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Did you know that? Part II

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I like this best of all those 4 or 6 pointed colorful stars!!!

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It looks like something beyond the earth!
 
Hello VR Mam,Thanks for your concern,its my pleasure ,its mostly some topics,thought,are very much the same we hold .I keep thinking the days we had met @ RR Mam,place ,wow wonderful time ,thanks once again. (since i had finished my appointments,i happily check my mail and our TB .com and get updated.)
 
DR.C.NARAYANI said:
Hello VR Mam,Thanks for your concern,its my pleasure ,its mostly some topics,thought,are very much the same we hold .I keep thinking the days we had met @ RR Mam,place ,wow wonderful time ,thanks once again. (since i had finished my appointments,i happily check my mail and our TB .com and get updated.)
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Dear Dr.C.N,
I was deeply impressed by the fluency of your words, the rapid flow of your thoughts and of course your sweet voice. The pleasure of meeting you was as as much mine as it was yours. :)
 
[h=1]#110. Strawberry quartz[/h]







Fruit Quartz’ is the common name for a group of colorful, translucent materials which are individually known by names such as “cherry quartz”, “blueberry quartz”, “strawberry quartz”, “kiwi quartz”, “pineapple quartz” etc. They are carved into beads, pendants or decorative objects.


Despite their name as quartz, they are not natural stone. They are synthetic materials – a form of glass. Their colors are concentrated inclusions within a transparent colorless matrix. They must be physically carved from larger rough blocks.

Similar varieties of natural quartz exist, but they are very rare and expensive. The bright color of genuine strawberry quartz is accentuated by small seed like inclusions.


Genuine pineapple quartz comes from Madagascar. It is a form of citrine with an unusual growth pattern of crystals around its sides similar to the pineapple fruit. Blue quartz has inclusions of ilmenite.
 
[h=1]#111. Sugilite[/h]


Sugilite or luvulite is a relatively rare pink to purple cyclosilicate mineral. It crystallizes in the hexagonal system with prismatic crystals.

The crystal form is rare and usual form is massive. It has a hardness of 5.5 to 6.5 on Moh’ s scale. It is mostly translucent but can vary from translucent to opaque. The luster is waxy and the color is rich.
Sugilite was first described in 1944 by Ken-ichi Sugi of Japan. It is found in Canada, South Africa, Italy, India and Australia.
The other name for sugilite is Purple Turquoise. Though Sugilite comes in brown, pale pink, yellow and black colors , purple opaque crystals are the most popular .
 
Dear Mrs Visalakshi Ramani,

My God, what a treasure house of knowledge you have !
At my age I am unable to read the posts at the speed in which you are posting.
My prayers to Almighty to bless you with good health and energy to
continue the wonderful work.:pray2:

Warm Regards,
Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.
 
dear Sir,
Namaste!!! :pray2:

As I have already confessed several times in the forum, the treasure house of knowledge is the Wikipedia- which is luckily a FREE encyclopedia! :hail:

I only think up of an interesting topic, find out everything that can go under
that topic, explore for the finer details with the help of Wikipedia and the
Google and present what I have gathered in a ready-to-eat-and-enjoy-dish!

You may remember I disappeared from the forum for one full month in October 2012. During that time I completed a blog on A to Z gemstones. I am presenting here the articles from that blog - one at a time, on the even days of the month.

The blog on Food was also expanded to include 90 more topics - taking the total number of articles to 200. They are also appearing in the forum in the thread Dainty Dose of Delightful Information - at the rate one on every odd day of the month. What can be more delightful than the facts about the mouth watering nutritious dishes and their fragrant ingredients?

Now I have partially disappeared from the forum (in all the threads except what I contribute in). My blog on Vinayaka PuraaNam is progressing fast. I just finished the last chapter yesterday. The poems which are ready, ~100 in number, will have to be typed and posted in my blog in wordpress.com first and then later in the forum.

I will start writing the poems for my next blog Sri Venkates puraaNam on 8th ( a lucky number form me and also the Amaavasya day which signifies growth and not decay.)

It is true when one door is closed another one opens. Thank you for your kind words of appreciation and encouragement. Coming from a seasoned journalist like your good self, they really mean a lot to me. :happy:

with namaskars,
Visalakshi Ramani.
 
#112. Topaz





Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine. Topaz crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. Its crystals are mostly prismatic terminated by pyramidal and other faces. It is the symbol of friendship.

Pure topaz is colorless and transparent but is usually tinted by impurities. Topaz can be wine colored, yellow, pale gray, reddish-orange, or blue brown. It can also be made by treatment into white, pale green, blue, gold, pink , reddish-yellow and from opaque to transparent or translucent.

Many brown or pale topazes are treated to make them bright yellow, gold, pink or violet colored. Some imperial topaz stones fade due to proloned exposure to sunlight.

Blue topaz is the state gem stone of the US state of Texas. Naturally occurring blue topaz is quite rare. The colorless, gray, pale yellow or blue material is heat treated and irradiated to produce darker blue.
 
