Navratna · Heera
Diamond
Venus in crystal form — light broken into fire, life, and scintillation.
- Graha
- Venus (Shukra)
- Colour
- Colourless to faint cape
- Hardness
- 10 Mohs
- Metal
- Platinum, white or yellow gold
- Finger
- Middle finger
- Day
- Friday
In the cabinet
We offer natural diamonds graded for cut, colour, clarity and carat, and we say so when a stone is lab-grown. For Vedic use, a white diamond of clean make is preferred over size. Polki and uncut diamonds are available for traditional kundan work.
In the tradition
Heera is Shukra’s stone: beauty, partnership, the arts. Friday is the classical day to first wear it.
Traditional benefits
- Harmony in love and in the making of beautiful things
- A traditional blessing on speech that persuades without force
- Pleasure that does not sour the next morning
Ask whether the stone is natural or grown. Venus is not a shortcut through a difficult marriage.
Explore all nine Navratna benefitsUsual origins. India (historical), Botswana, Russia, Canada, Australia
A note from the counter. Always ask whether a diamond is natural or laboratory-grown. Both have a place; they are not the same thing.
