Magnificent Moldavite

I hope everyone’s having another great Tuesday! This week’s gem is a Gem Steady favorite and has even had one blog dedicated to discussing its amazing story! The gem is definitely out of this world, both metaphorically and literally. As you’ve already learned this awe-inspiring gem originated after a meteorite crashed into Earth over 14 million years ago.  This week we’re discussing the marvelous Moldavite.

This amazing gem can be found near the Bohemian Plateau in the Czech Republic and influences a variety of energies including inner vision, power, and love. As a result of this, Moldavite is particularly effective in metaphysical practice. It can even help to accelerate your spiritual path.

Like many gems, Moldavite has a history of being used to honor various goddesses. It was used to honor Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring. As well as, Gaia, the Greek Earth mother goddess, who was one of the first to appear in the process of creation and is honored as being the Earth. Moldavite has also been used as a talisman for good fortune.

Folklore in the Czech Republic Moldavite is thought to bring good luck and harmony to relationships. During the Middle Ages, this gem was valued so highly that only members of nobility or royalty could wear. People in Eastern Europe have been wearing this gem for around 25,000 years. An ancient statue of the Venus of Willendorf was found with a number of Moldavite amulets.

Moldavite can even help to improve your spiritual life by awakening the intelligence of your heart and helping you to disconnect from unhealthy attachments. This amazing gem will also help to create more vivid and meaningful dreams. Moldavite is often used in meditation and can help to open the Heart, Third Eye and Crown Chakras. It can help to create out of body travel and powerful visions. Moldavite is also popular in Feng Shui, and uses the energy of growth, expansion, new beginnings, and health. It can enhance vitality, and helps people to grow. It’s often used in the east and southeastern areas of a home or room.

Would you like a piece of this wonderful gem for yourself? If so, Gem Steady has you cover! Do you have any experience with Moldavite, or have you heard a different version of its origin? We would love to hear about it, leave us a comment below or tweet us!

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Fantastic Fluorite

Happy Tuesday from Gem Steady! Time is just flying by this year; I can’t believe Valentine’s Day is this Friday! This week we’ll be discussing one of the most unique gems in the world. The beautiful gem can be found in a number of colors and an unlimited combination of colors making each stone unique. This week’s post will be focusing on the fabulous Fluorite!

Without further adieu let’s jump right into what everyone’s interested in, this gem’s amazing healing ability! Fluorite can help you establish a positive energy by absorbing and neutralizing negative vibrations. Fluorite is widely believed to have a calming effect on your body. It is also associated with the Fourth Chakra, or the Heart Chakra.

It is no surprise that this amazing gem is known to some as the Genius Stone. Fluorite can help to increase your concentration and assist you in decision-making. Fluorite can also assist in creating an opening for the powers of other stones to affect you. It is also used in meditation because it helps to energize the body and raises the power of your concentration. Fluorite is also believed to aid in joint pain caused by arthritis.

This awesome gem was named in 1797 by Carlo Antonio Galeani Napione after the Latin word fluere, which means to flow. Additionally, even the term fluorescence comes from Fluorite because it often exhibits the effect. The element of fluorine is also derived from Fluorite, which is one of the major sources for the element. Fluorite can be found around the world in a number of countries including Canada, America, Peru, England, China, Thailand, and South Africa.

Fluorite has a huge range of possible colors including blue, pink, purple, green and yellow. In fact, the ancient Egyptians used Fluorite to carve some of their statues. Additionally, they would even create some scarabs out of Fluorite. Further to the east, the Chinese have been using Fluorite to create carvings for centuries.

One of the most interesting parts of this gem’s history occurred around the 18^th Century when it was ground into a power and mixed with water to relieve some of the symptoms of kidney disease. Another interesting aspect of Fluorite’s history occurred much earlier in ancient Rome. They used to believe that drinking alcohol from cups carved out of Fluorite would prevent drunkenness.

Are you looking for an awesome gem like Fluorite? If so, Gem Steady has you covered! Do you have any experience with Fluorite or have a favorite Fluorite piece? We’d love to hear or see it! Leave us a comment below or tweet us to tell us all about it!

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Amazing Ametrine

Good evening everyone! I hope you’ve loved winter so far. This week we’re talking about another stunning gem that is quite popular here at Gem Steady. This luminous gem is a beautiful combination of Amethyst and Citrine, which creates a unique gem with an equally unique energy. Our gem of the week is the remarkable Ametrine.

This exceptional gem has numerous ways that it can positively affect its wearer. For example, if you leave this gem out in natural light from noon on the day of a full moon and leave it out through the night, it will bring good luck in money ventures for the person who carries the gem.

Ametrine can bring your spirituality into harmony and can even help to inspire a huge flow of creativity, new ideas and insight. This gem has a Third Eye opening property from the Amethyst, which can help to heighten clairvoyance and increases your overall spiritual awareness.

This wonder gem is also used as a healing stone that can remove your pain and tension and bring an overall sense of well being to both your mind and body. It can also help you to remove depression from your life creating more inner peace and tranquility.

