Description
The birthstone rosary is made with emerald beads and a crucifix made of silver. The rosary is 61 cm long and is presented in an organza bag. The beads are 8 mm x 6 mm and the center piece features the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
Birthstone Rosary - Emerald / May
Strung threaded Rosary design
stunning rosary
61cm in length
Presented in an organza bag
We used 8mm x 6mm Emerald Austrian crystal Glass beads. Each bead is capped with silver plated flower spacers, which in turn have tiny glass green seed beads on either side. The Mystery beads are mixture of various sized glass beads and an 8mm Glass pearl. Each bead is capped with silver plated flower caps. . The center piece features Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal "ornate design". The crucifix is ornate- 5cm long, double sidedTruly beautiful
We make to order to your specific needs and requests. Our Specialty rosary's and chaplets are handmade in South Africa. We take care to ensure that these rosaries are UNIQUE in design. Therefore we only have one listed rosary under our special rosaries, and usually a limited edition of our Chaplet design. We also take pride in using good quality beads, chain, pins, center pieces and crucifix's.
The Maybirthstone,
emerald
, was one of Cleopatras favorite gems. It has long been associated with fertility, rebirth, and love. Ancient Romans went so far as to dedicate this stone to Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. Today, it is thought that emeralds signify wisdom, growth, andpatience.
The emerald has been a gem of fascination in many cultures for over six thousand years. It is so prized, that carat for carat, a fine emerald may be two to three times as valuable as a
diamond
. According to Indian mythology, the name emerald was first translated from Sanskrit as marakata, meaning the green of growing things. The name we know it as now is believed to come from an ancient Persian word, translated to Latin as smaragdus, and eventually over time, corrupted to emerald. Records show that the stone was known and sold in markets in Babylon as early as 4000 BC. It is a stone that was worshiped by the Incas and mentioned in
biblical information about the apocalypse
. The earliest reference to emeralds in Western literature come from
Aristotle
. He was a great fan of the gemstone and wrote that owning an emerald increases the owners importance in presence and speech during business, gives victory in trials, helps settle litigation, and comforts and soothes eyesight. He also stated An emerald hung from the neck or worn in a ring will prevent the falling sickness (epilepsy). We, therefore, commend noblemen that it be hanged about the necks of their children that they fall not into this complaint.
Many cultures throughout time have believed the emerald to be an enormously powerful stone in different ways. The Chaldeans believed the stone contained a goddess. And in the Islamic faith, an amulet of an emerald might be engraved with a verse from the
Koran
. The ancient Egyptians believed the emerald stood for fertility and rebirth. In Ancient Rome, Nero supposedly watched gladiator fights through a large transparent emerald as he found the color to be calming. In some legends of King Arthur, the
Holy Grail
is described as being fashioned from an emerald. In
China
, Thursday was the day for wearing green and emeralds for good luck. However, various countries in the East and West varied in opinion on which day the emerald would bring good luck. The Romans once considered light-colored Emeralds to be unripe, and believed that an Emerald becomes a darker shade of green as it matures.
There have been many beliefs that the emerald brings goodness into ones life. The Roman magician Damigeron stated in the second century BC that an emerald influences every kind of business, and if you remain chaste while you wear it, it adds substance to both the body and the speech. The second century Mahabha
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