#113. Tourmaline











Tourmaline is a crystal boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium and potassium. Tourmaline is semi precious stone and comes in a wide variety of colors. The name is derived from the Sinhalese word “Thuramali” or “Thoramalli” which applied to different gemstones found in Sri Lanka.

Tourmaline varies from transparent to translucent and exists in a variety of colors. Tourmalines rich in iron vary from black or bluish-black to deep brown. Those rich in magnesium vary from brown to yellow. The tourmalines rich in lithium may be of any color: blue, green, red, yellow, pink, etc. Tourmaline is rarely colorless.

Tourmaline species and varieties:

Dravite species – dravite – dark yellow to brownish black from Drava district of Carinthia.

Schorl species – schorl – bluish or brownish black to black

Elbaite species named after Elba Italy

Rubellite – red or pinkish red

Schorl – dark black

Brazilian Indicolite light blue to bluish green

Braziliam emerald variety green verdelite

Achroite variety – colorless

Bi-colored and multicolored crystals are common, reflecting on the variations of fluid chemistry during crystallization. Crystals may be green at one end and pink at the other, or green on the outside and pink inside. This type of tourmaline is called watermelon tourmaline. Some forms of tourmaline exhibit Dichroism. They change color when viewed from different directions.

The pink color of tourmalines from many fields is the result of a continued natural irradiation. Initially they are by nature very pale. During their growth, these tourmalines acquire pink to red color.
 
Watermelon tourmaline...This can't be called by any other name for sure. :)

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Dont' you dare to take wee bite...unless mentally prepared for the Tamil "No Pal" prize!!! :)
 
I love perfect geometric shapes!!! :clap2:

A trigonal watermelon tourmaline :first:

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It is perfect with the thin white region separating the green and the pink portions (of the fruit)!
 
Visalakshi Ramani said:
dear Sir,
Namaste!!! :pray2:



You may remember I disappeared from the forum for one full month in October 2012. During that time I completed a blog on A to Z gemstones. I am presenting here the articles from that blog - one at a time, on the even days of the month.



with namaskars,
Visalakshi Ramani.
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VR Mam,

Pranams

While few are striving hard to attain moksha by detachment from material things, your postings on precious stones lure me towards attachment. I love precious stones. Please keep it up Mam.

With regards
 
V. Balasubramani said:
VR Mam,

Pranams

While few are striving hard to attain moksha by detachment from material things, your postings on precious stones lure me towards attachment. I love precious stones. Please keep it up Mam.

With regards
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dear Sir,

Moksha is ONLY a state of the mind - when you fell free from all kinds of bondage!

The more we let go... the more liberated we become! :)

There is beauty even in these cold stones - as we see in this thread.

All they need is to be cut into shape to bring out the best in them.

A sculptor can see the statue concealed inside a rock.

He chips off the extra material and the statue appears.

The same thing with a carver of wood.

The same thing with us humans too.

We have everything in us but they are hidden deep within.

We must remove the unwanted portions to bring out the best in us.

I too love crystals for their sheer beauty.

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever... right?

In the west they do not use the precious gold in all their ornaments.

They even wear the sparking crystals in a simple black thread.

I am sure they have boxes full of different crystals to match each dress.

Why not when they are available and affordable too ?

You may want to enjoy these articles at leisure.

Here is the link to the blog where you may read about any crystal.

A to Z Gemstones - Visalakshi Ramani
 
My guru always used to say this.

We can enjoy anything God chooses to give us.

But we should do so without becoming proud

and without getting deeply attached to it.

Sound easy but it is very difficult to practice.

The classic example given is the python.

It does not move much or go in search of its prey.

But eats whatever comes very near to it.

If we have thirty sets of lovely dresses,

we can wear one everyday of the month,

look our best and enjoy but we must make

sure that it does not go to the head (as pride)

or to the heart (as an attachment).
 
Visalakshi Ramani said:
dear Sir, Moksha is ONLY a state of the mind - when you fell free from all kinds of bondage! The more we let go... the more liberated we become! :)There is beauty even in these cold stones - as we see in this thread. All they need is to be cut into shape to bring out the best in them. A sculptor can see the statue concealed inside a rock. He chips off the extra material and the statue appears. The same thing with a carver of wood. The same thing with us humans too. We have everything in us but they are hidden deep within. We must remove the unwanted portions to bring out the best in us.Here is the link to the blog where you may read about any crystal.A to Z Gemstones - Visalakshi Ramani
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VR Mam,Your words excel gems, With regards
 
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We get the things according to our prarabdam and karma.

People may strive hard to buy a silk sari without any success.

Another person may just walk into a temple and receive the

newest silk sari offered to the deity as the prasaadam!

Everything has a name written on it and it will go to that person and no one else.

As they say in Hindi,

"Dhane dhane main khanewale ka naam likha hain."

(Every grain of food has the name of the eater inscribed on it.)

I have checked this out and found out that it is 100% true! :thumb:
 
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