Our Friends at NY City Jewelry

Our friends at NY City Jewelry have just re-opened after inventory updates! They are offering you beautiful AA+ and AAA quality pearls for amazingly low prices. The price advantage is brought to them by their buyer/supplier who is an American Jeweler with pearl farms in China. Each of the pearl items, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and sets, are carefully inspected and quality classed to pass the Gemological Institute of America's rigid standards. NY City Jewelry guarantees their pearls to be as described. Although it is August now...Christmas will be here before one realizes. Their motto is: Give her pearls for Christmas, give her pearls for her Birthday, Give her pearls for your Anniversary or just give her pearls!

Among the offerings are Freshwater pearls of magnificent quality ranging from fun shapes and colors to the ultimate in quality. Freshwater pearls are the most versatile of all pearl varieties. Freshwater pearls come in a variety of natural colors, are affordable yet beautiful and versatile.

Of course they also offer Saltwater Akoya Pearls first cultured by Kokichi Mikimoto of Japan. Still the world’s most popular pearl. Their prices will give you joy and allow her to wear the finest!

Also offered are Tahitian and South Sea pearls..the epitome of the pearl world. Go take a look NY City Jewelry While you are there follow the link to our Consulting Jeweler Edward L. Chavez, GIA's site and see some inspired Native American original designs.

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JEAN SCHEIDNES: STYLE & SUBSTANCE

Tour of China makes me thankful for what I have
Exposure to poverty, shopping sprees lead to reflections on wealth, materialism.
Thursday, November 24, 2005

I devoted most of October to shopping, eating and shaking my head in amazement all over China. With me were an exceedingly competent 29-year-old guide, my mom and 30 other retirees. How I was persuaded to go along with this arrangement remains something of a mystery, because group tourism is so not my bag.

But I would never have been able to see as much of the country on my own, and I would have been unable in part because it would not have occurred to me to visit schools, homes, workshops, a seniors center and an orphanage, all of which held enriching, unforgettable experiences.

We started in Beijing, population 14 million. In Tiananmen Square I received an elementary lesson in Chinese "fashion." In lieu of diapers, toddlers are dressed in pants that are split from front to back so that they can go whenever, wherever. This custom is said to toilet-train them faster, and of course, it keeps the landfills from rising. My expatriate friends in Beijing tell me the government is considering banning the practice during the 2008 Olympic Games. It has the authority do to that sort of thing.

Vogue magazine happened to launch its Chinese edition during my visit. All over Beijing, I saw a billboard depicting a miniature Asian woman gazing with aspiration at cover girl Gisele Bündchen. I won't go into racial identity politics in this space, but that image made me a tad uncomfortable. I had my copy of U.S. Vogue with me, so I gave it to Spring, our guide, thinking she might find it interesting. She asked me, "Why is it all nightgowns?"

"Huh? Oh, evening gowns, yes." I lamely tried to explain the artistic and marketing utility of haute couture, but I'm sure I sounded crazy because, let's face it, the fashion industry panders to some grossly misplaced values. Even I know it's crazy.

Crazy but contagious. European luxury brands have transformed the Bund, Shanghai's riverfront promenade and old banking district, into a luxury shopping strip. Shanghai, population 16 million, is a port city and a financial capital, so it is much more westernized and affluent than Beijing, which is the center of government bureaucracy. Beijingers dress in dark, utilitarian, urban armor, whereas in Shanghai I saw a lot of women dressed like Parisians neat, professional and modestly flirtatious.

Our group visited a Shanghai seniors center where the members, eager to show us how much they enjoy retirement, put on a full-dress dance routine and a fashion show for us. Yes, a fashion show. It seems that in China, grannies think nothing of putting on sparkly gowns, costume jewelry and heavy makeup and parading slowly and proudly before an audience. And why wouldn't they? They're proud of their age. Elders are revered and receive favorable treatment and even cash bonuses for hitting the uppermost ages. People appreciate their wisdom and like to boast how many centenarians their cities have. I don't need to point out all the ways that Americans, on the other hand, worship youth.

