Image courtesy of Flickr   Gems are usually seen as aspects of beautiful pieces of ornamental jewelry that adorn lucky men and women. Gems are pleasing to the eye and have thus been worn by a countless number of people over the years, but also have other uses not so commonly attributed. Gems and some other precious elements have also been used for thousands of years as healing stones to treat several types of physical and mental ailments. Those who take advantage of gems in this way believe that the energy that was necessary to craft the stone out of the Earth’s natural elements is embodied in the gem. Some…