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Turquoise, properties and virtues

Turquoise offers a variety of colors ranging from light blue to dark blue, veined with black. Turquoise deposits are found in many countries: Tibet, China, Iran, Afghanistan, Mexico, United States (Arizona), Chile, Australia, Israel, Tanzania. Very present in Buddhist, Nepalese, or Tibetan, it symbolizes material and spiritual wealth. Turquoise blue in Buddhism represents the life of humans in their life / death duality and earth / sky wisdom.

Properties of turquoise lithotherapy

In lithotherapy, turquoise is an emblem of courage. This semi-precious stone is also considered to be a source of well-being. It is also a symbol of wisdom. It arouses the nobility of feelings, indulgence and generosity.

Anecdote

The etymology of the name "turquoise" comes from Turkish stone, because it is in Turkey that the Europeans found it (and that although the mineral was imported from Iran). She gave her name to the turquoise color.

Stones and chakras

Turquoise can be used on the neck and throat chakra.

Maintenance of turquoise

Turquoise has a hardness of 5 to 6 out of 10, with 10 being the hardest stone, diamond. Its friable structure makes it delicate to work in jewelry and sensitive to shocks. It is a porous natural stone, it is sensitive to perfumes, to perspiration (jewelry in contact with the skin), to household products, all of which can alter its color.

To maintain your turquoise stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.

Turquoise & fair trade jewelry

Omyoki offers turquoise jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India, Nepal and in Tibetan communities. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes as a unique piece. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.

Labradorite, properties and virtues

Labradorite is a semi-precious gray-black stone with intense blue highlights. A stone of character, whose essence blue highlights are raging at the moment.

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In lithotherapy labradorite is the stone of protection par excellence, forming a barrier against mental pollution. It absorbs negative energies to protect the wearer. Labradorite is the Yin stone for its opening and Yang for its radiance. Labradorite is a stone that brings balance, helps to overcome stress and promotes intellect, inspiration and intuition. In terms of health labradorite is used to balance the disorders related to the digestive system, as well as hormonal and menstrual disorders. It is also effective for stimulating the muscular system and the blood circulation.

Anecdote

The name of labradorite comes from the area in which it was discovered, Labrador, in northern Canada.

Stones and chakras

Labradorite can be used on the solar plexus chakra to promote friendships and relationships with others. Applied to the 3rd eye chakra, it solicits intellectual properties and intuition.

Maintenance of labradorite

Labradorite has a hardness of 6 / 10, 10 being the hardest stone, the diamond. It is a natural stone quite sensitive to shocks.

To maintain your labradorite stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.

Labradorite & fair trade jewelry

Omyoki offers labradorite jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes as a unique piece. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.

Amethyst, properties and virtues

Amethyst is a beautiful pale purple to pale purple stone. The light passing through this semi-precious stone embellishes it and enhances its limpidity. Amethyst jewels are often made of silver because these two materials marry perfectly. Crimped stones are often full and rarely pruned.

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In lithotherapy, amethyst is used to fight excess (alcohol, drugs, tobacco ...). Stone of plenitude, it is particularly suitable for hyperactive and stressed. It promotes spiritual elevation, concentration, meditation, intuition, creativity and visualization. Amethyst helps to detach from material futility.

Anecdote

The name of the stone comes from the Greek "Amethustos" which means "who is not drunk". The Greeks and Romans drank from cups of amethyst to protect themselves from the effects of alcohol.

Stones and chakras

Amethyst can be used for the solar plexus chakra to soothe gastric pain and contribute to the proper functioning of the liver. It can also be used with the basic chakra to calm anxiety and anger.

Amethyst maintenance

Amethyst has a hardness of 7 / 10, 10 being the hardest stone, the diamond. It is a natural stone moderately sensitive to shocks.

To maintain your amethyst stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.

Designer jewelry & fair trade

Omyoki offers amethyst jewelry, handmade and made by artisans from India, Nepal, and Tibet. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes as a unique piece. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.

moonstone

Moonstone comes mainly from India, Brazil, USA and Australia. The moonstone jewels of Omyoki jewelry come from India and sometimes from its close neighbor, Sri Lanka.

White to bluish white, moonstone is a stone of light. Jewelers cut it and crimp it so as to let light filter through the gem. Moonstone is made up of thin strips of feldspar and this bluish reflection, called adularescence or Schiller effect, is, in mineralogy and gemology, a shimmering under the surface of the stone of light, in the different layers of feldspar. It is a marked effect in moonstone and labradorite.

In lithotherapy, moonstone is recognized as an essentially feminine stone. It promotes a good hormonal balance. Moonstone develops intuition and brings softness and tolerance for hard and severe people.

Maintenance of the moonstone

Moonstone has a hardness of 6 to 6,5 / 10, 10 being the hardest stone, the diamond. It is a stone sensitive to strong shocks.

To maintain the moonstone just wash it with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.

Designer jewelry & fair trade

Omyoki offers moonstone jewelry, handmade and made by artisans from India, Nepal, and Tibet. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes as a unique piece. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.