Japanese Red Coral (Laal Moonga)

What is Japanese Red Coral Stone?

The Japanese Laal Moonga has the finest quality of uniform and intense red colour due to the carotenoid’s incorporation and proteins with distinct origins. The types of Japanese Red corals are as follows:

1. Sango coral (Corallium rubrum): These Red Corals have a pinkish-red color due to calcium carbonate with traces of magnesium carbonate. The deep waters of the Pacific coasts like Okinawa and Taiwan in Japan have these Red Corals.
2. Aka coral (Corallium japonicum): They are from the waters of the Ryukyu Islands and Okinawa, Japan. They consist of calcium carbonate with slight organic matter and survive in shallow and rocky areas with strong currents.
3. Sarasa coral (Corallium elatius): Originating from the waters of the Ryukyu Islands and the Ogasawara Islands of Southern Japan, these red corals mainly contain calcium carbonate.
4. Nikko coral (Corallium konojoi): They occur in the Pacific waters from Okinawa, Japan, and have a reddish-white or pinkish-red color.

Japanese Red Corals serve the hearts of jewellery enthusiasts for their charismatic appearance. Pramogh also presents an enthralling collection of gemstones at affordable prices.

Benefits of Japanese Red Coral Stone:

• It protects you against malefic energies of harm, danger, accidents, financial losses, and severe illness during the planetary period of Mars (Mars Mahadasha)
• It strengthens determination, passion, desire, focus, concentration, and dedication in studies, work, and business.
• In Vedic astrology, the Red Coral is a ‘Bhoomi Karaka’ stone that rules land and property. This gemstone benefits professionals in real estate, interior design, asset management, and mining.
• It diminishes pain in inflammatory conditions like arthritis, rheumatism, and bronchitis. 
• It boosts WBC production and heart pumping. It heals osteoporosis, depression, anxiety, anger issues, mental stress, etc.
• It heals emotional trauma due to the loss of loved ones, accidents, or failures.
• It helps professionals in sports, politics, business, entrepreneurship, etc., for paramount success, dedication, innovation, and growth.
• It enhances wealth accumulation, financial abundance, new income opportunities, and business growth.
• It helps Mangliks (people having Mars Mahadasha) to meet the right life partner.
• It escalates love, companionship, stability, intimacy, and harmony in married couples,
• It expands our spiritual consciousness to the higher vibrations for awareness, enlightenment, and guidance.

Who Should Wear Japanese Red Coral Stone ?

According to Vedic astrology, people born under Aries and Scorpio zodiac signs can wear Japanese moonga. Western astrology recommends this gemstone for people born under Leo, Pisces, Sagittarius, and Cancer zodiac signs.

How to Wear Japanese Red Coral Stone?

Ideal Metal

Gold is the ideal metal to set your red coral ring or pendant. Metals like silver, panchdhatu and copper may also be considered after asking your astrologer

Finger Placement

Wear your coral stone ring on the ring finger of your working hand

Stone Weight

It varies for each individual according to their body weight

Best Day

Tuesday, during the waxing moon phase (shukla paksha)

Ideal Timing

Early morning (5-7 AM), preferably just around sunrise (brahm muhurat)

Mantras for energization 

Chant the Mantra ‘Om Ang Angarkay Namah’, (ॐ अं अंगारकाय नमः) 108 times

Factors Affecting Japanese Red Coral Price & Quality

The Japanese Red Coral stone price depends on its quality. Always compare these parameters when you buy the Japanese Red Coral online or in-store:

1. Colour:  The price of Japanese Red Coral with an intense, uniform, and bright red color is more than a pale-colored one.
2. Clarity: A Japanese Red Coral with a spotless, flawless, and smooth texture is more valuable than coral with flaws.
3. Shape: Round cabochons of Japanese Red Moonga are more expensive than capsule-shaped cabochons due to their appealing aesthetics, rarity, and high demand.
4. Treatments: A natural, untreated Japanese Red Coral with excellent color and clarity is more expensive than a synthetic lab-produced one.
5. Origin:  Red Coral gemstones from the Ryukyu Islands of Japan are the most expensive due to their high quality, sustainability, and high demand.
6. Gemstone Certification’s Importance: You should buy a Japanese Red Coral from a trusted gemstone dealer with a reputed lab certificate like GIA, IDT, IGS, etc., to ensure its authentication. Do not buy duplicate Japanese Red Coral gemstones made with low-quality materials like wood, polymer, etc.

Pramogh only sells high-quality, bright red, IDT lab-certified Japanese Red Coral at budget-friendly prices.

Japanese Red Coral Price in India

An original Japanese Moonga price in India typically starts at around ₹6000 per carat and can go as high as ₹15000 per carat or even more, depending on the overall quality of the stone.

Care & Cleaning Tips for Japanese Red Coral Stones:

Japanese red corals are brittle due to lower hardness as they form from organic coral shells. Let’s learn some cleaning tips to follow after you buy the Japanese Red Corals online or in-store:

• Wipe your Japanese Red Moonga with a soft-wet cloth. 
• Pat dry it with a lint-free cloth to retain its luster.
• Gently clean the dirt in the grime of the carved Red Coral stone with a soft toothbrush.
• Do not dip it in harsh chemicals, ultrasonic cleaners, and abrasives to avoid damage.
• Store it in a velvety-lined box away from hard gemstones.

 Japanese Red Coral-Moonga stone Jewellery:

Japanese Red Coral are known for their cultural reverence for prosperity, growth, longevity, and vitality in Japan. In Nigeria, the lady of royal lineage wears a necklace called ‘Coral Highness’ that combines Japanese Red Coral cabochon beads. The Japanese artisans carve idols like lord Ganesha, Buddha, etc., along with maintaining the natural beauty of this gemstone. Japanese people traditionally pass the Red Moonga ornaments as heirloom pieces to the next generations. Its mesmerizing appeal in rings, bracelets, and pendants makes it a coveted gemstone for jewellery! This alluring gemstone ring or pendant is a 35th wedding anniversary gift to cherish the love, commitment, and fiery passion in marriage.