![]() The light color tone of the aquamarine flatters all skin colors and harmonizes with all precious metals. In meeting with the consumer preference for aquamarines in deep blue, the stones are heated near 800 degrees Fahrenheit, which causes the blue color to emerge and the yellow/green tones to disappear. Almost all aquamarines on the market have been heat treated to enhance the color. Every aquamarine recalls a hue of some body of water you have enjoyed. A varied display of aquamarines is like seeing the many colors of oceans, lakes, and other bodies of water around the world. Depending on which angle you look at an aquamarine, it may look blue, green, or colorless. Today, however, the most valued aquamarine stones are a rich, sky blue, but even the blue stones have a green or bluish green tint to them. In the past, the most valued aquamarine stones were green. The green of aquamarine is a watery green without any traces of yellow. It is usually clear, but iron content gives it its blue/green color. In addition to its remedial values, it is an excellent stone with which to make changes in your life, holding more true to your inner, spiritual self, and helping yourself remain calm and purified of your own self-polluting behavioral patterns.Īquamarine refers to beryl that is pale blue, light blue-green, or even light green. It is used spiritually to bring purification to one's entire being, as it allows the inner self to better pursue one's Highest Ideals, keeping attachments to the mundane world in perspective. It aids in promoting spiritual and psychic awareness, brings about core soul repair and healing, aids soul retrieval, and heals deeply at all levels. The stone aids a life of service, shields and protects, reminds us of love and caring through times of change and in one's life and path and purpose. It promotes motivation and comforts in times of intense physical and emotional release, while supporting one through the process. In addition, it increases one's access to courage. It is believed that one who wears aquamarine has a better ability to think clearly and make quick decisions. Some suggest that aquamarine is used to treat people for whom procrastination is an affliction. Working with the stone improves one's overall sense of well-being. If the spiritual and physical bodies have become misaligned, aquamarine gently realigns them, releasing intuitive communication on all levels." Clearing extra thoughts, it invokes a high state of consciousness and spiritual awareness, and encourages dispassionate service to humanity. Aquamarine is a wonderful stone for meditation as it quiets the mind and facilitates obtaining communication from higher planes. It helps one be better in communion with an inner tranquility, and is known for its ability to calm nervous tension as it is calming and soothing. Aquamarine is used in conjunction with the Hanged Man card of the Tarot, helping people understand the value of suspending activities in life in order to seek solitude and time for contemplation. The stone is considered an "all purpose"" healing stone as it treats spiritual and psychological disturbances as well as physiological disorders and disease. There are also many beliefs that regard aquamarine as a healing stone for mental afflictions as well as physical. ![]() It is associated with the throat charka, including the faculties of speech and singing, a quality perhaps associated with the therapeutic value of the color, rather than of the actual composition of the stone." ![]() Some consider the stone specific for treating most afflictions associated with the oral cavity. Modern healers also believe the stone will help deal with glandular disorders, as well as aiding in maintaining the health of your eyes, as the Ancient healers believed. Today, modern healers believe that the aquamarine stone aids in fluid retention, a further association with the water aspects of aquamarine. Ancient Romans believed aquamarine would be useful in curing illnesses of the stomach, liver, jaws and throat. To cure serious eye ailments, it was recommended to place the powder of the gem in the eyes each morning. The eye was supposed to be washed in water in which an aquamarine was immersed. "This stone is good besides for damage to the eyes, and for all sickness, if it is put in water and given as a drink."" Pliny the Elder's Natural History also lists the stone as an excellent cure for eye diseases. The attributes of aquamarine were first recorded by Damigeron in the second century BC. In Ancient, as well as Modern times, the aquamarine is said to have countless positive effects on the wearer.
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