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    Gemstones are the most popular astrological remedy, but in modern times people tend to go for the nava ratna, creating a market for these precious stones on the basis of their effectiveness in jyotish. There is interest in uparatna gemstones as well, but in general there in modern Indian astrology in practice there is currently only one layer of uparatna, comprised of semiprecious stones (one substitute for each precious remedial stone).

    If we search Google, we can easily discern that there are many attempts by entrepreneurs and enthusiasts to extend the class of uparatna gemstones to other semiprecious gemstones, known by their English names. In general, such people go by the colour of the gemstone or by what the New Age movement tells them about such stones. In this way, the online and gemstone-fair culture spreads, borrowing from jyotish in an effort to cultivate credibility for the snake oil being promoted. The use of English gemstone names, which are imprecise, is also a thorny issue. This results in a proliferation of problems of consistency, caused by half-baked information combined with artistic licence. Therefore, for example, someone selling garnets, which may be spinels or microcrystalline quartzes nicely faceted, or any of the various species of macrocrystalline quartz known as garnet, may refer to them either as a remedy for Sani or Surya or Rahu. There's a lot of difference between these planets! So it's not helpful.

    The accidental looseness and confusion surrounding gemstone names, deliberate New Age attempts to extend classical jyotish, problems (ancient and modern) with identifying gemstones without proper equipment, the advancement of gemstone artifice and treatments, desperate gemstone dealers, the unavailability of genuine untreated flawless nava ratna stones, etc. all mean that often, gemstones when prescribed for jyotish do not have the promised effect. This is nobody's fault, but a natural effect of the human mind dealing with limitations about what we know, and an attempt to transcend or surmount it.

    I have heard interesting rumours about a much lesser-known tertiary class of uparatna. My question is, what are the sources for gemology in classical Indian literature? A lot of gemstones would have been known, which are now overlooked or forgotten simply because they are less effective for jyotish. However, bringing back knowledge of these semiprecious stones or even common rocks may help to clear up the confusion caused by mixing and matching and guessing, when dealing with English gemstone names and alternative astrological systems. Does anyone have any information on this subject?

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    Re: Sources on gemstones

    Om Namah Shivaye Yudhishthira ji,

    I think you should read this article : http://www.rudraksha-ratna.com/gemstone.html for getting all the information about gemstones in elaborated way.
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