Courage

To do the thing before you feel ready.

Thirteen pieces. Garnet does most of the work here — named after the pomegranate, carried by people travelling at night, the light you take with you rather than the one you leave behind. Star ruby is corundum with about one aluminium atom in a hundred swapped for chromium, and that single substitution is the whole difference between it and a sapphire. Alexandrite is green by daylight and red under a lamp: loyal in two lights. Green agate, African opal and amethyst fill out the rest.

Rings and zodiac necklaces, 925 sterling silver, made after you order.

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