October Birthstone Opal & Tourmaline Stone

Opal and Tourmaline are the two birthstones of October month. Both of these stones are known for their colors and beauty. October-born people are artistic by nature, they are pleasant people but sometimes suffer from confusion and indecisiveness. They try to find balance in their life, they are always optimistic, romantic, and have good intuition powers but sometimes they need guidance to make a decision or to clear their mind. The October birthstones can help them find their balance.

Both Opal and Tourmaline are gems with tremendous energies and metaphysical as well as healing properties. Opal stone is a stone of luck, love, creativity, and passion. Tourmaline, on the other hand, is a stone of soothing energies, good health, and protection from psychic attacks.

If you are born in October month of the year, wear your birthstone and increase your luck.

Original Opal gemstone and Tourmaline stone both have their distinct properties and so provide different benefits. Here are all the benefits of wearing October birthstones, that is advantages you will get by wearing an opal or tourmaline gemstone.

Opal Gemstone Benefits

Opal stone, commonly known as Dudhiya gem in India, is a stone that comes in many hues and is known for the play of colors that can be seen on its surface. The ruling planet of the Opal gemstone is Venus, which is a planet of pleasure, charm, and romance. The stone with the blessings of Venus, will bring you many positive energies, know all these benefits of opal stone here:-

• The Opal is known as the Queen of Gemstones because of its feminine energies and healing properties.
• The gem enhances creativity and imagination in its wearer. The positive energies of the stone bring its user fortune and good luck.
• Happiness, strength, passion, love, and balance, all will become a part of your life when you wear a natural Opal gem.
• Also, if you often remain unclear and have fogginess in your thoughts or are confused in your life, the stone will bring you mental clarity.
• The stone will also help you manifest your desires, specifically professionally and financially.

Tourmaline Gemstone Benefits

Tourmaline is a stone of mixed colors as it comes in various hues like green, pink, blue, etc. The stone looks clear and transparent, and the hues of the stone make it look beautiful. The gem is used highly all over the world to make jewelry and adornments. The metaphysical properties of the tourmaline stone which will benefit you are as follows:-

• The gem has so positive and calming vibes that it will regulate your hormones and aid in keeping your mood positive.
• The gem is known to increase your creative thinking as well as keep your feelings down to earth and grounded.
• Natural tourmaline gemstone powers will help you feel the essence of life and reduce your overthinking or remove all the negative thoughts from your mind.
• The stone will boost your feelings to care and accept yourself and others. It will help you on the path of spirituality, guiding you in the right direction.
• The stone will protect you from all types of negative energies. Whether it is black magic, evil eye, psychic attacks, or manipulation. The energies of the stone will create a protective shield around you to keep you safe from harm.

October birthstones are lucky gems, especially for those who are born in the October month. However, as per expert astrologers, it is essential that you make sure that any particular gem you are willing to wear is suitable for you to wear or not. Whether you can wear a stone or not depends on your birth chart and zodiac sign.

Who can wear an opal gemstone?

Expert astrologers suggest that an Opal is a stone of Venus or Shukr Grah and so people who have this planet positioned in a negative house should wear the gem to remove the negativity from their life.

Indeed, people who are born under the zodiac signs of Libra (Tula Rashi) and Taurus (Vrishabh Rashi) can wear a natural opal to attract the goodness of the stone in their lives.

Who can wear a tourmaline gemstone?

Tourmaline gemstone is suitable for the zodiac signs Aries, Cancer, Sagittarius, Pisces, and Scorpio, as per experts. But there is some conflict since the tourmaline comes in different hues and their ruling planets can be different. So, before you wear a tourmaline, it is advised that you consult an astrologer and find out which colored tourmaline you should be wearing according to your birth chart.

How to Wear October Birthstones?

To wear any gemstone, it is essential that you wear the stone with proper procedure so that the stones’ negative energies remove and the stone can bring positive energies to you. To do that you should purify your gemstone and then energize it.

To purify your gemstone, you should take the stone early morning one day, keep it in bowl and add the following ingredients one by one - Ghee, Honey, Sugar, Curd, Raw Cow Milk (Unboiled) and Tulsi leaves. Let the stone in the mixture for 15 to 30 minutes, then rinse it with Gangajal.

Now to wear the stone you should take your stone and energize it with mantras. You can ask an astrologer to do it for you or do it at your own at your home temple or praying area. Sit with your stone, and chant the mantra of that particular stone 108 times. Keep you devotion and faith in god and let the energies come to you. While you are reciting the mantra for the last time, wear your gem.

Points to keep in mind while wearing an October birthstone:-

• Wear the gem at an auspicious time. The best time to wear an October birthstone is the early morning hours of the day.
• The day you wear a gem should be the day linked with the ruling planet of the stone. Like, the day of Venus, which is the ruling planet of Opal is friday and so Friday is the best day to wear Opal.
• Wear the stone in such a way that it is always in contact with you. This way the stone will constantly bring its positiveness to you.
• If you are wearing october birthstone in the form of a ring, wear it in the correct finger. The Opal stone should be worn in the middle finger of the working hand while the tourmaline gemstone should be worn in the little finger of the working hand.
• Wear the stone is a suitable metal. Most astrologers recommend to wear october birthstones in silver, gold, or panchdhatu.

The October birthstones, both opal and tourmaline are beautiful and rare gemstones known for their metaphysical properties and astrological significance. The cost of the october birthstones therefore depends on a number of factors including the demand and supply chain of the market. Other factors that affect the price of october birthstones other than their importance are market aspects like cut, color, clarity, origin, weight and quality.

Some of the stone with the best quality that is finest cut, purest color and excellent clarity will always cost more.

Opal gem, the october birthstone, price ranges between Rs. 1,228.00 - Rs. 33,735.00, per ratti. The opal stone price per carat is around $15.96 - $438.56.

Tourmaline gemstone price per ratti in India starts from Rs. 3000 and go as high as lakhs of rupees. The price of tourmaline stone per carat is between $45 to $1500.