Men usually say that it’s all about our craving for everything sparkling and expensive. In reality, it’s quite possible that women’s sharp intuition and genetic memory make us instinctively feel a wholesome effect of gems.

Whereas sophisticated treatment and refined setting are the most important things from the point of view of fashion, they are other factors that count when health and beauty are spoken about.

Keep in mind, that the maximum positive effect is possible only on next conditions:

-a gem should be minimally treated. In some cases treatment and setting make a stone lose 80% of its properties;

-the surface of a gem should be open. For instance, a ring in a metallic setting will lose most of its power;

-make sure that a stone touches your skin

-wear your gem on the right zone of your body.

In fact, every stone corresponds to a definite area, like neck, ears, fingers and so on. As we know, the success of any treatment depends 80% on faith into its effectiveness. And as there are quite a lot of people that believe in astrology, it’s probably worth using it for medical purposes.

Any stone corresponds to a definite month. Wearing it is said to bring health and fortune.

Here we offer the list that was officially introduced by American jewelers association in 1912.

January - garnet

February - amethyst

March - aquamarine

April - diamond

May - emerald

June -pearl

July - ruby

August - peridot

September - sapphire

October - opal

November - topaz

December - turquoise

Choosing a stone that will bring you health and fortune is not enough. The route it has overcome to come into your possession is important too. And though all these things are on the mystic side, it’s worth taking them into consideration as well.

However careful you might be choosing a stone, its positive effect will come to naught if a stone was stolen or simply has a “dark" history connected with crime and violence. The world history knows thousands of cases when most beautiful stones led their masters to misfortunes and death as they were got in a dishonest way.

As for newly bought jewelry, it will come into its full power only after some years.

Throughout the history it was considered that real charms are gems gifted with love or those ones that go down for generations.