Legend says King Henry V wore the gem in his helmet crown, and that it saved his life by deflecting a blow in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The grateful king gave him a dark red, irregular gemstone. In 1367, England’s Prince Edward, who was known as the Black Prince, helped a Spanish king win a battle. Both are set in the Imperial Crown of the British crown jewels. Take, for example, the Black Prince’s Ruby and the Timur Ruby. Some of these gems still exist, and their histories are a fascinating mix of fact and legend. In centuries past, royalty often owned the finest gems. For others, gems have been used to display wealth, status, and power. Gems have even been used as investments by some people. Gems have also been used for barter and medicinal purposes. Some of these reasons include the use of gems as beautiful decorative ornaments, religious symbols, and amulets and good-luck charms. People have treasured gems for many reasons throughout history. Finally, a suitable promotional campaign will be prepared for colored gemstones in an effort to increase their retail appeal. This will, of course, include identifying barriers that preclude consumers from purchasing gems as part of their jewelry collection. Another key focus will be on procuring insights and attitudes of customers towards gemstones. This understanding will be primarily obtained from interactions with both jewelers and industry experts. The overall mission of this project is to gain a better understanding to the challenges in marketing colored gemstones. It is this reasoning that creates such a complex industry. Since a large part of the value of a fine gem lies in its scarcity as a rare natural object, people are sometimes skeptical of jewelers for the fear of purchasing a laboratory product. Of particular interest is the ancient history of the colored gemstones and the difficulty in establishing guidelines in the market place. In short, we will attempt to explain how they are formed and where they are found. All the gemstones we so greatly treasure and admire come from various depths and locations in the earth’s crust.

They have inspired myths, curses, and have even been used as medicine. Gemstones have long fascinated the human population.

It is also sometimes artificially created for industrial use.'Charting your course for a successful future'įabulous rubies, brilliant diamonds, huge emeralds, and other gems bring to mind images of beauty and great riches. It is sometimes mistaken for other precious stones, particularly ruby. It comes in many shades from transparent (colorless) to shades of pink, red, blue, yellow, green, black, and brown. Spinel is a fairly hard mineral composed of magnesium aluminum oxide. If you feel called to re-align your life to one of joy and inspiration, fully backed by the supportive hands of the Universe, spinel is the stone for you! Spinel as a Gemstone You can increase any chakra’s energy by choosing the relating color of spinel to which one you want to focus on most. It’s a great overall energy enhancer to help any dull or down mood. The time is now to enjoy the beauty of the world around you, and spinel will help you open up to seeing and receiving it. What’s the point of working so hard if you aren’t enjoying the fruits of your labor? Spinel’s energy helps you sit back, reflect, relax and relish in all that you’ve built along the way, and all that you already have. When you’re hustling and hurrying through life to get to a finish line (that doesn’t actually exist) you can very well miss the view along the way. It makes a great gift for any workaholic friends in your life to help them calm down and see the bigger picture, and receive the abundance they already have all around them. Spinel is a good stone for stressed out, type-A, go-go-go personalities who need some help to switch into a lower gear and let themselves relax. It can deepen your sense of self-acceptance and help you transform into the highest version of yourself. It can widen your perspective to get you thinking beyond the limiting confines of old beliefs.Įmotionally, Spinel brings the same fresh energy of renewal, helping to sweep out the old negative thought patterns and beliefs and usher in a new way of looking at yourself. Mentally, Spinel is helpful for inspiring new ideas and getting you to think differently about any situation where your thoughts feel mired or stuck. Spinel helps bring fresh energy to your mind, body, heart and spirit. Spinel is perfect to to reach for when you’re feeling a lack of energy or enthusiasm, or finding it hard to pull out of negative thoughts. It comes in a wide range of colors, which means it can be used to revitalize every chakra. Spinel is a stone of hope, revitalization, and feeling the joy of being alive.

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