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A guide for your next choice
Understand bead types, mala sizes, gemstone reports and everyday care before you choose. Start with the topic that matters to you.
An in-depth guide to green jade tumbled stones: genuine nephrite and jadeite, serpentine and aventurine lookalikes, identification and treatments, cultural symbolism, buying checklist and Vastu placement examples.
Learn how to distinguish natural white howlite, blue-dyed howlite, magnesite, turquoise and imitations, with identification clues, Vastu symbolism, lab methods, truthful labelling and buying examples.
Learn gemstone identification through a 16-stone reference curriculum: quartz families, blue and black lookalikes, optical effects, observation worksheets, supplier disclosures, Vastu and Navagraha uses, plus three worked examples.
Compare citrine and green aventurine gemstone trees: authentic quartz and quartzite, treatment disclosure, Kalpavriksha and Vastu symbolism, construction, gifting, buying and careful dry maintenance.
