Emerald is May's Birthstone

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May's birthstone seems perfectly suited torepparttar rites of Spring, matchingrepparttar 147868 colors ofrepparttar 147869 season with its own bottomless green. In fact,repparttar 147870 Egyptians engraved emeralds with symbols for Spring foliage to represent eternal youth, and then buriedrepparttar 147871 jewels with their dead. Elsewhere inrepparttar 147872 ancient world,repparttar 147873 Romans associated emeralds with fertility andrepparttar 147874 rebirth brought about each Spring. Nero, it's said, watchedrepparttar 147875 gladiators through emerald glasses The Incas worshiped emeralds…as long as they could. Inrepparttar 147876 1500's, they were invaded by Spanish Conquistadors who stole their gemstones and pillaged their mines. As a result, many ofrepparttar 147877 world's most magnificent emeralds were lost atrepparttar 147878 bottom ofrepparttar 147879 sea inside shipwrecked Spanish galleons. It's Not Easy Being Green The word "emerald" is a variation ofrepparttar 147880 Greek word "smaragdos," which means "green stone"…perfectly appropriate for a gemstone that is, in fact,repparttar 147881 green variety ofrepparttar 147882 mineral beryl. Emeralds range from strong bluish-green to green hues, although some emeralds have a slightly yellowish green. Ifrepparttar 147883 hue is too yellow…or too blue…it loses its "emerald" status and is simply a different variety of beryl. Colombian emeralds are generally agreed to be amongrepparttar 147884 most beautiful gemstones inrepparttar 147885 world, with a grass-green coloring highlighted by a touch of blue.

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Diamond is April's Birthstone

Written by Sam Serio


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Of Kings and Queens, Archdukes and Duchesses Legend has it that Cupid’s arrows were tipped in diamonds and overrepparttar centuries, this magnificent gemstone has acquired a well-deserved reputation asrepparttar 147867 ultimate gift of love. In less democratic times, diamonds were reserved for royalty…the only people "entitled" to their symbolism of strength, courage and invincibility. But in 1477, Archduke Maximillian of Austria gave a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy and before longrepparttar 147868 tradition of diamond engagement rings was one embraced by evenrepparttar 147869 most humble brides-to-be and their suitors. The diamond's white hue signifies life, joy and innocence. But diamonds may be nearly any color inrepparttar 147870 rainbow plus a wide range of browns, grays, and white. Shades of yellow are most common, followed by colorless. Blue, black, reddish, and greenish are more valuable (some extremely so). P.S. I Love You It's interesting to note that a woman wears her diamond onrepparttar 147871 third finger of her left hand because early Egyptians believedrepparttar 147872 vena amoris (vein of love) ran directly fromrepparttar 147873 heart torepparttar 147874 top ofrepparttar 147875 third finger, left hand A gift of a Diamond is symbolic of everlasting love. There is no more convincing a promise of an enduring relationship thanrepparttar 147876 brilliant gemstone that has endured in people's hearts throughoutrepparttar 147877 history.

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