- ནོར་བུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མེ་ཤེལ།
- མེ་ཤེལ།
- me shel
- nor bu rin po che me shel
- arkakānta
- sūryakānta
- Term
- magnifying glass
- མེ་ཤེལ།
- me shel
- arkakānta
- sūryakānta
- sunstone
- མེ་ཤེལ།
- me shel
- sūryakānta
In Sanskrit their name means “sunstone” and in Tibetan “fire crystal.” The Indian sunstones are orange to gold-colored gems that exhibit aventurescence in that they are filled with speckles that appear to emit light.
- sunstone gem
- ནོར་བུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མེ་ཤེལ།
- nor bu rin po che me shel
- sūryakānta
The sunstone is supposed to give out heat when exposed to the sun.