Where stuff is made

To Americans, "Made in China" connotes inexpensive labor and materials and some of the lowest prices around. That describes most of what I encountered in Chinese stores, because most Chinese consumers can't afford premium or imported goods. But the country has had thousands of years to perfect its traditional arts, which means you can also find some of the world's most beautiful and indestructable handcrafted goods, the product of painstaking craftsmanship.

We toured workshops for cloisonné and jade carvings in Beijing, silk rugs in Shanghai, painting and calligraphy in Chongqing, lacquer furniture in Xian and fine jewelry in Hong Kong. These tours were really elaborate sales pitches, but they were educational nonetheless. We would get a brief lecture about a craft, see the stages of production, sometimes be allowed to try our clumsy hands at something and finally be let loose in the store, where many in our group did some serious impulse buying on the rationale that we'd never be there again.

At the jade shop, for example, we were told how to detect the quality of jade by its translucence and high-pitched sound. Good jade dings like crystal. At least half the ladies in our group bought $200 to $300 bangles that many Chinese people wear on the left wrist (because it's closer to the heart) to ward off evil spirits. And supposedly, if you wear the thing every day for decades, which people do, shifts in its appearance might tip you off to your changing state of health. I can't vouch for this.

When we left the jade shop, we needed to get to the other side of a highway, so a group of random bystanders was asked to step in front of oncoming traffic and block it. We waddled across and boarded our air-conditioned bus, clutching our latest purchases. This was just one of countless times I was embarrassed by our consumerism and privilege.

It's not that I'm down on my country or our model of economy. Quite the opposite. But if I ever need reminding of how lucky I am, there is nothing like going abroad. Nearly everywhere I went, I saw people hustling for a dollar or, if we were out in the countryside, doing backbreaking labor the same way it was done 100 years before.

While we cruised the gorgeous Li River, with "the finest misty waters and limestone peaks under heaven," according to the literature, men rowed bamboo rafts up to our steam ship and grabbed on, risking their safety for the chance to sell us a souvenir. Washerwomen crouched at the river's edge, while unclothed boys waded out to beg for money. I'm not oblivious to the poverty at home, but it's different. In the Chinese countryside, about 90 million people each live on about $104 a year.

In Guilin, we visited an orphanage because our Boston-based tour company helps to fund it. This was as heartbreaking as you would imagine. I thought hard about how there must be more to life than getting and spending. But that night we landed in glamorous Hong Kong, and here is the unflattering truth: Faster than you can say "duty free," I was back to my old ways. Hong Kong is famous for tailoring and fine jewelry. I had a cashmere suit made to measure for a fraction of what it would cost here, and it was delivered to the hotel at no charge.

I'm further embarrassed by what little flattery it took to get me buying jewelry. First I admired a ring, but told the saleswoman I couldn't afford it.

"Why, you student?"

"Well no, I work but, I mean, that's two or three weeks of my salary."

"Two weeks! That's all? You very successful!"

"Why yes, I suppose I am. Hmm. I'll take it! And the earrings, too!" Because by then I needed cheering up. My heightened awareness of my dependence on youth-worship, conspicuous consumption, disadvantaged Asian laborers and (probably some day) disposable diapers was spoiling my vacation.

Ugh. I'm not comfortable with all these contradictions. Nor do I know how to resolve them. I do know I have much to be thankful for today.

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Silver the focus of Carnegie gem show

By Candy Williams
For the Tribune-Review
Friday, November 18, 2005

An ornate 162-piece silver service used at the turn of the century by captains and admirals in the navel battleship the USS Pennsylvania was a symbol of a prosperous and influential nation.

"The opulence of this silver service bespoke America's image of itself as powerful, opulent and rich," says Marc Wilson, head of the Section of Minerals at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, in Oakland.

Visitors to the eighth edition of the Carnegie Gem & Mineral Show, in addition to enjoying exhibits and shopping, will have a rare opportunity to view selected pieces from the silver service before the items are returned to the vault at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, in Harrisburg.

The 19 pieces from the service on loan to the Carnegie Museum have an appraised value of $752,400, says John Zwierzyna, curator of the military and industrial history collection at the state museum. When the tea set, coffee set, loving cup, centerpiece and other items are returned, they will remain in a vault until the "Treasures of the Commonwealth" exhibit in the state capital in 2007.

