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Out of the 9 sacred Pearls that the Garuda Puran mentions, Chandra Mani or Oyster Pearl is the one to harness the Moon energies! Â Look at this beatific Pearl.

Oyster Pearl-The Divine Shankh Mani. Featured here is 3.25 carats Natural Pearl-Courtesy-Gemstoneuniverse.com

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Out of the 9 sacred Pearls that the Garuda Puran mentions, Chandra Mani or Oyster Pearl is the one to harness the Moon energies! Â Look at this beatific Pearl.

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Gemstone	Non Nucleated Natural Pearl / Nacre
Weight	3.25 carats
Treatment	None, fully Natural. Radiography report & Certificate provided
Origin	Australia
Planetary Energy	Moon
Patron Location	New Jersey, USA
All inclusive Price	$1687.25/ INR 75926
Comments	At over 3 carats, this Natural Pearl from the Australian seas is a natural wonder! In these days a Natural Pearl is by itself rare and to get one at this size is rarer still! With translucence that is hypnotic and rose overtones which are charming, this Sattvik Pearl is aglow with the best of the Moonâ€™s Jyotish powers! Set in a sterling silver ring and all set to grants its immense gifts!

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The Garuda Puran mentions the existance of 9 kinds of Pearls.

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The Nine Sacred Pearls as per Garud Purana

1) Sri Chandra Mani: The oyster Pearl

This is the Pearl that is formed by an accident of Nature, wherein a microscopic intruder or dust particle get lodged in the oyster and to protect itself from the irritation caused, the Oyster secretes Narce, which over time becomes a Pearl!

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2) Sri Shankh Mani:Â The Conch Pearl

This is an extremely rare formation within the mantle of the Conch. These Pearls are non-nacreous and come in different colors like, White, Pink, and Yellow and sometimes of a deep reddish tone. These cannot be cultivated artificially.

3) Sri Venu Mani: The Bamboo Pearl

This Pearl is found in the stomachs of Bamboo eating animals. These Pearls are also sometimes of an oblong shape. They are rough and dry and are in the texture of Camphor and also the color can sometimes be green.

4) Sri Matsya Mani:Â The Fish Pearl

This Pearl is found in several kinds of Fishes. This pearl is actually a Bezoar, which is a mass trapped in the gastro-intestinal tract of the fish. These Pearls are slightly translucent and vary in color from pink, white and light green.

5) Sri Tima Mani: The Whale Pearl

This Pearl is also a kind of a Bezoar found in Whales. These Pearls too are moderately translucent and are slightly rough textured and are the size of a small egg.

6) Sri Gaja Mani: The Elephant Pearl

These Pearls are founf in the cavity of the tusk of Elephants. It is a rare bony growth. Some varieties of Elephant Pearls are dark brown but can also be of various other colors

7) Sri Varaha Mani: The Boar Pearl

This Pearl is found in the heads of very old boars. A Boar Pearl is typically dark colored, marble-sized, in an uneven but smooth spherical non-porous surface, both opaque and partially translucent.

Sri Naga Mani: The Cobra Pearl

These pearls are obtained from the hood of cobras over the age of 100. Cobra pearls are typically egg-shaped and translucent, transparent, or semi-translucent. They appear in a range of colors like golden, green, red, blue, pink, white, black and are supposed to be slightly radiant.

Note: Till date there are no verified authentic records and documentation of what a Nag Mani Looks Like. Hence no picture here.

9) Sri Megha Mani:Â The Cloud Pearl

Cloud Pearls are said to have fallen out of the sky. They are traditionally known as approximating the size and shape of a chicken egg, with a translucent blue color, and having a distinct spiral running from bottom to top of outside surface area.

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Birthstones-a farce driven by commerce and 155.52 trillion years old Sacred Indian Gemology!

The Sacred Gems are described in details in the Puranas. Gemstoneuniverse.comThe system of suggesting birthstones by month is a fictitious system, which has no base in Astrology or any sacred text and is purely driven by commerce. Time and again, I come across various lists that have no basis and appear quite arbitrary in nature. There was a list of the ancients that got changed during medieval times and that further got modified as late as 1912.

Unanimity for Gemstone powers

If you are a lover of metaphysics or Gemstone folklore you will come across various such lists. Romans had one, so did the Greeks. Each civilization has been enamoured by the beauty and powers of Gemstones and have valued them. Wars have been fought over Gem treasures. Gems have been used for medicinal purposes, healing, enchantment, witchcraft and what not. Gems have been used against protection from evil eye and also to ensure safety during travel. There has been unanimity among all civilizations regarding the power of Gemstones.

The fictitious System of Birthstones by month

A historical fact and the astrological explanation of why this system is pointless – The System of recommendations of Birthstones by month has no basis in Astrology or its tenets. Even a layman is aware that the Zodiac sign changes somewhere around the 22^nd day of each month. Hence, if a person is born on the 23^rd he/ she will have a different sign but still have the same birthstone. There is no logic to this system. This system can, in turn have very serious consequences for individuals who choose to follow it.

