Thursday, 6 June 2019
Friday, 25 January 2019
Legends of precious stones. Caholong
The name of this stone probably originated from two Kalmyk
words. The literal translation is a river stone. In Mongolia, it is identified
with the sacred lotus flower. The ancient Egyptians associated cacholong with
the god Apis, who was represented as a bull - a symbol of fertility, wealth and
health, and in India it is still considered to be the hardened milk of a sacred
cow.
In addition to Mongolia and India, cacholong is found in
Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Armenia, Russia and Iceland. For the similarity with
milk it is associated with motherhood. He is considered a talisman of pregnant
and lactating women, giving them strength in childbirth and feeding.
It is a white or milky-white stone with shades of green,
blue, with a glass or pearl luster. According to the Mohs scale, cacholong has
a hardness of 6-7. It is one of the inexpensive varieties of opal. Organic
cacholong actively absorbs moisture and can turn into chalk. This type of stone
has a porous structure.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, vases and cups were made of
cacholong in Russia and in Europe; furniture was inlaid to them, widely used to
create panels and sculptures.
Despite the fact that cacholong does not apply to expensive
stones, however, in the shops you can find fakes. Under his appearance,
synthetic opal is often sold. To distinguish natural stone from synthetic
stone, it’s enough to twist it in front of the light source: the natural
cacholong has uneven reflections, and the synthetic glare appears evenly,
regardless of the angle of incidence of the light.
In the art of jewelry used cacholong, resistant to water. The
main methods of processing this stone are cabochon-cut, with further grinding
and polishing. Most often jewelers set this stone in silver. It makes charming
pendants, brooches, earrings, rings. Since cacholong, like other minerals, has
its own energy, it is recommended to wear a ring with this stone on the middle
finger, but it is not advisable to wear it constantly. It will be more useful
to change his clothes during the day from finger to finger.
During operation, it is not necessary to subject it to
ultrasonic cleaning. It is enough to wipe with a cloth made of wool moistened
with a small amount of olive oil and put in clean water from time to time for
several hours.
Monday, 10 December 2018
Properties of faceted quartz:
They contain six facets in their pyramidal structure, they
represent the first six vital centers and the apex, or point where the faces
meet, the crown chakra; that is, contact with the Universe.
This makes it the transmitter of the visible light spectrum,
but of many other vital radiations from the cosmos.
Applying it in healing and supportive therapies, the
extraordinary ability of the crystal to vibrate in resonance with all the
frequencies of the universal spectrum makes all the Chakras vibrate in unison,
harmonizing them with the eternal light.
It is the most versatile and unlimited of all crystals. Used
for healing at all levels,
meditation, reprogramming, transformation and
protection.
They detect and remove energetic blocks, separating negative
frequencies.
Working with them is proven to help increase psychic powers,
being a great companion for concentration, meditation and telepathic
communication with other people.
The size of the crystal is important for healing purposes.
It is a powerful transmitter and amplifier of light energies
at all levels, purifying our vibration.
The mystery of crystals, such as quartz, has been revealed in
part by the advances of quantum physics in terms of atomic and sub-atomic
levels, in a space totally different from ours but that has great influence,
both positive as a negative.
It is electromagnetic stress or electrostatic stress, caused
by the high electrical charge of the air, saturated with positive ions. After
the storms, the rains clean the atmosphere by discharging the negative ions.
Which allows relaxation and deep rest?
In the Jewish Kabbalah he is named as the old man of days,
the ancient of the ancients, the secret of secrets, the inner light of matter,
the hidden intelligence of all things.
All the cultures of the Earth used him.
Transparent quartz is an energy field balanced by nature.
Mystically they are the spirit and the intellect of human
beings. Because of their use to heal, alter consciousness and in magic it is
considered the gem of this era. We do not talk about the fashion of the new
era, we speak in spiritual terms. They are a balanced energy field.
The best transmitters and generators of energy .
They balance the energy, transmit it and can concentrate and
store it.
Rarely is there anyone who is not attracted to quartz.
They extend the power of perception in meditation, they
increase the capacity for telepathic communication, they can cross from one
dimension to another, they increase the psychic awareness, in deep meditations
it helps the mind to concentrate.
The union of their joints vibrates intensely tuning with
cosmic harmonies that are healing and spiritually uplifting.
One of the basic stones of healing. The six faces of the
pyramidal structure represent the first six chakras and the apex represents the
union or chakra crown (Properties of faceted quartz).
Monday, 26 November 2018
Carnelian | Carnelian Meaning & Healing Properties | Carnelian Stones
1. NAME
The name
Cornalina derives from the Latin "carneus", which means "made of
meat" and which alludes to its beautiful color.
2. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE CARNELIAN
The
Cornalina belongs to the group of the Chalcedonias, members of the
cryptocrystalline quartz. It goes from translucent to opaque and owes its color
range to the strong presence of iron oxide.
3. EXTRACTION OF THE CORNALINA
The variety
of Cornelian quartz can be extracted in Madagascar, Brazil, India and Uruguay.
4. HISTORY OF THE CORNALINA
The
Carnelian is a much loved gem both in the present and in the past. The
Mesopotamian kings were adorned with jewels that showed Carnelian and Napoleon
possessed jewels with this gem. The Carnelian has deep religious and spiritual
connotations: in the Bible there is among the precious stones that adorned the
breastplate of Aaron (Exodus 28: 15-30) and as one of the twelve precious
stones of the foundations of the wall of Jerusalem (Revelation 21). : 19).
Greeks and Romans used it as a gem to engrave in relief and seal rings.
Precious stone also venerated by the Muslims, as it is known as "Mecca
Stone" because of the seal ring of Carnalina carried by Muhammad.
5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CORNALINA
The color
of the Carnelian makes it special and loved. Its intense orange red shines from
its structure that can be translucent or opaque. The dark red specimens that
reach the brown bear the name of "Sardas".
6. CARE OF THE CARNELIAN
If subjected
to a very intense light source the Carnelian may pale. To protect its sublime
tonality and its quality, it should not be exposed to ultrasonic cleaning. On
the other hand, steam cleaning does not involve any risk.
Thursday, 22 November 2018
A Way To Refine Emerald | Emerald Stone
The demand for emeralds has always been great. However, the ubiquitous mining of green stones, which has not ceased since ancient times, cannot meet the needs: there are few transparent crystals of good gem quality among the emeralds mined on all continents of the Earth.
Moreover, even the highest quality emeralds are endowed with a property that is hardly visible to, say, diamonds. The complex of internal violations of the crystal by connoisseurs is called the “emerald forest”. A stone with a beautiful pattern of cracks and inclusions is sometimes valued no less than a defect-free crystal with a thick even colour.
But only sometimes ... Usually, however, masters practice numerous (albeit of the same type) ways of refining emeralds. The goal is one: to make the defects as less visible as possible, to glue the stone along the lines of probable faults.
From time immemorial, to improve the appearance and practical properties of the stone, it was boiled in vegetable or mineral oils. This method is still in favour, only the fashion for oil changes every 50 years.
An important feature of oils is the ability to transform a liquid into a hardening substance of a lakopodny nature. This lacquer is the same glue, which displaces the air from the cracks, dissolves foreign particles, cements the split pieces of the crystal.
True, not every master knows how to achieve the optimal effect. Other pseudo-specialists are satisfied by simple oiling of the stone - and then the oil eventually becomes cloudy, salted, flows out of cracks, especially during the washing and cleaning of jewellery.
That is why in Russia, supplying, by the way, excellent cedar oil (not without success used for refining emerald the last half century), oiling is not used. Yes, boiling in oil is considered an outdated method: it was replaced by the filling of cracks with hardened polymers.
The colourless epoxy resin is less popular with masters of refining emeralds than hot cedar oil because of its thickness and low penetrating power. However, those of the stone-cutters, who managed to get the ingredients of the required quality, are able to process the emerald in such a way that traces of refining cannot be found without the use of highly sensitive optical technology.
Specially designed for modifying emerald crystals, Permasafe epoxy resin is not available for most workshops: its composition is kept secret.
Plasticizer brand "Optikon", triumphantly put into circulation by Latin Americans in the 80s of the last century, showed his deceit years after the successful first experiments. The emeralds improved by an opticon began to change colour in places of the introduction of a plasticizer. It turned out that not the mineral turns yellow, but the polymer itself...
In Brazil, they considered the tool unsuitable and brought it out of use, but in Colombia - on the contrary, they adopted it and began using it widely in the late 90s.
Hematrate is a relatively new plasticizer for refining emeralds. Recently released the second, even more, effective generation of the product. However, hematrate and its derivatives are not available for free sale: what to feed competitors?
Attempts to use rubbery substances to refine the emeralds failed. Palm tires, well-known to specialists, were used from time to time in the last quarter of the twentieth century but were ultimately considered inappropriate for use.
Absolutely impossible - and yet applicable everywhere in India - is the method of oiling emeralds with green vegetable oil. According to users, the ring with such an emerald can leave green marks on the finger for many years.
Not much better is the African method, which involves refining emeralds by boiling in paraffin or by rubbing paraffin into cracks that go outside.
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