Silver is in the spotlight at this year's Gem & Mineral Show, which pays tribute to Carnegie's Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems, celebrating its 25th anniversary. After many years of specimen acquisition, planning and construction, Hillman Hall opened in September 1980 and is a depository for an extensive collection of top-quality specimens.

"We have been very fortunate from our first show eight years ago to bring in treasures from all over the world," says Wilson. "When we featured emeralds a few years ago, one curator said he had never before seen so many beautiful specimens. That will be said again this year about silver. This is a major event."

Jim Reilly of Bailey Banks & Biddle says the current market for sterling silver is "hot, big-time hot."

"Silver is on every woman's wish list. It's affordable, it's fashionable and it's on the pages of every fashion magazine. It's everywhere," he says. Reilly says a resurgence of interest in platinum also has resulted in renewed popularity of silver.

"Most of our inventory is in white metals -- platinum, white gold and sterling silver," he says.

Bailey Banks & Biddle will once again sponsor its Showcase Suite in the Founders Room, where a "Curator's Wish List" will offer unique jewelry and gems the museum would like to obtain through donations or loans for its new Wertz Gallery, scheduled to open in November 2006.

Six new national and international vendors have been added to this year's show. They include:

= Denayer Art Jewelry of Ireland, known for its gold rings and "experimental" pieces in silver and 24-karat gold, mostly earrings and pendants.

= Mike's Minerals of Boardman, Ohio, featuring agate slabs, cabochons, and minerals from the United States and around the world.

= Ossola Minerals of Tucson, Ariz., offering silver and ruby-silver specimens and sterling silver jewelry.

= Pamela's Jewelry of Myrtle Beach, S.C., with selections of tanzanite, Colombian emerald, and diamond jewelry.

= Red Metal Minerals of Hubbell, Mich., offering copper and silver specimens from the Upper Peninsula.

= Treasures of the Earth, from Hollsopple, Pa., with a large selection of mineral specimens, petrified wood, fossil replicas and other decorative products.

The show also will include a display of silver and artifacts salvaged from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha on loan from Mel Fisher's Treasures in Key West, Fla. Wilson says a highlight of the display is a 75-pound bar of silver rescued from the ocean floor.

Also exhibiting will be silversmith James A. Curtis, winner of the 2004 Hans Christensen Sterling Silversmith Award, who uses 18th-century silversmithing techniques to create award-winning silver pieces. Curtis, now retired, worked as a master silversmith for more than 40 years at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He has created silver pieces for dignitaries including President Ronald Reagan and Prince Charles of Wales.

A raffle throughout the weekend will offer $20,000 worth of sterling silver tea sets, trays and decorative accoutrements. Visitors can also register to win a diamond necklace valued at nearly $10,000.

Facts about silver

# In the United States, the finest silver is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, according to Marc Wilson, head of the Section of Minerals at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Silver also is mined in Mexico, and there are large deposits of native silver in Peru and Norway, where mines have been worked for centuries.

# Demand for silver is built on industrial uses, photography, jewelry and silverware. Together, these categories represent more than 95 percent of annual silver consumption.

# Silver has been an important asset throughout history. It was found as a free metal and easily worked into useful shapes and was widely used by early man.

# The beauty, weight and lack of corrosion made silver one of the earliest of metals to be used as a medium of exchange.

# The early discovery that water, wine, milk and vinegar stayed pure longer in silver vessels led to its desirability as a container for long voyages.

# When the first telegraph operator tapped out his code in 1832, silver was the electrical contact that made the current flow. Earlier that century, when Joseph Nicephore Niepce created the first photographic image obtained through a camera-like device in 1813, it was silver nitrate that made it possible.

# When the German obstetrician Dr. F. Crede made a medical breakthrough in 1884 to halt the disease that caused blindness in generations of children at birth, it was silver that killed the virus.

Sources: www.silverinstitute.org and Marc Wilson, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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'Tis the Season for Jewelry - Know How to Purchase With Confidence

Press Release Source: Gemological Institute of America

'Tis the Season for Jewelry - Know How to Purchase With Confidence


CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone can relate to the exhilaration of receiving a sparkling new ring or shiny gold watch from a loved one for the holidays.

