Peridot – Gemstone Found On Earth and Mars

What makes a Peridot unique? Peridot is found in a number of places on Earth. It can also be found on Mars. Peridot, or evening emerald as sometimes it is called, is the softest gemstone. This is probably why it is less popular than the other gemstones. It is vibrant green in color and is best seen at dusk. It is very refreshing to look at and it has a soothing and calming effect.

Peridot in History

Peridot is the gemstone for August. It is also the 16th anniversary gemstone. Ancients believed it to have the power to reduce a person’s anxiety, helps create a successful marriage, change dreams into reality, keeps away nightmares and evil spirits, and gives power to enable a person to communicate well. Peridot, when transparent, would come in variety of colors, ranging from light yellowish green to deep olive color. Like emeralds, the greener the color, the higher the value of a peridot stone.

Judging Peridot Quality

Peridot tends to be clearer than emerald and it comes in various shapes, sizes and hues. The quality is good and its value is higher if the texture and surface is clear and the color is deep green. It has a rather oily and greasy appearance. Like an emerald, a peridot could have bubbles, flaws and inclusions, so clarity is very important in looking for a good quality stone.

Care must be taken when using peridot as jewelry. It is a sensitive gemstone and can be damaged by improper use and care. Avoid excesses of temperature and be aware that acids and over use can damage the stone. However, Peridot is an exciting and fashionable gemstone that will enhance any person.

Gemstone Therapy Work

Each gemstone has a certain vibration, energy or frequency. All matter is energy in physical form.  Even our thoughts are energy.  True  or False?

Our thoughts are a form of energy and is the reason affirmations provides us with renewed energy and negative thoughts, (including fear)  drains or depletes us of our energy.

Need more energy? Think “more” positive thoughts.

Gemstones are formed within the earth for thousands and thousand of years.  Therefore it is safe to say that gemstones are in perfect alignment with the universe.

Today we use gemstones in modern day technology, such as gemstones in lasers to perform certain types of surgeries and in computers, to send information around the world.

Quartz crystals are also used to energize watches. These factors alone, are proof of certain gemstone values (properties)

Quartz  crystals, vary greatly in color, sizes and energy levels. Because quartz is used in computers chips to relay information,  it only takes a small step,  (not a leap)  just a tiny step of faith,  to embrace the thought, that this same family of gemstones can be used to relay information to your subconscious mind and bring about desired results in ones’ personal  life! (Including health, wealth, love and personal growth)

Many people strongly suggest wearing gemstones in the form of jewelry, to receive  the benefits of gemstones. Others strongly suggest that you sleep with the gemstones on your night stand for best results.

When I wear gemstone jewelry, I am sometimes, ‘put off’ when someone recognizes my subconscious prayer because of the type of gemstone I am wearing.  And for that reason, I personally, prefer the  “gemstone on the night stand approach.”

That’s not to say that an expensive, gemstone necklace, worn to a social function wouldn’t sever me well, because it would.

Using gemstones for therapy,  is a personal thing.   It’s like a symbol, for a personal prayer that you can trust, because, it was produced by mother earth.   A gemstone’s vibration is perfect for its intent.   Now what is a gemstone’s  real intent?   On this,  I had to trust the scientists.   And since the quartz crystal within my computer works just find, I see no reason to question the scientist’s  results concerning crystals.

And as long as the universe is in balance, meaning, large asteroids aren’t falling out of the sky, on a regular bases,  I have to believe, we can trust the gifts that earth has provided to us.

About Choosing Your Gemstone

Gemstone jewelry has always been a favorite accessory of women. Diamonds have always been women’s best friend, but gemstones are becoming popular because of their radiance, which radiates to the women wearing them. The appeal of gemstones is that they make the women wearing them feel as beautiful as they are.

Gemstone jewelry come in so many variety that sometimes the task of choosing the gemstone is more daunting than the actual task of buying the jewelry. Whether you would be buying gemstone jewelry for yourself or for somebody else, you have to take the time to have a basic knowledge of gemstones and be able to evaluate gems and metals to be able to make a wise purchase or wise investment. You also have to learn to recognize a real gemstone from a synthetic or an imitation. There are gemstones that are very rare, and these rare gemstones are more valuable and an asset than other stones. The appearance of a gemstone is its primary attribute, which determines the price it would sell in the market.

Kinds of Gemstones

There are many kinds of gemstones, the five most popular are the diamonds, pearls, emerald, ruby, and sapphire. Before going out and purchasing gemstone jewelry, you must be able to determine if one is fake or real. Know the difference between a glass or a diamond, and faux pearls from real ones. Know what color is a ruby, an emerald or a sapphire.

