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Gemstone purification involves the Pandit chanting the appropriate Vedic mantras for the planet associated with the gem, and a Havan. It is said that a gemstone is not effective until it has been properly purified.
Planetary influence purification involves the Pandit chanting the appropriate Vedic mantras for a planet, and a Havan.
Below is a chart with an example of a gemstone, its related planet, and the amount of mantras necessary to properly purify the gemstone or affect the planetary influence.
- Red Ruby – Sun – Pandit chants mantra 6,000 times
- Pearl – Moon – Pandit chants mantra 10,000 times
- Coral – Mars – Pandit chants mantra 7,000 times
- Emerald – Mercury – Pandit chants mantra 17,000 times
- Yellow Sapphire – Jupiter – Pandit chants mantra 16,000 times
- Diamond – Venus – Pandit chants mantra 20,000 times
- Blue Sapphire – Saturn – Pandit chants mantra 19,000 times
- Honey-Colored Hesonite – Rahu – Pandit chants mantra 18,000 times
- Cats Eye – Ketu – Pandit chants mantra 7,000 times