Jewelry is one of the most popular gifts during this time, according to the independent, nonprofit Gemological Institute of America (GIA).

With a few simple pointers, the millions who will be shopping for jewelry this year can turn what could be an intimidating holiday shopping experience into a breeze.

Choose a Jeweler Carefully

Dealing with a reputable, qualified jeweler can make all the difference. GIA recommends buying from someone with recognized industry credentials, such as a Graduate Gemologist or Accredited Jewelry Professional.

"Brooch" the Sales Counter Suavely

Know the styles and what type of jewelry he or she likes.

For women, the "more is more" mantra speaks louder than ever before, and layering has spilled into accessories. Stackable rings -- from basic bands to gemstones -- are back. And chandelier earrings have made way for bangle and cuff bracelets -- some with dangling charms, others in multiples. A faceted, multi-colored gemstone brooch is another great gift because of its versatility.

For men -- think both traditional and funky. Cufflinks have always been a classic, but this year go for a pair with gemstones, like onyx or sapphire, or try a fitted chain necklace.

Deliver Glitter with Diamonds

Diamonds are dazzling, with all kinds of mystique and flash. Giving a diamond pendant or studded cufflinks speaks the language of forever. But knowledge is power, and knowing the Four Cs is critical.

Color. Cut. Clarity. Carat weight. Diamond professionals worldwide use these four factors to grade a diamond's value, and every diamond should come with an independent evaluation from an accredited gemological laboratory. The most respected report is from the GIA Laboratory, which issues Diamond Grading Reports for many of the world's diamonds.

Any jewelry shopper can quickly gain insights for making a smart diamond purchase by taking GIA's interactive tutorial on diamonds at GIA jewelry education site.

Give a Gem of a Gift: Gemstones and Pearls

Chocolate browns and earth hues are setting the tone through winter. Warm colored gemstones like topaz, amber, citrine, and even golden pearls paired with layered attire can transform a simple look into a sizzling fashion statement.

Long, beaded gemstone and pearl necklaces wrapped several times and ribboned across the neckline are also in.

For consumers who are new to gemstones, GIA's Web site also has an informative online guide to the gemstone world.

Go for the Gold

Silver always makes a sterling holiday gift, but yellow gold is back in a big way. Designers are pairing warm gemstones and brown diamonds with the malleable metal for a fresh antique duo.

Think titanium for him. It's a lightweight metal used to make airplanes and can endure extreme temperatures.

And platinum is the perfect metal for his and her everyday jewelry. It never fades or tarnishes, and platinum's purity makes it hypoallergenic and ideal for sensitive skin.

Please with Presentation

The holidays are about giving, and jewelry lasts a lifetime. Visit GIA jewelry education site for a complete guide to holiday jewelry shopping.

About GIA: An independent nonprofit organization, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is recognized as the world's foremost authority in gemology. Established in 1931, GIA has translated its expert knowledge into the most respected gemological education available. In 1953, the Institute created the International Diamond Grading System(TM) which, today, is recognized by virtually every professional jeweler in the world. Through research, education, gemological laboratory services, and instrument development, the Institute is dedicated to ensuring the public trust in gems and jewelry by upholding the highest standards of integrity, academics, science, and professionalism.


Source: Gemological Institute of America

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Lite Slant On Thanksgiving Dinner

This recipe is from Enduring Collections Food and Wine Department. Check out all the holiday foods, candy, cakes, pies, wine, cheese, and other goodies at our site. Enduring Collections an upscale shopping mall.


RECIPE INGREDIENTS

For the Garlic-Herb Rub:
1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1/4 cup fresh sage leaves
1/4 cup fresh rosemary leaves
1/4 cup fresh thyme leaves
12 garlic cloves

For the Turkey:
1 whole garlic head
1 (15-pound) fresh or frozen turkey, thawed
Cooking spray

For the Roasted Garlic Gravy:
2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

RECIPE METHOD

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

To prepare garlic-herb rub, place first 5 ingredients in a food processor; process until finely minced.

To prepare turkey, remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap garlic head in foil. Set aside.

Remove and discard giblets and neck from turkey. Rinse turkey with cold water; pat dry. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Spread garlic-herb rub under loosened skin and rub over breast and drumsticks. Gently press skin to secure. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under turkey.

