Fantastic Natural White Sapphire – Rare gem in a Venus Talisman
Natural White Sapphire of 4.66 carats Gemstoneuniverse.com
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Gemstoneuniverse.com Table Natural Colorless Sapphire/ White Sapphire Gemstone facts
Gemstone
Natural White Sapphire
Weight
4.66 carats
Treatment
None
Origin
Sri Lanka/Ceylon
Planetary Energy
Venus/Shukra
Patron Location
Bangalore, India
All inclusive Price
$ 6486.30 / INR 350259
Comments
That which is clear and colorless, white appears so because it absorbs all colors of the spectrum. Indeed a powerful gem with the strong energies – those capable of bestowing one with all possible material possessions and pleasures.
Featured today is a fantastic natural White Sapphire of 4.66 carats from the gem mines of Sri Lanka. The emerald cut white sapphire has been set in white gold as a Venus talisman. The natural white sapphire is clear and colorless and has spectacular clarity and lustre. The ring shanks have a 22-karat gold line in the centre, creating a nice design statement.
That having been stated, it should be mentioned that natural, colorless white sapphire is an extremely rare gemstone. It is colorless corundum. And with a fabulous jyotish weight of 4.66 carats, the gem is indeed a premium piece.
In Vedic Astrology, natural white sapphire is the gemstone of Venus/ Shukra. It is also known as the safed pukhraj or naram vajramani. A well placed Venus in an individual’s birth chart has the potential of bestowing him or her with all the material pleasures and wealth.
Zaffiro Iridium razor with white sapphire blades Image courtesy therichtimes.com
Here’s some interesting stuff – last year the Zafirro Iridium went on sale – what’s that? Well it is a $100,000 razor (limited edition of course). The Razor has blades made of LAB GROWN white sapphire! The blades are also supposedly atomically sharp, getting sharpened by “high-energy, ionized particles”. The blades are guaranteed for 10 years during which time the company will service and sharpen them, free.
Hope that’s enough for an individual to appreciate the natural white sapphire, when he or she sees one!
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The vintage appeal of the hessonite garnet its biggest draw. No wonder you will invariably be able to find this gem (of varying grades of course) as an integral part of the jewellery that was owned by generations before you in the family!
Featured today is a top quality jyotish grade Hessonite garnet of 5.30 carats set in sterling silver as a Rahu Talisman ring. The round shaped hessonite from Srilanka has a lovely deep burnt orangish cinnamon color and is fully natural and free of treatment.
Hessonite is also known as Gomedh or gomedhaka in Hindi and is regarded as the gem of Rahu in Vedic Astrology. Set in a talisman this gem brings much relief from the typical problems associated with this karmic planet and begets gains if Rahu happens to be placed favourably in an individual’s birth chart.
Rahu is the North Node of the Moon and since it is a point on the Moon, the mind gets affected first, during its planetary periods or if It occupies certain positions in the chart. Wearing a natural hessonite brings about a fair degree of stability in life and tangible positive improvement in quality of life in such cases.
The gemstone featured today is aptly known as ‘Ratnaraj’ or the King of Gemstones in the world of colored gemstones. And why not! It is the gemstone of Sun – the King of the zodiac.
Have a look at this beautiful natural unheated ruby from Tanzania. This small oval parcel of delight at 1.34 carats is a delectable pinkish Red in color and has been set in White Gold as a ladies Ruby ring. The gem has superb clarity.
There is almost no supply of good natural ruby in the gem markets. Jyotish grade ruby for harnessing Planetary gem therapy benefits needs to be flawless, unheated and untreated in any manner. However, most of the ruby available widely is glass-filled or heated to enhance color and make it more appealing visually.
Treated ruby cannot serve the purpose of a jyotish gem. Mining activity in African belt across Mozambique and Tanzania has yielded some good reserves of Ruby but the price for this Ratnaraj is always on the rise. A fine natural unheated ruby or manik as it is known is the gem of Sun or Surya. Resplendent and full of glory like him, this gem is used to harness its energies.
27.67 carats ruby ring Image Sotheby's
Take a look at this stunning 27.67 carat sugar loaf cabochon Burmese ruby from Mogok flanked by 2 shield shaped diamonds which went under the hammer in early 2011 at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong.
27.67 Burma ruby
27.67 carats ruby ring - Image Sotheby's
This single Bvlgari ring fetched USD 2,249,160.51!!! That’s how precious and rare rubies are.
