GEMSTONES are Magical!

What is a gemstone? A PRECIOUS GEMSTONE can be described more or less accurately as a mineral that is accepted as a gemstone for jewelry purposes, such as a cut & polished ruby, emerald, sapphire or diamond.

What makes them different from the lesser varieties of SEMI-PRECIOUS gemstones is their hardness.

The semi-precious gemstones are the ones we’ll be mostly considering for the purposes of making handcrafted copper and sterling silver pieces, and we’ll go into them in detail in just a few moments, but first, let’s ask ourselves why we want to have these gemstones on our body adornment in the first place, other than to attract attention or create allure.

Metaphysical and Healing Properties of gemstones has long been known and appreciated, dating back at least 50,000 years of human history. The healing power of gemstones was known and understood by the ancient technologically advanced and stone-age cultures, and through millenia of observation, gemstones have been associated with very specific healing ASSIST attributes. Continue reading →