Place turkey on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Insert a meat thermometer into meaty part of a thigh, making sure not to touch bone. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Add garlic head to pan; bake an additional 2 hours or until thermometer registers 180 degrees. Place turkey on a platter, reserving pan drippings; let stand 20 minutes. Discard skin.

To prepare gravy, place a zip-top plastic bag inside a 4-cup glass measure. Pour pan drippings into bag; let stand 10 minutes (fat will rise to the top). Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag. Drain drippings into glass measure, stopping before fat layer reaches opening (you should have about 2/3 cup). Reserve 1 tablespoon fat; discard remaining fat. Add enough broth to drippings to measure 3 cups; reserve remaining broth for another use.

Separate roasted garlic cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins. Heat reserved fat in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic pulp and flour; cook 30 seconds or until lightly browned, whisking constantly. Gradually add broth mixture, stirring with a whisk until blended. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

Recipe reprinted by permission of Cooking Light magazine. All rights reserved.




Nutrition Facts
15 servings (serving size: 6 ounces turkey and about 3 tablespoons gravy)
Facts per Serving
Calories: 299 Fat: 8g Carbohydrates: 4g
Cholesterol: 148mg Sodium: 232mg Protein: 51g
Fiber: 0g % Cal. from Fat: 24% % Cal. from Carbs: 5%

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- Playboy to Open Fashion Boutiques in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur -

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
(PEI) (NYSE: PLA, PLAA) today announced Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur as the
fourth and fifth locations, respectively, for its freestanding Playboy Concept
Boutiques. Both are expected to open at year's end. The upscale shopping
destinations will offer full collections of Playboy fashion and accessories,
as well as other Playboy-branded consumer products, appealing to style-
conscious young men and women. The deals are licensing ventures that do not
require a capital investment from Playboy.
In Hong Kong, Playboy will open a boutique on Cleverland Street in
Causeway Bay's ultra-modern Fashion Walk area, home to other popular fashion
brands such as Diesel, Camper, IT, and D-Mop. Speedplan, Playboy's licensee
for men's and women's apparel and accessories for Hong Kong and Taiwan, also
will serve as the retail licensee. Rental space in Causeway Bay is among the
most expensive in the world; the store will span 2,100 square feet. The
Playboy Concept Boutique, Kuala Lumpur will open in the Mid-Valley Mall on the
ground floor, and span 2,500 square feet. Zillion, Playboy's licensee for
women's apparel, handbags, and jewelry for Hong Kong and Singapore, will open
the store. To support the launch of the new locations, Playboy CEO Christie
Hefner will embark on a weeklong Asian and Australian retail tour, visiting
the Playboy Concept Boutiques in January 2006.
"The retail success of our existing freestanding stores in Tokyo, Las
Vegas, and Melbourne enables us to expand confidently to other cities, such as
Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, further enhancing our brand equity and
strengthening our global retail presence," said Christie Hefner, chairman and
CEO of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. "Based on our previous retail experience in
the two new markets, we believe these Playboy boutiques will create additional
interest and enthusiasm for our wide range of products. Looking ahead, we
expect to continue partnering under license with retail experts who will
develop and fund stores in select locations around the globe."
The openings also leverage Playboy's expansion at retail in specialty
stores and leading department stores throughout the United States, Asia, and
Europe. Retail stores that have carried Playboy fashion merchandise include
Henri Bendel in New York, Selfridges in London, Colette in Paris, and Seibu in
Hong Kong.
Playboy's branded line of licensed fashion and consumer products has
experienced exceptional growth at retail since its repositioning in 1999, with
a product offering that includes men's and women's fashion apparel and
accessories, underwear, legwear, outerwear and footwear, as well as home
furnishings and lifestyle and entertainment products. Playboy's licensed
products business as a whole now generates in excess of $600 million in global
retail sales in more than 125 countries and territories. Celebrities and
fashion influencers spotted wearing Playboy fashions and accessories include
Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson, Jade Jagger, Snoop Dogg and
Lenny Kravitz.

