Zodiac Signs

Capricorn

Ruling planet: Saturn Lucky color: Green, Brown Lucky stone: Turquoise, Sapphire Element: Earth Lucky day: Saturday Lucky number: 8

Properties of lucky stones for Capricorn / Characteristics of favorable gemstones for Capricorn

Turquoise

Common Name: Firoza. Persian: Pirozeh. Arabic: Fairuzaj. Hindi: Feroza. Nature: This is a greenish stone with a bluish tint that comes from Nishapur, Shiraz, Bhutan, and Kerman; the Nishapuri variety is the finest. Temperament: Cold in the first degree and dry in the third, and it forms naturally in the mine from fine amounts of sulfur and mercury. Color and Smell: Its turquoise color is extremely famous. Taste: Bland, similar to other stones. Harmful Effects: Harmful for kidney ailments. Corrective: Tragacanth gum and moist, mucilaginous substances. Substitute: Emerald serves as its substitute in most functions. Planetary Affiliation: Attributed to the planet Neptune by virtue of temperament. Specific Benefit: Strengthens the heart, brain, and sight, acts as an exhilarant, and repels poisons. Complete dose: Up to two mashas, or more or less as needed. Deficient dose: Up to one masha, or slightly more. Actions and Properties: It is an exhilarant with antidotal power. Used as a collyrium (surma), it absorbs ocular moisture, prevents excessive tearing and film formation, strengthens eyesight, cures night blindness, and benefits numerous diseases across the layers of the eye. Taken with honey, it is beneficial for epilepsy and splenomegaly (swelling of the spleen), expels kidney and bladder stones, and when combined with suitable medicines or electuaries, strengthens the heart and stomach. It is useful for palpitations, diarrhea, intestinal ulcers, and all internal wounds. Half a dirham acts as an antidote to all poisons, one dirham counters the effects of severe poisons, and one masha neutralizes the effect of scorpion venom, which is proven by experience. Wearing it as an amulet strengthens the heart, dispels fear of the enemy, and hardens soft metals. Turquoise is a very attractive gem among second-grade jewels. Its greatest virtue is that its internal and external colors are uniform, and no foil backing is required to brighten its color. This is a very ancient jewel. In English, it is called turquoise because it comes from the land of the Turks, that is, the Levant or Anatolia. It is also called callaite, agaphite, and johnite. There are two varieties of turquoise as follows: (1) Eastern Turquoise: Its color remains permanent and it is extracted from old rocks. It is composed of 30.9 parts phosphoric acid, 44.5 parts alumina, 3.75 parts iron oxide, 1.8 parts water, and 19 parts other components. (2) Western Turquoise: It is also called bone turquoise (odontolite). Its color deteriorates into green, and it is considered a product of newer rock strata. A major constituent in it is bone material, namely calcium phosphate. Accordingly, it is composed of 80 parts calcium phosphate, 8 parts carbonate of lime, 2 parts iron phosphate and magnesium phosphate, 1.5 parts alumina, and 1.6 parts water. This variety is found in Salémont adjacent to Languedoc. The physicians of Persia describe its varieties as: (1) Fathi, (2) Izhari, (3) Sulaimani, (4) Wardli, (5) Asman-goon, (6) Abdul-Hamidi, (7) Andishi, (8) Ganjvina. The first varieties are earth-colored. The remaining three are found in the mountains of Nishapur. Those pieces that are found in Kerman and Shiraz have white color mixed in them, and they are called Shabangi and Sarboom. Those which have blue veins are called Niloom.