found to be favorable for progress in areas like law, administrative works, politics etc. Also it is beneficial for people involved in horse racing, lottery and similar works.
The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula BeAl2O4. The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words χρυσός chrysos and βήρυλλος beryllos, meaning "a gold-white spar". Despite the similarity of their names, chrysoberyl and beryl are two completely different gemstones, although they both contain beryllium.
It is a gemstone of node Ketu. It appears like a Cat's eye in visibility and so the name Cat's eye. It is found in yellow, green and white colors. It is said to be helpful in getting rid of diseases like, diabetes, gonorrhea, arthritis, blood vomiting etc. It should be tested before wearing.
Indian ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminum oxide). Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems, together with amethyst, sapphire, emerald, and diamond.
The word garnet comes from the 14th‑century Middle English word garnet, meaning 'dark red'. It is derived from the Latin granatus, from granum ('grain, seed'). This is possibly a reference to mela granatum or even pomum granatum ('pomegranate', Punica granatum), a plant whose fruits contain abundant and vivid red seed covers (arils), which are similar in shape, size, and color to some garnet crystals.
The most common moonstone is of the mineral adularia, named for an early mining site near Mt. Adular in Switzerland, now the town of St. Gotthard. The plagioclase feldsparoligoclase also produces moonstone specimens. Moonstone is feldspar with a pearly and opalescent schiller.
Moonstone has been used in jewelry for millenia, including ancient civilizations. The Romans admired moonstone, as they believed it was born from solidified rays of the moon. Both the Romans and Greeks associated Moonstone with their lunar deities.
Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color: an olive-green. The intensity and tint of the green, however, depends on the percentage of iron that is contained in the crystal structure, so the color of individual peridot gems can vary from yellow, to olive, to brownish-green.
Olivine, of which peridot is a type, is a common mineral in mafic and ultramafic rocks, and it is often found in lavas and in peridotitexenoliths of the mantle, which lavas carry to the surface; but gem quality peridot occurs in only a fraction of these settings. Peridots can also be found in meteorites.
It is a gemstone of planet Jupiter. Citrine as it is popularly called as, is bright, soft, solid gemstone and is yellow in color. If there is a delay in a girl's marriage then wearing Citrine helps in getting deserving groom for her rapidly. Also it is helpful for people in service since it is known to bring easy promotion.
Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al2SiO4(F,OH)2. Topaz crystallizes in the orthorhombicsystem, and its crystals are mostly prismatic terminated by pyramidal and other faces. It is one of the hardest naturally occurring minerals (mohs hardness of 8) and his the hardness of any silicate) (i.e. silicon -based) minerals.
Pure topaz is colorless and transparent but is usually tinted by impurities; typical topaz is wine red, yellow, pale gray, reddish-orange, or blue brown. It can also be white, pale green, blue, gold, pink (rare), reddish-yellow or opaque to transparent/translucent.
Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are classed as minerals. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl, and basalt. Opal is the national gemstone of Australia.
Zircon is ubiquitous in the crust of Earth. It occurs as a common accessory mineral in igneous rocks (as primary crystallization products), in metamorphic rocks and as detrital grains in sedimentary rocks.Large zircon crystals are rare. Their average size in granite rocks is about 0.10.3 mm, but they can also grow to sizes of several centimeters, especially in mafic pegmatites and carbonatites.
In common with other Alcyonacea, White coral have the shape of small leafless bushes and grow up to a meter in height. Their valuable skeleton is composed of intermeshed spicules of hard calcium carbonate, colored in shades of red by carotenoid pigments.
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz often used in jewelry. The name comes from the ancient Greek a- ("not") and ("intoxicated"), a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. The ancient Greeks wore amethyst and made drinking vessels decorated with it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication. It is one of several forms of quartz. Amethyst is a semiprecious stone and is the traditional birthstone for February born people.
The name iolite is derived from Greek io meaning violet flower. It is also known as cordierite, dichroite, water sapphire, and lynx sapphire. These names are derived from the French mineralogist, Cordier; from its multi-coloring (wrongly) dichroitic; and from its similarity to sapphire.
Hessonite or Gomed is generally not worn based on the sign of zodiac of a person. Those who actively participate in politics are recommended to use Gomed. Furthermore, those who are occupied by the Rahu planet in the tenth house of natal chart are also suggested to wear Gomed. Numerous curative properties are also related with Gomed or Hessonite.
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Ordinary chrysoberyl is yellowish-green and transparent to translucent. When the mineral exhibits good pale green to yellow color and is transparent, then it is used as a gemstone.