Spirals of Light Blog » birthstone http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog Handcrafted gemstone chakra jewelry, bracelets and crystal suncatchers from Spirals of Light creates unique handmade jewelry: Yoga jewelry, healing jewelry, new age jewelry, metaphysical jewelry and gemstone jewelry. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:28:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Garnet- Birthstone for January http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog/gemstones/garnet-birthstone-for-january/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=garnet-birthstone-for-january http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog/gemstones/garnet-birthstone-for-january/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:57:34 +0000 Spirals of Light http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog/?p=439 Vibrant, rich, red. Those words describe January’s birthstone: Red Garnet. Garnets are found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink and colorless. The rarest of these is the blue Garnet. The  Red Garnet is the most common and known as the birthstone for January as adopted by the American National Association of Jewelers in 1912. Garnets were used ever since the Bronze Age.  They were used in Ancient Egypt. They were also found in ancient Greece and Roman civilizations. Even today, Garnets are still a popular and much loved gemstone.
 
Garnets are known as a feminine energy stone.  Over my 20 plus years of selling stones, I have witnessed over and over the strong appeal Garnet holds for women.  Some women just seemed drawn to its feminine energies and find it difficult to wear any other stone but Garnet!
Garnet stimulates the Root Chakra and the Heart Chakra, making it a useful stone to bring your heartfelt desires into the world. >> Continue reading
]]> http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog/gemstones/garnet-birthstone-for-january/feed/ 0 Aquamarine Birthstone for March http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog/gemstones/aquamarine-birthstone-for-march/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aquamarine-birthstone-for-march http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog/gemstones/aquamarine-birthstone-for-march/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:09:41 +0000 Spirals of Light http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystalblog/?p=184 One of the fun things about creating  jewelry with gemstone beads is sorting through all the beads. The other day I was putting away some containers of beads, cleaning off my bead table, getting ready to make a custom necklace, when I came across this exquisite bag of Aquamarine beads. I had forgotten all about them. They were a juicy find, some of the largest round Aquamarine I had ever seen . What perfect timing to re-discover them as Aquamarine is the birthstone for March. What was even more fun was stringing these beads into this necklace. The pattern just flowed together without much thought to the design, there it was taking form almost as if a mermaid was designing this piece.  After all Aquamarine is known as a treasure of the mermaids!

Aquamarine is a cooling, calming stone. It is used by those traveling on the water as a stone of protection and safety. >> Continue reading

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