Ruby
Birthstone For July
Ruby is the red variety of corundum (aluminum oxide) ranging from deep to pale red, at times with a purple tinge. Ruby with minute needle-like inclusions of rutile is called star ruby, showing a six-rayed star when cut en cabochon. Sri Lanka has mined rubies since the 8th century B.C. Other ruby localities include Myanmar, Thailand, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Vietnam, Cambodia, and North Carolina and Montana in the U.S. If one feels stuck in a rut in any way, ruby’s stimulation of the root (1st) chakra adds vital life force to efforts at change, keeping one free from vulnerability to indecision and pessimism.
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