The Virgo birthstone is believed to balance negative and positive energy, helping to stabilize its wearer spiritually, while a specific variety of the Virgo gemstone called poppy jasper is thought to bring joy. This Virgo stone is an opaque chalcedony occurring in many colors, including green, yellow, white and black. Jasper is a birthstone for Virgo that the zodiac sign shares with Aries, though the main birthstone for the latter is identified to be jasper’s close cousin, bloodstone, which is a green variety of chalcedony speckled with red jasper. The Virgo gemstone is also believed to enhance body strength, keeping the often physically active Virgo going, as well as extend longevity. Virgo birthstone of either type of jade symbolizes love and virtue. Green jadeite is among the most expensive of gemstones, while the green variety of the other Virgo stone is thought inferior in quality, though yellow and white nephrite fetch relatively higher prices. White Jade Bracelet JadeĬommonly thought to be green stones, jade consists of two chemically unrelated minerals: jadeite and nephrite. Carnelian went on to become the traditional birthstone for Virgo to the Hebrews, Romans and Italians. See also Carnelian: Stone of Passion. It’s not always easy to tell carnelian from sard hence the names carnelian and sard have become interchangeable. By bestowing courage and optimism, sard makes quite a helpful charm for Virgo, whose changeable nature and consummate sense of reality makes him prone to nervousness and pessimism.Ī lighter, orangey variety of this Virgo gemstone is called carnelian. Capable of dispelling negative thoughts, this Virgo gemstone is especially said to bring happiness, and make its wearer lovable. More important to the Virgo-born is sard’s ability to render him fearless and accordingly victorious.

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