Mysterious and Cursed Gemstones

[iheartscience]

I came across this article and thought of PS immediately! Apparently my fear of "divorce diamonds" isn't totally off base!

Opening paragraph: "Diamonds and rubies and sapphires, oh my! Precious stones hold more than glitz and fame. They also hold mystery and intrigue. For instance, famous some are infamous for the misfortune they're believed to attract to their owners."

http://www.livescience.com/18407-mysterious-cursed-gems-diamonds.html

 

[Pandora II]

If anyone now feels the need to dispose of their gems, I will willingly risk all curses... send them over!

 

[TravelingGal]

That was a fun read T2, thanks! The history on some of this stuff is fascinating, and I just imagine the intrigue and conspiring that went on when a lot of these were found!

 

[iheartscience]

If anyone now feels the need to dispose of their gems, I will willingly risk all curses... send them over!

 

[iheartscience]

That was a fun read T2, thanks! The history on some of this stuff is fascinating, and I just imagine the intrigue and conspiring that went on when a lot of these were found!

Right?! I thought it was a really fun article! (Although apparently you, me and Pandora are the only ones who think it's fascinating, though! )

 

[wakingdreams53]

Haven't read it just yet, but had to preemptively post!
I definitely believe in cursed gems and jewelry. Energetically, diamonds are near impossible to cleanse from their previous owner. They also have the power to protect their owner, but subsequently they take on their owners energy to do so. Pretty awesome stones (it's just more marketable to just say they're sparkly )

My grandmother bought pieces from an estate sale of a woman who died at the age of 52. My grandma wore the pieces very frequently. Guess who unfortunately passed away at age 52?

So now that we have those pieces, everyone has been forbid from wearing them. Which sucks, but how could we rightfully sell them knowing what power they may hold?

 

[maplefemme]

Haven't read it just yet, but had to preemptively post!
I definitely believe in cursed gems and jewelry. Energetically, diamonds are near impossible to cleanse from their previous owner. They also have the power to protect their owner, but subsequently they take on their owners energy to do so. Pretty awesome stones (it's just more marketable to just say they're sparkly )

My grandmother bought pieces from an estate sale of a woman who died at the age of 52. My grandma wore the pieces very frequently. Guess who unfortunately passed away at age 52?

So now that we have those pieces, everyone has been forbid from wearing them. Which sucks, but how could we rightfully sell them knowing what power they may hold?

Let me ease your burden, I'm willing to take the chance

 

[TristanC]

I do not believe that anything is or can be cursed. And anybody in the possession of cursed gems should NEVER feel like they have to go through life with that responsibility.

Please create a for sale post in DB, and I will drop them a PM.

 

[TravelingGal]

That was a fun read T2, thanks! The history on some of this stuff is fascinating, and I just imagine the intrigue and conspiring that went on when a lot of these were found!

Right?! I thought it was a really fun article! (Although apparently you, me and Pandora are the only ones who think it's fascinating, though! )

Well things HAVE been a lot slower around here lately - but yeah, I appreciated your effort in posting it.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Very interesting! I find superstitious lore very intriguing. But do I believe it? No way.

It is very easy to find patterns and assign blame for unfortunate events to things, specially when there are a few centuries of history attached. Often, there are many decade between unfortunate events associated to the gems, where nothing bad and, perhaps, many good things happened that we just don't hear about.

And blaming a poor pearl for one of Elisabeth Taylor's divorce is just unfair I will take any cursed gems and give them a loving, happy home. Perhaps that will break the curse.

A question for those with "bad luck" stones. If you do sell them on DiamondBistro as suggested, would you feel it is your duty to warn the new owner of a curse? Would you discount the stone for it?

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Yep, I concur with the advice to sell all the cursed stones as soon as possible at a deep discount!

 

[marcy]

I enjoyed the pictures and stories.

 

[Amys Bling]

that is crazy. I dont take much stock in things "being cursed"- so hand them over ladies

 

[yssie]

I loved the stories, thanks for posting that Thing!


I don't believe anything can be cursed either - I definitely believe in Karma though (in the what goes around eventually comes around sense). Would be awfully convenient to be able to embed a little bit of that in a stone and carry it around (or toss it )

 

[Black Jade]

http://www.classicreader.com/book/2742/9/

I think this story explains the only real curse on jewels.
Human greed.
If you read a little more about Evelyn Walsh, who last owned the Hope diamond before Harry Winston, she was going to have a miserable life even if she never saw that jewel.
I also think Taylor was married a few times before La Peregrina was bought for her?
That was a nice article, though--beautiful photos of the stones.

 

[Pandora II]

Great books for people interested in this stuff:

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones by Georg Frederick Kunz (he was chief gemstone buyer at Tiffany)

The French Blue by Richard W Wise. Richard hangs out on CS from time to time and this is his first historical novel based on the French traveller, explorer and gem-dealer Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. It's a great read both for those keen on gems and those keen on historical novels. Really, really recommend it. It would also make a fantastic film.

There's another book out recently - The Tavernier Chronicles. It's a fun book, but not historically accurate (or even gemmologically at times) but still a good easy read.

 

[Lottie]

Great books for people interested in this stuff:

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones by Georg Frederick Kunz (he was chief gemstone buyer at Tiffany)

The French Blue by Richard W Wise. Richard hangs out on CS from time to time and this is his first historical novel based on the French traveller, explorer and gem-dealer Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. It's a great read both for those keen on gems and those keen on historical novels. Really, really recommend it. It would also make a fantastic film.

There's another book out recently - The Tavernier Chronicles. It's a fun book, but not historically accurate (or even gemmologically at times) but still a good easy read.

Thanks for this, have just ordered The Curious Lore of Precious Stones from Amazon, one for me and one for my mother who will absolutely love it.