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Planets and their Gem Stones

In Astrological works, the nine planets have been assigned nine different gemstones. According to the classical famous astrological work 'Jatak Parijat' we can divide the planets and their stones as follows:

Planet	Gem Stone
Sun (Surya)	Ruby (Manik)..
Moon (Chandra)	White Pearl (Moti)..
Mars (Mangal)	Red Coral (Moonga)..
Mercury (Budha)	Emerald (Panna)..
Jupiter (Guru)	Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj)..
Venus (Shukra)	Diamond (Heera)..
Saturn (Shani)	Blue Sapphire (Neelam)..
Rahu	Gomedha..
Ketu	Cat's Eye (Lahusunia)..

Telugu to English translation of Gem Stones

Kempu(Maanikyam) - Ruby

Pacha(Marakatham) - Emerald

Pushyaragam - Yellow Sapphire

Gomedhikam – (Yellow)Zircon

Neelam(Indraneelam) - Blue Sapphire

Vajram - Diamond

Vaiduryam – cymophane/chrysoberyl (Cat's eye)

Muthyam - Pearl

Pagadam – Red Coral

ref:

http://kamalkapoor.com/gemstones/gems_planet.asp