It is interesting to note that the American National Retail Jewelers on August 12^th,1912 issued a new list of birthstones by month based on data collected by various members of the Association and replaced some of the classical birthstones in the old system with new gemstones that were more commercially viable. In the year 1952, a variation of this list was adopted by the ANRJA-American National retail Jewelers Association and the American Gem Society. This list is given in a tabular form below:

Month	Birthstone By Month
January	Garnet
February	Amethyst
March	Bloodstone/ Aquamarine
April	Diamond
May	Emerald
June	Pearl/ Moonstone
July	Ruby
August	Sardonyx/ Peridot
September	Sapphire( Doesnâ€™t mention Blue/Yellow)
October	Opal/ Pink Tourmaline
November	Topaz/ Citrine
December	Turquoise/Zircon

A simple example that highlights commercial motives for furtherance of such fabrications:

Opals and Bad luck

The birthstone for October as per the table given above is Opal, a gem that has a strange history. The name opal derives from the Sanskrit upala via the Greek opallios. Pliny, the Elder, called precious opal opallus or “precious stone”. There is mention of Upalmani is many sacred Indian Texts.

How did Opal get a bad name and still end up in the birthstone list? The ancients believed that Opal was a Gemstone of beauty, success and health having the capacity to confer divine powers of invisibility. Opals were much valued and respected and gained tremendous popularity and in the process became expensive too.

There is a well known story about how a Turkish Monarch who had tremendous love for Opals and Opal jewellery, concocted a fib about how Opals bought bad luck and death and these rumours spread like wildfire. In this process, he was able to secure all good quality Opals at a very cheap price – the consumers did not want to preserve a bad luck gemstone and the suppliers did not have any consumers to buy a gemstone that brought bad luck.

The reputation of Opal further got hit following the publication of Sir Walter Scott’s novel Anne of Geierstein in 1829. In Scott’s novel, the Baroness of Arnheim wears an opal talisman with supernatural powers. When a drop of holy water falls on the talisman, the opal turns into a colorless stone and the Baroness dies soon thereafter. The novel was a hit and in this process Opal became a flop.

However sustained marketing and beautiful aura of this Gemstone helped it became commercially viable again and no wonder it suddenly found itself in the birthstone list as the gem of October.

The divine Navratnas and the Indian Sacred Gemology

Gemstones and their mystical powers are clearly documented in the Puranas. Gems and Astrology find mention in the Agni Purana which is made of 15400 verses and the Garuda Purana which has 19000 verses.

The Divine Pearls have been described in the sacred Garuda Purana. Gemstoneuniverse.comThe Garuda Purana is considered the authoritative Vedic reference volume describing the Nine Pearls, which includes not only the well known Oyster Pearl, but also the Conch Pearl, Cobra Pearl, Boar Pearl, Elephant Pearl, Bamboo Pearl, Whale Pearl, Fish Pearl, and Cloud Pearl. Garuda Purana speaks about how these divine pearls are obtained and the results of each.

How old is this system

The following verse of Bhagwatam sheds light on this:

â€œBrahma is the source of the eternal scriptures, Rigved, Yajurved, Samved, Atharvaved and also the Puranas which are like the fifth Ved.â€

He created them at the very beginning of the creation of the world which was 155.52 trillion years ago.

Bhagwan Ved Vyas reproduced all of them before 3102 BC

The Indian system of Nakshatras and Gems are eternal like Brahma Himself and when implemented properly bring in divine grace and solutions.

The Sacred Nine Gemstones/ Navratnas as per the Indian System

Gemstone	Ruling Planet
Ruby	Sun
Natural Pearl	Moon
Emerald	Mercury
Yellow Sapphire	Jupiter
Blue Sapphire	Saturn
Diamond	Venus
Red Coral	Mars
Hessonite	Rahu
Catâ€™s Eye Chrysoberyl	Ketu

This list has remained unmodified since 155.52 trillion years and these Navratnas have divine powers as documented by the Puranas and as seen in day to day life even today. Commerce, business, laws of demand and supply and even greed of man have not been able to modify this list. Commerce and business does affect the quality of Gemstones though!

If reason is what drives you, you now know where to look!

A small prayer for you, which you should also recite for yourself, your loved ones and the whole universe

Sarve bhavantu sukhinah= may all be happy
Sarve santu niramayah= may all be free from disease
Sarve bhadrani pashyantu = may all see good and auspicious in everything.
Ma kaschit duhkha bhaag bhaveet– may none be unhappy or in distress
Om shantih, shantih, shantih-Om peace, peace, peace!

Guruji Shrii Arnav-Vedic Guru is also an internationally acclaimed planetary gemmologist. An Accredited Jewelry Professional from the Gemmological Institute of America at present he is the chief mentor of http://www.astromandir.com and http://www.gemstoneuniverse.com . He is also the chief Horoscope columnist of Deccan Herald– A leading Indian English daily.

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