Ametrine is also associated with the Throat Chakra, or the voice of the body. The stone assists in ensuring that this important chakra is in balance. It’s essential for this chakra to be in balance because it allows you to express what you think and feel. Additionally, you are better able to express your ideas, beliefs and emotions.

It’s often used in meditation as a result of its ability to bring better focus, and can help to place you in a state of peace, which is crucial to the meditation process. From the Citrine aspect of Ametrine, the gem assists with creating clarity, joy, concentration and creativity. This gem also enables you to reach a higher state of consciousness and will help to bring harmony and balance your body and spirit.

Additionally, Ametrine is an awesome crystal that is often used to assist for angelic or spirit guide contact. Ametrine is definitely beneficial to use on a daily basis since it will help your spiritual abilities and promote positive energy. This gem’s amazing combination of Amethyst and Citrine will definitely benefit its wearer in a number of ways.

Are you looking for a unique gem like Ametrine? If you are, Gem Steady has you covered! Do you know anything else about Ametrine’s healing powers, or have any personal experience with it? We would love to hear about it! Leave us a comment below or tweet us and tell us all about it!

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Lavish Lapis Lazuli

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you’ve been having a wonderful winter so far. There are a few gems that you cannot help but feel warmer when you see. This week we’re going to highlight one of these warm gems. The beautiful rich blue of the gem is sure to remind its wearer of a warmer climate. This week we’re discussing the lovely Lapis Lazuli. This ancient gem has quite an amazing history and has remained a prominent gem throughout its long past.

Ancient Egyptians used Lapis Lazuli during their burial practices and would place it with their dead in order to offer protection. They would also use this stone as a symbol of truth. A number of ancient societies valued Lapis Lazuli higher than gold. Some ancient people believed that sleeping with this gem would forecast faithful love.

Like many gems with long history, Lapis Lazuli was often used to honor ancient gods. For example, it was used to honor Athena, Greek goddess of war and wisdom; as well as, Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage and the queen of all gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. This stone was used to honor the Roman goddess of Love, Venus or Aphrodite.

Interestingly, Lapis Lazuli was used to honor an ancient Sumerian goddess of the underworld, Inanna, who would travel to the underworld carrying her Lapis Lazuli rods. It was also used to honor Nuit, the Egyptian goddess of heaven and sky, the protector and mother of life on Earth. Lapis Lazuli also honors Dana, or Danu, the Celtic river goddess.

This gem is used to help expand awareness, take control of your life and will encourage self-awareness. This gem can also build your courage, confidence and help you to overcome shyness. Lapis Lazuli can also be used to decrease irritability.

Additionally, it can alleviate depression, enhance serenity and even protect the wearer from physical danger. This amazing stone can help to alleviate things such as sinus problems, cancer, headaches, speech problems, pain relief, insomnia and tuberculosis.

It energizes the third eye and throat chakra and can help you to understand your dreams. Meditating with Lapis Lazuli can assist you in understand to understand things more clearly. This gem is used to bring information from dreams into your conscious life to reveal wisdom. It’s known for enhancing love within relationships.

The name for this gem originates from the Latin word “lapis” for stone and “lazuli” comes from a mixture of Persian and Arabic would for blue. The French, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Hungarian word for blue are believed to come from the name and color of Lapis Lazuli. This gem is located around the world in countries such as Chile, Russia, America, and Afghanistan.

Are you looking for an amazing gem, like Lapis Lazuli, with an equally amazing history? If so, Gem Steady has you covered! Do you have any experience with Lapis Lazuli or know another gem with a great story to tell? We would love to hear about it, leave us a comment below or tweet us!

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Unbelievable Uvarovite Garnet

Another happy Tuesday from a snowy Ohio River Valley! I hope everyone had an amazing, relaxing weekend. I’m very excited to discuss this weekend’s exceptional gem. Some quick background information on me, January is always an awesome month in my house because three of my family member’s birthdays fall within the first month of the year. This week’s gem is dedicated to all of the amazing gem-loving people who also have a January birthday! That’s right this week, we’re talking about the January birthstone Uvarovite Garnet.

This beautiful emerald green gem is a rare but not forgotten version of the January birthstone. Germain Henri Hess first discovered Uvarovite Garnet around 1830; he then named it after a Russian statesman and mineral collector, Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov. It is one of the most rare Garnet stones, and can be found across the globe in countries such as Spain, Russia, Canada and South Africa.

In ancient Greek mythology, Garnet was believed to be able to heal emotional rifts between people. Additionally, it was used to honor Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring who represented the Earth coming alive again with beginning of spring. It was also used to honor Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war and the most powerful goddess of Lower Egypt who was depicted with the head of a lion and the body of a woman.

Uvarovite Garnet is often called the stone of abundance because it can create an abundance of love, acceptance and peace. Moreover, this gem can help its wearer through periods of solitude without experiencing loneliness. This wonder gem can even help boost your self-confidence and fill your heart with a feeling that you have everything you need. It can also assist you in expressing yourself in a new positive way. This stone is associated with the heart chakra and can promote both wealth and prosperity.

But this gem’s help does not end with emotional and spiritual influences. It can help you with physical aliments by easing the symptoms of arthritis, wounds and scars. For all of its wonderful characteristics, Uvarovite Garnet has been used around the world for centuries as a protective gem, as well as a stone to promote enlightenment. It was even used as a protective talisman during the Crusades.

