The listing, New size 8.5 GREEN CHALCEDONY OVAL MARCASITE 925 STERLING SILVER ARTISAN RING has ended.
Beautiful new size 8 1/2 green oval chalcedony stone with marcasites around it in a diamond shape setting with .925 sterling silver.
Beautiful ring and would make a fantastic Mother's Day gift.
Chalcedony symbolized calmness and composure, and for the Tibetans it is a stone of purity and concentration and internalization of the essential. The name is said to have come from the city of it's discovery, Chalcedon on the Bosphorus. It was quite a popular decorative stone in antiquity, when it was carved with motifs of the air and water deities and water sprites. This was done as the stone is associated with the weather and helped deal with disorders caused the it.
Healing Properties:
Chalcedony is the best stone to be used for problems with the neck, tonsils and vocal cords. It protects against feverish infections and all different types of inflammation. Chalcedony water can be made by boiling the stone with a pinch of salt and it sued as treatment for hoarseness of the voice.
Zodiac:
Associations: Moon
Not a Traditional Birthstone for any Month
Stone of Cancer and Aquarius, although some say it is associated with Saturn. It is considered a good luck stone for Cancer and a protective stone for Sagittarius
Magical Properties:
Energy: Receptive
Element: Water
Powers: Peace, anti-nightmare, travel, protection and luck.
In the sixteenth century, chalcedony was prescribed by magicians to dissolve illusions and fantasies. For this purpose, it was pierced, or drilled and hung about the neck.
It is also commonly used to ward off black magic, psychic attack and other negative magic, as it can repel the negative vibrations and absorb only positive ones.