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Rich, Exotic and Luxe – Kashmir Cornflower Blue Sapphire Ring
Rich, Exotic and Luxe – Kashmir Cornflower Blue Sapphire Ring
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Gemstoneuniverse.com Table Natural Blue Sapphire GemstoneFacts
Gemstone
Natural Blue Sapphire
Weight
1.83 carats
Treatment
None. Fully Natural,
Origin
Srilanka / Ceylon
Planetary Energy
Saturn
Patron Location
United Kingdom
All inclusive Price
$ 1339.50 / INR 72333
Comments
Gemstones are just that – the most enamoring and enchanting creation of nature. You behold them or you touch them, you are instantaneously transported into a different world.
Featured today is a fantastic unheated natural Ceylon Blue Sapphire of 1.83 carats set in Sterling silver as a ladies Blue sapphire ring. The most captivating feature of this lovely gemstone is its color – superior Kashmir cornflower blue.
The Kashmir blue sapphire is no longer seen though, sometimes nature bestows an odd wish and the result is a gem that resembles the characteristic Kashmir cornflower blue color. It is a vivid, striking blue – a color that has served as a muse and a vital component in many artistic endeavors.
Blue Sapphire or neelam stone is the gemstone of Lord Saturn / Shani in Vedic astrology and is used to harness his energies. The benefits of Blue sapphire gemstone are transformational and can lead to very tangible qualitative changes in life.
Bismark sapphire
Take a look at this image of the Bismark Sapphire which is a rich cornflower blue color, 98.6 carat gem from Srilanka. Countess Mona von Bismarck donated the stone to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in 1967
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The rarest of rare gems. Organic, natural and pure Basra Pearl – once the toast of royal circles, now has become a real rarity.
Featured today is a fully, natural, certified, organic Basra Pearl of 2.59 carats from the Persian Gulf set in Sterling silver as a ladies natural pearl ring. This Basra pearl is a real beauty in button shape with a faint light cream tone.
The gemstone comes with a radiography report and a certificate from a state of the art gem testing lab in Bahrain – the only nation where trading of cultured pearls is illegal!
Basra pearls are legendary for their value, effect as well as power. Natural Pearl is the gemstone of planet Moon/ Chandra and is used to harness its calm and gentle energies. Basra pearl/ Basra moti has been used for ages to harness saatvik moon energies.
Basra pearls became a rarity due to two reasons – the artificially cultured pearls flooded the markets at a much lesser rate than the actual Basra pearl cost and secondly as the oil boom in the Middle East shifted the focus away from the pearls.
Giant Dubai Natural Pearl
Take a look at this Giant Dubai Natural Pearl (well, of course from the Persian Gulf) which went under the hammer at Christie’s in Dubai in April 2011 and fetched $ 2,54,500! It is one of the world’s largest natural pearls at 59. 92 carats, is drop-shaped and mounted as a pendant on a diamond -studded chain necklace.
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Pearls have forever fascinated the human eye. An organic gem made painstakingly by the mollusc over many years and found only by the discerning in the depths of waterbodies, it hold special charm with its characteristically gentle appearance. With no sharp edges, the edge is taken off from the beholder’s vision too and all that remains is a tender appreciation of this mellow miracle of nature.
The ingenious invention of Kokichi Mikimoto, who is also known as the father of the modern pearl farming gave the world of pearls a new twist. Today the markets are awash with cultured pearls so fine! It is no longer a rarity.
One could however look at it this way – Because the cultured pearls are available aplenty, the true value of natural pearls has come to the fore outlinging its rarity and value and benefits.
What are Basra Pearls?
Pearls originating from the Persian / Arabian Gulf have a legendary reputation in the world of gems. Famously known as the Basra pearls, these have enthralled many a pearl aficionados. The city of Al Basrah or Basra in modern day Iraq, was a bustling hub in the yesteryears where Pearl trade was concerned. The name that the pearls got was from the trading center and not because they originated there. These pearls are ones that have been harvested from the Persian Gulf off the coast of countries like, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates etc.
The main species of oyster in the Persian Gulf producing these pearls are Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster), and to a lesser extent around the species Pinctada margaritifera (Black-lip pearl oyster). However the Basra Pearl supply has dwindled greatly ever since the oil industry boom in the Arab countries.
The Basra pearls are a highly valued and treasured species.These pearls have a featured in recorded history as far back in time as 300 BC. The Basra pearls available nowadays are far and few in between. Most are characterised by irregular shape and a yellowish tint. Some have a distinctly pinkish tint too. Since most reaching the markets are from old family treasures, they are drilled pearls that have been disengaged from a strand.
