Featured today is a fine natural heliodor from Brazil of 2.34 carats set in Sterling silver as a Jupiter talisman ring. The oval shaped gem has fantastic clarity and appealing golden yellow color with a hint of brown. The appearance of the gem is electric and the color has a metallic sharpness to it.

Heliodor is the substitute gem for yellow sapphire and is the gemstone of Jupiter/ Brihaspati/ Guru. This upratna or substitute gem of pukhraj is and is the jyotish rashi ratna for zodiacal signs/ rashis of Sagittarius (Dhanu) and Pisces (Meen).

Heliodor is a variety of the mineral group beryl, which gets its color from traces of iron. Heliodor is yellow beryl that has hint of green or brown in varying degrees. Untreated Heliodor from Brazil, characteristically has a slight brown tinge of color. It is different from golden beryl that is golden yellow in color. One must be careful while purchasing heliodors, for they are irradiated to enhance color. Better intensity and saturation in a colored gemstone fetches a better price.

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