Diamonds are valued according to their color, clarity, cutting, and carat. If a diamond is more colorless, with lesser or no marks, is beautifully cut, and is larger in size, chances are, it is of best quality and probably would be very expensive.

Pearls, on the other hand, are so varied that seemingly no two are ever the same. Pearls could either be natural or cultured but always be alert that you do not purchase an imitation pearl.

You would always know an emerald from a ruby as an emerald has a green velvety glassy color and texture while a ruby has always been famous as the red gemstone. Emeralds are fragile as they can break easily and is in need of most care than other gemstones.

Sapphires vary in color to yellow, blue, green, orange, pink, and purple.

Choosing Your Gemstone

There are still a lot of other kinds of gemstones. Prices could range from very expensive ones to prices which you can generally afford without putting too much dent on your wallet or your credit card. Choose, therefore, according to the size of your wallet or your bank account. Whatever you intend to choose and purchase, the important thing to remember is that the gemstone must be lasting and enduring.

Caring for the Gemstone of Your Choice

If the gemstone needs special care, accordingly, the same care should be given. Exposure to chemicals or sunlight could harm these stones and reduce the value which you highly paid for. Gemstones would always make you feel as beautiful as they are, and that is what you would be paying for.

Make a Simple Gemstone Necklace

With gemstone beads, every bead is precious. Every bead is beautiful. A little more effort is needed when stringing a gemstone necklace together.

First, decide on the design. Take a fishing line and string the gemstone beads through it. Hold the string of beads around your neck in front of the mirror to see how the necklace would look. When you are pleased with your design, then start stringing the beads together properly.

For that, you need colored thread that matches the beads and some nylon thread to strengthen the necklace and to needles that can go through the beads, 1 at a time.

Thread both needles with as much colored string and nylon thread as they can take.

Twine an end of the strings from both needles together Thread the needles through the hole on one side of the clasp and tie decorative knots to secure the strings to the clasps.

Use both needles and tie a knot as close to the clasp as possible.

Slip both needles through the first bead, one needle at a time, then tie
another knot to secure the bead. Make sure the knot is large enough so the bead
cannot slip over the knot. Slip the needles through the next bead and tie
another large knot to secure the bead. Repeat the process until you have secured
all the beads for your necklace.

Now slip the needles through the hole at the other part of the clasp and tie
a decorative knot as close to the beads as possible. Slip the needle back
through the previous bead to hide the string and then snip off the excess
string.

Natural Alexandrite Gemstone

Usually gemstone buying is never seen as an investment. However, if one invests wisely, gemstones buying can be very profitable and remunerative too. The popular belief that a diamond is forever and it fetches up to 75% of the resale value and colored stones have no resale value is absolutely wrong. Conversely, investing in gemstones can be a profitable business if not just a hobby. But love for gemstones and appreciating their worth are also equally important. One should, therefore, not only look at the monetary benefits but also should be able to appreciate their beauty. If you have the money and are also a gemstone lover then this article is definitely worth a look.

Most of the gem lovers have, at some point or the other, must have heard of the color changing Alexandrite. It is one of the rarest gemstones found which possesses a beautiful characteristic of color change, i.e. it displays a different color in daylight and another color in evening light or candle light. This phenomenon along with rarity makes it very valuable. If you are interested in investing in alexandrite then it’s better to learn everything about it. A single search online yields enough information for you to know everything about it.

Tips for buying alexandrite

1. Trust only natural!

When buying an alexandrite gemstone, one must always make sure that he/she is buying a natural alexandrite and not synthetic alexandrite. The certificate should mention the word “natural”. People often end up buying synthetic gemstone paying very high price and later repent on their decision. As technology rapidly develops, more and more synthetic alexandrites are flooding into the market, which are becoming increasingly difficult to identify. In other words, natural alexandrite without any treatments is getting rarer day by day and hence it’s becoming more valuable.

2. Always insist on authentication

Always buy with a certificate, from a reputed gemological laboratory and not just from the dealer who is selling it, mentioning its authenticity. These days it’s very easy to print out a piece of paper and laminate it, calling it a certificate. Many customers get carried away by this laminated and printed sheet .So one must make sure that the certificate is from a reputed source.

3. Quality comes first!

Always go for quality rather than quantity. A good piece, though a small one, is any day better than a big gem with lower clarity and color.

4. Choose the cutting edge

As far as possible go in for a proper cut gemstone. Shallow cut gems lighten the color, while very deeply cut gems, on the other hand, darken the color so much that the change in color is rarely visible. Always go for the best cut your money can buy!

Finally to conclude, if you are a gem lover or collecting gemstones is your hobby, you’ll just love this amazing colour changing gemstone in your collection. An investment you will never regret!