Natural Basra pearls, especially undrilled ones with silvery –white color and round /spherical shape are rare and extremely precious. In Vedic astrology, there is great power attributed to the Natural pearl. And there are old timers who swear by the effects of the Basra pearl like no other, and when it is a Basra in question, the shape of the pearl almost becoems inconsequential, so long as it is THAT NATURAL BASRA pearl. So powerful and effective is the basra pearl that legends speak that just to view a real Basra pearl is extremely good fortune. These wondrous rarities have the power to do miracles.
Certification of Basra Pearl
In July 2008, the a new state-of-the-art pearl and gem testing and grading laboratory was opened in the Kingdom of Bahrain – a nation that takes special intesrest in the development of natural pearl industry. This new lab is specialised in testing and grading natural pearls to ensure they are distinct from cultured ones.
Interestingly, Bahrain is the only country in the world, which bans importing or trading in cultured pearls. Prohibitive laws were passed follwing directives from the kingdom’s leadership.The new lab is also specialised in testing and grading gems, issuing world-standard certificates that are accredited regionally and internationally.
The Gem and Pearl Testing Laboratory Certificate of real Basra Pearls(2)
Trade bodies have been trying to weed out the ambiguities from the pearl trade too, so that nothing else can masqurade as Basra pearls in a market where unscrouplous ones are looking to make a kill because of lack of knowledge and organised, standardized norms.
Cohesive trade movement
In the recent developments, with regard to Pearl industry and Basra pearl in particular, CIBJO’s Pearl Commission discussed the terminology used to describe different types of pearls and agreed that amendments need to be defined to increase transparency in the industry and for the public.
For example, where place names are mentioned in connection with natural pearls, it was recommended that an article governing the use of such terminology be created. For example, a “Basra Pearl” would refer specifically to a natural pearl from the Arabian Gulf.
CIBJO is the French acronym for the Confédération Internationale de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie, Orfèvrerie, des Diamants, Perles et Pierres, which translates as the International Confederation of Jewellery, Silverware, Diamonds, Pearls and Stones (normally shortened to the International Jewellery Confederation).
Founded in 1926 as BIBOAH, a European organisation whose mission was to represent and advance the interests of the jewellery trade in Europe, it was reorganised in 1961 and renamed CIBJO, in 2009 it was once again reorganized and officially named “CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation”. Today CIBJO, which today has a global focus and efforts, is domiciled in Switzerland.
Epitome of Luxury
Featured below are two prized specimens of utter gandeur and luxury to give you an idea of how dear the Basra pearl was to the Royalty of yore!
The two pictures are from the treasures of the Maharaja of Baroda’s (the Gaekwad dynasty) kitty
One is a circular canopy, 1.2 meters in diameter that is studded with around 500,000 pearls. And not just any pearls, but fine Basra pearls, found naturally in the Persian Gulf. The canopy is embellished with sapphires, emeralds, rubies and diamonds too.
Bejewelled Indian canopy to be auctioned New York
At a recent auction by Sotheby’s the canopy fetched a whopping 10.3 crores.
The other image is a Pearl carpet is said to be ten and one half feet long by six feet wide, and to be made up of strings of Basra pearls, except that a border, eleven inches wide, and also center ornaments, are worked out in diamonds. According to estimates over 2.2 million Basra pearls and beads have been used to decorate the field.
In the carpet which also has other gemstones, the total estimated weight of the pearls is 30,000 carats. The designs worked in the rosettes are set with approximately 2,500 table cut and occasional rose cut diamonds, approximately 350-400 carats in total, all set in silver topped gold or possibly blackened gold; the motifs are further enhanced with foil backed rubies, emeralds and sapphires set in gold!
Baroda Pearl Carpet
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The Gemstoneuniverse Value Advantage:
At Gemstoneuniverse we listen to our dear patrons and try our very best to provide great value and find out rarities that makes Planetary Gem Therapy what it is- Miraculous, wonderful and magical. At your request we went extra lengths and got what you wanted. 4 Jyotish Quality natural pearls from Basra. Perfection personified, lovely round shape, blemish free surface, fully organic, certified by the Gem and Pearl testing Laboratory of Bahrain. These pearls will choose their wearers and we wait to hear about some magical experiences. Our Love for Gems and Gemology makes us undertake these adventures.