About Playboy Enterprises, Inc.:
Playboy Enterprises is a brand-driven, international multimedia
entertainment company that publishes editions of Playboy magazine around the
world; operates Playboy and Spice television networks and distributes
programming via home video and DVD globally; licenses the Playboy and Spice
trademarks internationally for a range of consumer products and services; and
operates a network of Websites including Playboy.com, a leading men's
lifestyle and entertainment website.



SOURCE Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.playboy.com

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Yellow Sapphire

Yellow Sapphire, a stone that is perhaps the most popular gemstone after diamonds and rubies. Known for its various properties, it gives the wearer a magnificent halo unmatched to any other luster in the universe.

By Prerna Salla, 11/9/2004


Yellow Sapphire

Perceived to be one of the safest stones, known to man, for its neutral effects to those it might not suit and superlative effects to those it does; it is no wonder that this gemstone reigns supreme in terms of being expensive, second only to the diamond. A stone worn by many star signs, Yellow Sapphire is known to increase your financial status, empowering you with more ways of earning an extra buck to your otherwise routine paycheck. On the power of healing, this stone is famous for treating mild mental disorders, typically concentration deficiencies and improving your balance of mind. People in high profiled jobs and even politicians are not far behind when it comes to adorning these either in the form of rings or pendants.

Yellow Sapphire though flexible in its effects needs to necessarily be worn only on the right hand index finger. It is known to provide the wearer with enormous wealth, good health, fame, name, honour and success. Yellow Sapphire represents the planet Jupiter. And Jupiter is known to be the largest planet that has its comparison with Saturn. Because of the magnanimity of its size, Jupiter belongs to the category of excesses. It is also known to empower one with the capacity of single handedly being the master of the one’s desires. It is also said that if you seek to sort all marital problems, then Yellow Sapphire is the solution for you. The Power of this gem is such that the girl that you desire will be yours forever and if a girl will wear this gem then she will get married early.

Who should wear a Yellow Sapphire
Many a times, when we talk about gems, we forget its innate size and its ultimate effect, thanks to this. An interesting feature to note about this gem is that it brings together people wearing the similar stone. This may or may not be true with other stones. For example a person wearing the Ruby may not necessarily be attracted to another one wearing ruby. The colour yellow brings in a sense of learning and warmth. It is no wonder that people wearing the yellow sapphire are attracted towards knowledge.

They seem to do great deal of good to other in particular. Sagittarius and Aries are two of these signs that wear Yellow sapphire, and it is highly recommended for Aquarians and, Leo’s and Gemini’s to also wear this for added benefits. Yellow Sapphire is also well known for its effects for stomach ailments. If you are one who constantly suffers either from gastric ailments or those related to morning sickness, then yellow sapphire is the stone for you. As mentioned earlier, the colour yellow brings in warmth and any bodily action that requires this will necessarily be treated with Yellow sapphire. Happily married couples also give credit to the Yellow Sapphire for its presence in their lives.

Effects of Yellow Sapphire
Yellow sapphire harmonizes and benefits Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Its effects are more like the sun, in the solar system, and quite unlike it too. Like the sun, this stone spreads across warmth, knowledge and tranquility but unlike the sun, the yellow sapphire is known to bring in mental peace and this stone is therefore recoommended for Leo’s to wear as this brings an equilibrium to their hot temperaments. Jupiter's influence in the human physiology is through the globus pallidus.

This globular structure is like a teacher in the physiology. It gives balanced and higher-order instructions, balances and maintains harmony between inner and outer input, manages and executes complex systems and enlivens activity in the brain while guiding action. It signifies highest-order thinking -- Knowledge has organizing power. It's use brings about affection and harmonious relations amongst family members. The reputation of the person increases day by day and one is respected everywhere.

Its Significance
Yellow sapphire signifies knowledge, wisdom, virtue, fortune, justice, education, future, religion, philosophy, devotion, children, distant travel, spirituality, truthfulness, prosperity and charity. It acts as a ‘Guru’ is the major instructor or teacher and influences action with the highest order and balance. The Guru guides action in the most harmonious and uplifting manner and balances inner and outer input while simultaneously performing and monitoring action. And if it does not suit you, it never does harm you either, so if you think you want to experiment and take a feel of the stone, then I think you must go for it.

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