Values/Importance Of Gemstones

 

What is the use of gemstones?

For centuries, gemstones have held numerous purposes. Some of these have been traditional based, spiritual, social, and at some point geographical too. But as the world proliferates technologically, gemstones have additionally gained new uses, and it's what this article will be about.

Besides jewellery making which is the most popular, you will find out that gems do more than that—for example, day-to-day values such as electronic roles that are unconventional. Let's explore the various roles gems can provide.

Do gems contribute to your health?

Health Benefits of Gemstones 

All gemstones play important health activities that are essential to humanity. For example, the Ancient Greek people strongly believed in gems' power to heal and prioritized it over any other kind of healing.

They used gems for rituals, wore them whenever they had a chance, and sometimes- placed a specific type of gemstone into the mouth of a particular patient. The primary benefit of gems health-wise is spiritual practices.

Spiritual Practices

These are practices that are necessarily based on belief. They hold deep meanings to the wearer or anyone who believes in them. Spiritual practices include:

- Restoration of energy fields

- Peace seeking

- Promotion of affection, love, and safety

- Healing abilities

Gems lovers use ruby to restore vitality and energy standards, which help boost their sexual life, sensuality, and intellectual. Gemstones are also used for burial activities and prophecy practices. For example, ancient Greeks wore gems to spice up their electromagnetic fields to interact with the energies from the stone. They believed this act brought changes energetically.

Gemstones like clear quartz are used for meditation. Get a quartz stone whenever you want to have some "me time" to concentrate on yourself and look for inner peace or whatever reason you want to yield from meditation. Hold it in your hands or place it on your lap if you are sitting (make sure it touches your body).

The stone will release energies that will interact with yours, helping you get more focused, and creating a very peaceful moment. Meditating with a stone makes the process more relaxed than any meditation music or anything of that kind. Also, for those who lack sleep for some reason or have insomnia, black obsidian might be of some help. Put the stone under your pillow or hold it in your hands to help you sleep like a baby. The stone is effective, and shamans do recommend it.

Both our ancestors and the people today still use gemstones as a sign of expressing love and affection. Diamonds, to say, are worn as a sign of togetherness in relationships. A saying goes—it isn't a wedding without a diamond ring. A phrase that cements a diamond's value and position in marriages or relationships

Healing abilities in gems are something that no one doubts. An example is carnelian crystals: these stones are believed to support female reproductive matters emotionally. Ladies who are about to experience their PMS should hold the stone in their hands to ease unnecessary discomfort and pain during this period. However, there is no scientific proof for this myth.

Birth month relation benefits

Celebrating your birthday is one of those incredible feelings people carry out to express themselves. But I believe it creates a bizarre feeling when you have something or an object that explicitly represents your birth month. People use gemstones to refer to their birth month, significantly impacting their lives. Here is an orderly list of gems and their corresponding birth month.

The time frame for birthstones

Month	15th–20th century	U.S. (1912)[1]: 319–320	Britain (2013)[9]	U.S. (2019)[10]
January	garnet	garnet	garnet	garnet
February	amethyst, hyacinth, pearl	amethyst	amethyst	amethyst
March	jasper, bloodstone	bloodstone, aquamarine	aquamarine, bloodstone	aquamarine, bloodstone
April	diamond, sapphire	Diamond	diamond, rock crystal	Diamond
May	emerald, agate	emerald	emerald, chrysoprase	emerald
July	turquoise, onyx	ruby	ruby, carnelian	ruby
August	sardonyx, carnelian, moonstone, topaz	sardonyx, peridot	peridot, sardonyx	peridot, spinel
September	chrysolite	sapphire	sapphire, lapis lazuli	sapphire
October	sapphire, lapis lazuli	opal, tourmaline	opal	opal, tourmaline
November	topaz, pearl	topaz	topaz, citrine	topaz, citrine
December	bloodstone, ruby	turquoise, lapis lazuli	tanzanite, turquoise	turquoise, zircon, tanzanite

Birthstones in their corresponding order

A variety of gems

Uses of gems in fashion and beauty

Fashion and Beauty Uses

It would be unfair of me to write about the values of crystals and fail to mention the beautification role.

After all, it’s the most popular among all the roles gems offer. Throughout history, Kings and Queens have been known to display rather than talk their personalities through wearing gems.

They wore them for fashion because it was crystal clear that not everyone can afford them.

Presently, we have celebrities that have been spotted on various occasions wearing expensive jewellery to match their outfits. It explains why gems are ground-breaking when it comes to fashion.

Kate Middleton has got many envious of her 14 carats oval shape blue sapphire engagement ring. She likes adding more flavour to her style with diamond and garnet earrings, the Royal Family has always had a soft spot for gems, anyway.

Among the lucky ones is Sophia Vergara who wears a 5-7 carat cushion cut centre diamond ring. It was given to her by Joe Manganiello, her husband.

Gemstones for electronic purposes

Gemstones are semiconductors of heat and electronic current. They can be dope with impurities that can help change the electronic properties in a more controllable way.

Gems of this form are normally crystalline, inorganic solids that are grouped by their periodic table groups.

For instance, a group that consists of sulphur, selenium, and tellurium would be group VI. Group IV is comprised of silicone, carbon, tin and germanium.

The tech industry can attest to it that gems play a big role in producing computers since they are great transistors that enable the effectiveness of computers.

Sapphires are used as infrared optical components in wristwatches due to their capability of insulating electricity and the fact that they possess high thermal conductivity.

Quartz on the other hand is a vital raw material in the semiconductor industry because it’s used in the production of silicon wafers.

Microelectronics are also produced from pure quartz sand which enables the production of transistors needed for electronic material production purposes.

Educational purposes of gems

Study Purposes

Scientists have used gemstones to expand studies in gemology, such as identifying the mineral composition in gems which has helped create imitation gems. Gems are also used in almost every phone and satellite because some are good electrical insulators, and their thermal conductivity is high.

References

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6. ^ National Jeweler Magazine, "JA, AGTA Add Spinel as August Birthstone"
7. ^ Osborne, Harold, ed. (1985). The Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts. Oxford University Press. p. 513. ISBN 978-0192818638.
8. ^ Johari, Harish (1986). The Healing Power of Gemstones: In Tantra, Ayurveda, and Astrology. Destiny Books. pp. 15–34.
9. ^ "Tips & Tools: Birthstones". The National Association of Goldsmiths. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
10. ^ "Birthstones For Each Month". Gemological Institute of America. Retrieved 31 March 2019.