Guest guest Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Dear Sri Chandrashekarji, Namaste!!! There is no need to spend money to buy my book for the information. Please note that the entire TEXT of my book ANCIENT ASTROLOGICAL GEMSTONES & TALISMANS is free to read on the WWW http://www.agt-gems.com/Book/Contents1.html It's better to search the answers in that text. If you cannot find then please ask. I'm always ready to help those who help themselves... Best rgds, Richard sacred-objects, chandrashekhar phadke <chphadke> wrote: > > Respected Sir, > > Thank you very much for your detailed mail. I did not have any idea about your valuable vast contribution in written form in the field of Gemology. I did not have any idea about effects of Gems on human health and fortune till last few years before. Due to some serious family problems I was suggested to use Gems. Frankly speaking, I was reluctant to use them. However, I started using gems 8 years before, and surprisingly it gave me excellent results. My life totally took a different turn from a hard core botanist and a researcher to the holy field of spirituality. The business of rare sacred items I have entered in, is not my bread and butter. In fact, my very close friend is a exporter of high quality gems and precious stones. Due to my own experiences on effects of gems and after studying Rudraksha and Lakshami Conch thouroughly, I have a wish to gain some knowledge of the interesting field of Gemology. The journey in acquiring knowledge is never complete and is very > long. I know it well since I did my doctorate in biotechnology and postdoc in England. Discussions with you on Gemology will difinitely add to my present poor knowledge (?) of Gemology. I will definitely try to get your valuable books in India. It will definitely introduce me to this valuable field. > > Thanking you and with personal regards, > > Chandrashekhar Phadke > > Richard Shaw Brown <rsbj66> wrote: > Dear Chandrashekarji, > > Namaste. It is necessary to explain in simple terms so that the concept > is grasped. > > Just imagine a gem...it's a single unit, like your body. In this way > the type, % and location of defects in an identified natural gem may be > compared to similar defects in your material body. You can only have > 100% good health if you are 100% free of flaws. So there is a small > margin of tolerance with flaw, but OUR standard is examination using > light source, 10x loupe, and seeing that the gem is at least 85%-100% > loupe clean. That is real Jyotish quality. > > Dear sir, I have already written some books on Planetary Gemology as > well as Planetary Talisman designs. Please click the following link and > you can see 11 of my books: > http://www.agt-gems.com/catalog/index.php? cPath=41&osCsid=97999e179a169bb8cc5759d19864c4d1 > <---copy paste entire URL > > My first book on Planetary Gemology was published in 1975 (Sri > Chintamani Astro Jewels). > > One of my books that's already going for 2nd edition was first > published in 1995 and was awarded America's Benjamin Franklin Award in > 1996. Please note that the entire TEXT of that book is free to read on > the WWW since 1995 at : > http://www.agt-gems.com/Book/Contents1.html > > > Best rgds, > Richard > > --- chandrashekhar phadke <chphadke> wrote: > > > Respected Shri. Richard ji, > > > > Thank you very much for your mail. You have explained the subject > > thoroughly but in simple words, as if I am in a study class and > > hearing a lecture of my Professor explaining complicated subject > > matter in more simple words. > > > > Sir, are you planning to write any book on Gemology ? I feel, it is > > necessary to compile your knowledge and experience in a book form for > > future generation. > > > > Thanking you and with personal regards, > > > > Chandrashekhar Phadke > > > > Richard Shaw Brown <rsbj66> wrote: > > > Respected Shri. Richard ji, What are 'Jyotish Quality Gems and > > Precious Stones ?' How do > > they differ from the normal gems ? What are the basic characters of > > Jyotish Quality > > stones? > > > > Sri Chandrashekhar Phadke, > > > > Namaste!!! Good to hear from you. And an important question. In fact > > the subject of > > exactly how to judge the goodness or badness or even falseness of a > > supposed gem is a > > big science called Gemology. And it takes years to be able to > > identify any supposed gem > > as to what it is, and years more to judge quality. > > > > If an unknown green stone-looking "thing" is given to a gemologist > > then he begins the > > process of alimination, it's NOT this, it's NOT that, so it must be > > "beryl". And green beryl is > > called as a gem, Emerald, when it is transparent. If it's opaque then > > it cannot be called as > > emerald (even if green color) because emerald is the elite variety of > > GREEN BERYL that is a > > clear crystal. The lower qualities are "industral" quality or "bluff > > stones". > > > > So what to speak of quality, a layman looks at a green stone and has > > no idea what it even > > is. Therefore the need of gemologists, just like doctors. Otherwise a > > piece of green glass > > or a synthetic can be passed off as genuine. And foolish people > > actually use such bogus > > things and think that is "Planetary Gemology". > > > > The only thing that is in the favor of synthetics or glass is that > > they are NOT harmful. > > Likewise they are NOT useful. They are an illusion. But after all > > they are harmless. > > > > That is not the case with genuine natural gems. And a gem is, by > > deffiniitation, a naturally > > occuring object. In case of genuine gem there are four > > considerations. Called the 4 Cs. > > viz., COLOR, CUT, CARAT WEIGHT & CLARITY... > > > > Color is a description of the primary hue of a gem when viewed in > > indirect sunlight. > > > > Cut describes the external shape and style of a gem's cutting and > > polishing. > > > > Carat is weight of the gem (1 gm = 5 carats). > > > > Clarity describes the extent to which a gem is free of flaws when > > viewed through 10x > > magnification (10x loupe) in dark field illumination. The clarity > > grade for "Jyotish quality" > > is expressed as a percentage of purity on a scale from 100% clean (0% > > flawed) to 0% clean > > (100% flawed). > > > > 100% flawed means an industrial ROCK. Totally useless for Jyotish, > > but more than useless > > it is deemed HARMFUL for human use. > > > > This it is stated about emeralds from Sri Garuda Puranam: > > (excerpt: "Ancient Indian gemologists have given the highest praise > > to emerald > > possessing the following qualities: display a rich, even color; emit > > a soft glow; appear to > > glisten with gold dust inside; devoid of any serious internal or > > external blemishes. the gem > > also should be properly cut so that maximum light is refracted to the > > eye of one viewing it > > face up." > > > > "Emeralds considered inauspicious are blackish, devoid of luster, > > appearing dirty inside or > > dried and brittle. Anyone concerned with their own well-being should > > never purchase or > > wear any oiled, dyed, or treated emerald. Also, emeralds of mixed > > colors are strictly > > forbidden." > > > > ---To simplify matter, lets take an example... You shine a penlight > > through an emerald, > > and it is crystal clear with no visable flaws... so lets call that > > one "healthy". And in case > > you see small minor flaws, like 20%, then that is "diseased" And if > > you see totally flawed > > then that one is "dead" --- just like you would be if your body had > > that much % of flaws. > > > > If you can see 15-20% visable flaws with the naked eye then, when > > viewed under 10x > > magnification it will be "heavily flawed". And the clarity grading is > > done using 10x loupe or > > scope. > > > > The safe clarity range is "eye clean" to "loupe clean" (when the > > stone is viewed with a > > penlight shining through. If the light won't even pass through, then > > it is like a "brick." > > > > As Shastra says so many times about "clarity' or quality, so we know > > that is a must. Any > > so-called testing done using bad quality stones is deemed as bad > > research. > > > > I hope this helps > > > > Best rgds, > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mercury 9;s eye Chrome diopside Rudraksha Yellow sapphire Blue > > sapphires > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "sacred-objects" on the web. > > > > > > sacred-objects > > > > Terms of > > Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > India Matrimony: Find your partner online. > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. > > > > Mercury 9;s eye Chrome diopside Rudraksha Yellow sapphire Blue sapphires > > > > > > Visit your group "sacred-objects" on the web. > > > sacred-objects > > > > > > > > > > > India Matrimony: Find your partner now. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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