Aquamarine is March's BirthstoneWritten by Sam Serio
If you're still young enough to remember your birthday, you probably also remember special birthstone assigned to it. But at your age, we bet you don't really know SIGNIFICANCE of your birthstone and what power ancients felt would be bestowed about you by wearing it. March Birthstone: Aquamarine Birthstone Properties: Bestows courage, insight, and victory Alternative Birthstone: Bloodstone Aquamarine is traditional birthstones for March. It is also accepted anniversary gem for 19th year of marriage. Aquamarine is mined primarily in Brazil, Nigeria and Zambia. Water Baby Created by combining Latin words for water (aqua) and sea (mare), aquamarine does indeed resemble bottomless blue of seawater. Like Emerald, aquamarine is a variety of beryl (a mineral that crystallizes within large rocks on earth's crust). Aquamarine varies in color from blue-green to a light sky blue, and for generations, those stones containing green are often heat-treated to remove this less desirable color. Surprisingly, unlike other coveted gemstones, majority of aquamarines are flawless. As a gift, aquamarine is unsurpassed in its legendary abilities to preserve and enhance mutual love, to ensure truth in relationships and to maintain a good marriage When In Rome… Ancient Romans believed magnificent gemstone was sacred to Neptune, god of sea. Some legends say that it was gift from mermaids, while others suggest that Neptune retrieved it after it fell from jewel boxes of sirens and washed onto shore. Early sailors wore aquamarine talismans, engraved with likeness of Neptune, as protection against dangers at sea.
| | Kids Halloween Costumes! Make your pint-sized witches and goblins look their spookiest and cutest ever!Written by Maria Parise
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