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- Title
Bioelectrographic Testing of Mineral Samples: A Comparison of Techniques.
- Authors
Vainshelboim, Alex; Momoh, Kenneth S.
- Abstract
This study was initiated to determine the suitability of differing techniques to record opticalproperties of gemstones under electromagnetic stimulation. Such properties are of interest due to the historicaluse of gemstones in folkloric remedies, specifically as agents for concentrating, focusing, or otherwise conductingenergy flows in the human body.The techniques researched produce a localized corona discharge around the tested material. The simplesttechnique, Tesla coil Kirlian photography (TCKP), uses a Tesla coil to introduce a strong electric current,and the circuit is completed by a glass electrode. The corona discharge is then photographed. The other techniqueused in the study is gas discharge visualization (GDV), which uses a pulsed current and a digital cameraintegral to the coil to produce digital images of the corona discharge.Gemstones were tested both whole and in powdered form. The sample gemstones were amethyst,aquamarine, garnet, golden citrine, pink tourmaline, and yellow topaz. Powdered gemstones were ground to aparticle size of 2–5 microns; whole gemstones were roundcut to a diameter of 5 mm.In our tests, TCKP showed divergent effects for differing types of gemstone. The most extreme effectswere exhibited by tourmaline, both in powdered and whole form. In addition, TCKP appeared to indicatediffering effects for gemstones of the identical type but mined from differing locations. The GDV techniqueshowed differing data among the gemstones for the measured parameters, indicating that a high relative intensitydid not correspond to the size of the corona discharge.While both techniques showed promise in distinguishing differences in corona discharge behaviorin gemstone samples, further work is necessary to determine the significance of differences in geographicalsources or between gemstones of similar crystalline structure. The techniques explored show promisein characterizing the properties of gem materials under electromagnetic stimulation.
- Subjects
MINERAL catalogs &; collections; VISUAL perception; ELECTROMAGNETIC interference; HUMAN body; TESLA coils; ELECTRIC transformers
- Publication
Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, 2005, Vol 11, Issue 2, p299
- ISSN
1075-5535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/acm.2005.11.299