As noted in the first blog of the stones, the meaning of the stones used to create The New City holds within them a mystery of Revelation which was discovered while crushing the stones.  This mystery will change history and religion as we current understand them related to Revelation, it is history in the making!  Please note that in ancient times stones were classified differently than today and were not a separated family with different names as we see today. 

Oddly enough, when I started working with the stones, they were taken at their face value and what I knew the stones to be.  For instance, I had no clue that a red sapphire was actually a ruby or that an emerald can be red.  Since that time, I have learned very much about these gems but still feel I have a lot more to learn.  Even published information about some of these stones is wrong. 

 Research is ongoing about the stones, their dates of origin, name origins, when and/or if they became classified as separates from their original families due to color or other contributing factors.  Sapphire is a stone which has many separations as you will see in the Jacinth blog.  Once all blogs have been written it will become clear that the current classifications are what ultimately changed the meaning. 

 Sapphire is corundum and is now (in modern times) the non-red variety of corundum, the second hardest natural mineral known to mankind.  I have not been able to distinguish when in time the color separation of corundum occurred other than the given name was used in the 19^th century, and when the red sapphire became classified differently from the corundum family.  The red variety of corundum is Ruby – all other colors became called sapphire, even pink. 

Corundum in all colors is known as sapphire except the medium to dark red tones which in modern times characterize ruby.  Sapphire is commonly known as blue yet colors which make up this family of mineral, when applied correctly include yellow, brown, green, black, purple, orange, pink, colorless, and ranges within those colors.  Although this blog is about Sapphire or Ruby, it is worth mentioning the stone Jacinth was Hyacinth in ancient times, which is Sapphire. 

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 A one carat ruby can range in price, according to color, size, clarity and cut to over $10,000.00.  The quality makes the difference and the bigger the stone, the more it is worth.  For example, in 2008 in Geneva through Christie’s (auction sale) a ring “The Graff Ruby sold for $3,647,480.00 which per carat was $425,000.000.  Rubies are often times worth per carat, more than diamonds…Amazing!   

 The Revelation Painting requires gemstones to be crushed into shards including rough and faceted where appraisals were not obtained beforehand.  I do not know if the rough gems I crushed where in fact worth $425,000.00 per carat or not.  It sounds ludicrous but the message of the painting in my eyes is worth far more than a monetary value.  A simple personal philosophy is that I cannot take this painting when I leave the earth, but I can take the impact it made upon the world! 

Click the rough rubies to connect to a site where scientist have created filtered drinking straws;  A new straw that purifies water as it is drunk, is hoped to be part of a solution to water-borne disease killing thousands in developing countries.  It is priced at around $3.50 (£1.85) a straw. Each one will last for around 700 litres, around six months to a year. 

Forgery and thievery is nearly expected when it comes to gemstones due to their incredible value at such small size.   Some faceted stones from Thailand and other Asian countries have been known to be lead glass filled which is considered “enhanced or treated”.  Even a trained and veteran gemologists cannot tell the difference and requires a high-powered microscope. 

Although still ruby, flawed, it is a process where the natural feathering or flaws within the stone is lead glass filled which eliminates the flaw and adds weight to the stone.  Sellers are supposed to disclose this process but do not readily do so.  The stone after time returns to its flawed state.  In the painting, although thousands of dollars worth of rubies were used, some were “enhanced”. 

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The spiritual meaning of ruby includes wisdom related to spiritual matters, confidence, helps to focus concentration, offer contentment and peace, and is commonly known as the stone of life and energy.  (As in the Jasper blog, please remember-LIFE and ENERGY as it relates to the uncovered mystery of the stones in the foundation of The New City).  The ruby is considered the most powerful gem in the universe!  The gift of ruby symbolizes friendship and love. 

Rubies are found in many parts of the world and have been mined for centuries.  Burma is the main source for the finest rubies but in recent years very few quality rubies have been found.  The finest ruby color is known or described as “pigeon’s blood”.  Other areas where rubies are mined include:  Kenya, Greenland, Tanzania, Vietnam, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, United States, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as well as other locations. 

 The name ruby was derived from the Latin word ruber which means simply “red”. 

BURMA

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Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948. Gen. NE WIN dominated the government from 1962 to 1988, first as military ruler, then as self-appointed president, and later as political kingpin. 

Despite multiparty legislative elections in 1990 that resulted in the main opposition party – the National League for Democracy (NLD) – winning a landslide victory, the ruling junta refused to hand over power. NLD leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG SAN SUU KYI, who was under house arrest from 1989 to 1995 and 2000 to 2002, was imprisoned in May 2003 and is currently under house arrest. 

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

In December 2004, the junta announced it was extending her detention for at least an additional year. Her supporters, as well as all those who promote democracy and improved human rights, are routinely harassed or jailed.  One would imagine in a land which supplies the affluent and elite with their jewels that this country would be one of the “richest” in the entire world! 

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Burma is a resource-rich country that suffers from government controls, inefficient economic policies, and abject rural poverty. The junta took steps in the early 1990s to liberalize the economy after decades of failure under the “Burmese Way to Socialism”, but those efforts have since stalled and some of the liberalization measures have been rescinded. 

Burma has been unable to achieve monetary or fiscal stability, resulting in an economy that suffers from serious macroeconomic imbalances – including inflation and multiple official exchange rates that overvalue the Burmese kyat. In addition, most overseas development assistance ceased after the junta began to suppress the democracy movement in 1988 and subsequently ignored the results of the 1990 legislative elections. 

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Economic sanctions against Burma by the United States – including a ban on imports of Burmese products and a ban on provision of financial services by US persons in response to the government of Burma’s attack in May 2003 on AUNG SAN SUU KYI and her convoy – further slowed the inflow of foreign exchange. Official statistics are inaccurate. 

Published statistics on foreign trade are greatly understated because of the size of the black market and unofficial border trade – often estimated to be one to two times the size of the official economy. Though the Burmese government has good economic relations with its neighbors, a better investment climate and an improved political situation are needed to promote foreign investment, exports, and tourism. 

In February 2003, a major banking crisis hit the country’s 20 private banks, shutting them down and disrupting the economy. As of January 2004, the largest private banks remained moribund, leaving the private sector with little formal access to credit.  Within the beauty of the ruby, one might imagine that the sparkle trapped inside comes from tears of the people of Burma. 

If this is shocking and you did not know this is where your precious rubies and sapphires came from, I am sorry.  But now you do know and all I can do is ask you to think before you buy another and for the one(s) you have, when you look deep into the beauty of it, think of it as a crystal ball and see the image below.  It is not as beautiful as you think. 

Consider this:  Sell your stones and help the people of Burma rebuild their lives!  Afterall, it is just a pretty rock that cost a life.  It is not what you have when you leave this earth, it is about what you leave behind.

 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/un-help-burma-now 

www.FoundationBurma.org , www.WorldVision.org/Myanmar 

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