Part of The Fossil Cartel’s Metaphysical Monday series, starting at 0:55 in this video, Susan discusses the healing properties of July’s birthstone, ruby. At 5:45 she displays the many varieties of ruby to be found in The Fossil Cartel, and how you may use them to take advantage of their healing properties. Includes rough ruby crystals, tumbled ruby and carved ruby shapes, as well as ruby jewelry.

Ruby is the red variety of corundum (aluminum oxide) ranging from deep to pale red, at times with a purple tinge. Ruby with minute needle-like inclusions of rutile is called star ruby, showing a six-rayed star when cut in cabochons.. Sri Lanka has mined rubies since the 8^th century BCE. Other ruby localities include India, Myanmar, Thailand, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Carolina and Montana.  Ruby’s stimulation of the root (1^st) chakra adds vital life force to efforts at change, keeping one free from vulnerability to indecision and pessimism.