When deciding on a gold jewelry item there are always many different terms that come up. The most popular are Solid Gold, Gold Filled, and Gold Plated. It is important to know the differences between Gold Filled jewelry and Gold Plated jewelry when making your choice. Solid gold is of course an exquisite piece of jewelry. Gold filled is the next level and is an amazing, quality alternative to solid gold. Gold plating is the lower level and these items tend to tarnish and can often times turn the skin green.

MALACHITE

is formed from copper containing solutions in or near copper ore deposits. It is a basic copper carbonate and show bandings of light and dark green layers with concentric rings or straight stripes. Is a transformative stone and said to bring up repressed feelings so they can be dealt with, help rid the body of toxins, reduce inflammation due to injury when placed on area, increase flow of energy. One of the most powerful balancing and protective stones. Helps to clear repressed emotions for creativity and change. Associated with the zodiac sign of Scorpio.

OCEAN JASPER

Ocean Jasper is found only on the shores of Madagascar and can only be collected at low tide. This stone is said to be emotional in nature and should be used to heal the emotional body. Peace of mind and of heart, soothing. It is also for assisting us to understand our ancient sea origins and to empathize with the creatures of the sea of whom many people have either forgotten or simply ignore.

Birthstones - Modern and Traditional Birthstones

This list gives some common Western birthstones. There are many variations on these lists, and their content may vary within one country, with even greater differences between countries. Ancient lists were considerably different from the examples given here, partly because many stones were hard to obtain and also as the technology to cut some of the harder stones had not been developed.