The Gem and Pearl Testing Laboratory Certificate of real Basra Pearls
Now this one is strictly for the love of gems and the real splendid ones at that.
Taking the breathtaking beauty of each gem, masterfully crafted into these royal treasures. And what glory when queens and princesses sport them!
Here are some recent pictures of spectacular tiaras, necklaces and brooches sported by European royalty at the event where they got together at Copenhagen to fete Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, on January 15, 2012, who is marking 40 years on the throne this year.
The array of dazzling emeralds, diamonds, rubies, sapphires and much more is a banquet spread for the eyes that hunger for splendor! Feast on…
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Queen Margrethe II
Queen Margrethe II (2)
Queen Sonja of Norway
Princess Mary of Denmark
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
Princess Marie Chantal of Greece
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Queen Silvia
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
Queen Sonja
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Brazillian Imperial Golden Yellow Topaz Ring – Upratna for Yellow Sapphire
Imperial Golden Yellow Topaz of 3.71 carats for Jupiter Vedic Energies
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Gemstoneuniverse.com Table Golden TopazGemstoneFacts
Gemstone
Imperial Golden Yellow Topaz
Weight
3.71 carats
Treatment
None. Fully Natural
Origin
Brazil
Planetary Energy
Jupiter/Guru
Patron Location
Bangalore / India
All inclusive Price
$ 163 / INR 8799
Comments
The Imperial golden yellow topaz is an alluring gem whose color ranges from pale yellow to deep honey brown. The yellow topaz is the upratna or the substitute gem that is used to harness the energies of Jupiter/ Guru/ Brihaspati. Its name is said to have derived from the Island of ‘Topazios’ where it was mined earlier. However, there is another school of thought that subscribes to the idea that the name is a derivative of the Sanskrit word ‘tapas’ which means heat/fire.
Featured today is a magnificient Imperial golden Yellow topaz of 3.71 carats from Brazil, set in sterling silver as a Men’s Topaz ring. Do note the great clarity of the gem and the excellent lustre it displays. The golden Imperial Yellow topaz is in a classic emerald cut that helps bring out its appeal.
The most famous Imperial yellow topaz belt lies in the area of Ouro Prêto in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The beautiful gem is often confused with the more commonly available Citrine. Imperial yellow topaz can however be differentiated from citrine on count of its greater hardness, density, and brilliance among other factors. The word ‘Imperial’ was added to the Topaz in honor of the Brazilian royalty, as it was the only significant gem in those times that was mined in the area.
The american golden topaz
Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the American Golden Topaz. It is a behemoth at 22,892.50 carats, the largest cut yellow topaz in the world, and one of the largest faceted gems in the world.
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Natural Ceylonese Blue Sapphire Talisman Ring – For harnessing saatvik Saturn energies
Natural Blue Sapphire of 3.52carats Gemstoneuniverse
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Gemstoneuniverse.com Table Natural Blue Sapphire GemstoneFacts
Gemstone
Natural Blue Sapphire
Weight
3.52 carats
Treatment
None. Fully Natural,
Origin
Srilanka / Ceylon
Planetary Energy
Saturn
Patron Location
New York, United States
All inclusive Price
$ 2115.04 / INR 114212.16
Comments
There a million different things that you experience when you are one with nature, in silence, in true communion…just listening. It is most amazing and apparent …this oneness when you look at the quiet clear blue skies in springtime.
Featured today is a natural Ceylonese Blue Sapphire of an intense sky blue color, similar to that of the clear blue spring time skies. This amazing gemstone of 3.52 carats has been set in sterling silver as a Saturn Talisman ring. Note that the symbol of Lord Saturn/ Shani stands out in relief on the shanks of the ring.
The clarity, uniformity of color and exceptional lustre give a tremendous appeal to this neelam gemstone. According to Vedic Astrology or the ancient science of jyotish, the gemstone Blue sapphire also known as the Neelam stone, is dear to Lord Saturn and is a repository of his divine saatvik energies. A duly energised and consecrated talisman made with a blue sapphire can beget an individual the benefits and blessings from Lord Saturn.
Ruspoli sapphire
Take a look at this Ruspoli Sapphire which possibly started its journey from the hands of a wooden spoon maker and passed through the hands of Roman, german and French royalty before ending up in National Museum of Natural History in Paris. This behemoth – blue sapphire of 135. 80 carats, is a simple cuboid with six faces, practically flawless, with just a feather in it and a crystal inclusion.
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