If you follow Gem Steady’s amazing Instagram account, you’ve already had a peek at the great Uvarovite Garnet stones that have been available. To be sure that you don’t miss out on an opportunity to get first dibs on future beauties, follow all of our social media sites. And next time you see something you love on one of our sites be sure to let us know!

Are you looking for a beautiful piece to celebrate a January birthday, or simply want to rock this amazing stone? If so, Gem Steady has you covered! Do you have any experience with Uvarovite Garnet or another birthstone? We would love to hear about it, leave us a comment below or Tweet us!

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Remarkable Rose Quartz

Happy Tuesday fellow gem enthusiasts! This week’s blog focuses on one of the most love inspiring gems out there. This gem is believed to be able to preserve beauty for itself as well as its owner. It can even help you reach an inner piece and open your heart to love. This week we’ll be discussing the extraordinary Rose Quartz! A member of the quartz family, it’s comes as no surprise that this gem is full of amazing positive energy, in addition to an equally incredible history. Additionally, this stone has a long list of properties that will improve your overall life. Rose Quartz is commonly used in Feng Shui, meditation, and can help heal a number of ailments.

Rose Quartz definitely has one of the most interesting histories in the world and could easily have an entire book dedicated to telling its unique story. There is one legend that states Rose Quartz was actually created when one of the ancient goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite’s lovers was attacked by god of war Ares. When Aphrodite attempted to save him she was caught on a bush and their blood stained the white Quartz pink. Additionally, this gem was used to honor Aphrodite who was one of the twelve Olympian gods of ancient Greece. Rose Quartz was also used to honor Astarte, the Phoenician goddess of love and war; as well as Etruscan love goddess Turan.

In another corner of the world, Rose Quartz facial masks have appeared in ancient Egyptian tombs. Both the Romans and Egyptians thought Rose Quartz would maintain and create a beautiful completion, even preventing wrinkles. A practice that is still believed by some, so next time you have Rose Quartz try washing your skin with it and you could watch your skin rejuvenate and wrinkles fade. The gem is one of the major stones used for craving in China. It has been used as an agent in detoxification and has even been believe to be an antidote to poison.

Today this stunning gem is often used for meditation because it can help you reach the frequency of compassion, assist you in letting go of negative emotions, and help you embrace more light into your life. Rose Quartz is mostly commonly used by women for meditation and can help in understanding relationships. Rose Quartz is known for its ability to open the heart to both receiving and giving love.

In feng shui, Rose Quartz is known for its fire energy, which is the energy of enthusiasm, warmth, brightness, and activity.  But one of the best ways to take advantage of this gem’s properties is by wearing it. You can feel the healing energy when you wear a piece of Rose Quartz jewelry while it releases the negative emotions and gives you a greater sense of self-worth. Most Rose Quartz stones come from America, China and Brazil.

This great gem is also used as a sleep crystal that can promote amazing dreams and even prevent nightmares. Rose Quartz is also thought to help children who are afraid of the dark. It is often used for physical healing to help with burns or scars. Rose Quartz is also used to assist in the heart and circulatory system, relieve tension and stress and stabilize heart rhythm. For all of the simply amazing aspects of Rose Quarts it’s no wonder that it’s known as the love stone.

Are you looking for a Rose Quartz piece that will give you a sense of inner peace and fill you with positive energy every time you wear it? Gem Steady has you covered! Do you have any personal experience with Rose Quartz or know another use for it? We would love to hear about it!

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Lovely Lodolite

Happy belated New Years from an unusually cold Ohio River Valley! For the first blog post of the New Year I’d like to cover a unique gem found on Earth. So feel free to grab a mug of your favorite cold weather drink and warm up while we discuss one of the most calming gems on Earth. In the middle of winter there’s something so refreshing about a gem like Lodolite, which, to me, seems to be strongly connected with spring. The clarity combined with the scenic view inside each stone is reminiscent of walking through a park in the first few weeks of spring.

  Lodolite is different from many other gems because no two Lodolite stones are the same. Each Lodolite is distinctly its own. Lodolite is known by numerous names including garden quartz, landscape quartz and scenic quartz. It is easy to see why each of the different names has the same inspiration. Looking in through the clear Lodolite is very similar to viewing a garden, landscape or a scenic view.

  But, don’t let Lodolite’s gorgeous appearance distract you too much. There’s so much more to this gem. One of the most amazing things about this gem is Lodolite’s ability to promote healing energies, which can help cure virtually any ailment. As if promoting healing wasn’t enough, Lodolite can help you connect with a past life and can increase ESP by heightening your spiritual energies. Lodolite is often used in meditation practices and can even promote loving energies. This wonder gem will also help you become more aware of your own emotions.

  Additionally, Lodolite is associated with the crown chakra, which is featured in Hinduism and Buddhism through yoga.  And Lodolite is often used in meditation practices because it can promote spirit guides. Lodolite can also help you let go of bad memories that cause stress. It is very obvious that Lodolite is simply an amazing gem that can help you in a huge variety of ways.

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