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August’s Birthstone: Peridot, the Evening Emerald by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| August's birthstone is peridot, a yellow-green gemstone that glows like a firefly on a hot, lazy night. In color, peridot can range from olive to cat-eye green. And unlike cool emerald, with its pine-forest overtones, peridot calls to mind warmer climes. Reminiscent of lemon wedges, watermelon rinds... |
| Published: Saturday 02 August, 2008 |
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July’s Birthstone: Ruby Passions by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| July’s birthstone is ruby. Given that July is a month dedicated to Julius Caesar—a dictator who died in a pool of his own blood--the red gemstone seems somehow appropriate. But then, July has always been a month for red hot passions, whether murderous rages or ardent love affairs. In that respect,... |
| Published: Thursday 03 July, 2008 |
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June’s Birthstone: The Ethereal Pearl by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| Pearl is June’s birthstone, lending its ethereal beauty to the traditional month for weddings. Since ancient times, when the month was dedicated to the Roman Goddess of marriage, it has been considered good luck to take marriage vows beneath June’s sunny skies. Even today, one cannot imagine June wi... |
| Published: Sunday 01 June, 2008 |
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May’s Birthstone: Enduring Emerald by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| May’s birthstone is emerald, a green gemstone that heralds the lush landscape of spring. May is a month in which flowers blossom, grass unfolds, and everything seems new again. Emerald is a stone that capture’s all spring’s verdant splendor, ranging in color between a bluish jungle green to chartreu... |
| Published: Thursday 01 May, 2008 |
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April’s Birthstone: Diamond Showers and Spring Flowers by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| April showers bring May flowers, so what better birthstone than diamond to represent that glistening awakening? Like nourishing raindrops on a sunny day, clear diamonds cast dazzling rainbows whenever exposed to the sun. |
| Published: Tuesday 01 April, 2008 |
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March Birthstones: Aquamarine and Bloodstone by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| Aquamarine is March’s birthstone and its blue and green hues help usher in the springtime thaw. Greener aquamarine gemstones herald the arrival of Saint Patrick’s Day and springtime flowers... |
| Published: Saturday 01 March, 2008 |
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February’s Birthstone: The Romance of Amethyst by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| Amethyst is February's birthstone. Some might wonder whether amethyst’s rich violet hue is appropriate for a month associated with red roses and candy hearts. But as it happens, the legend of Saint Valentine says that he wore an amethyst ring carved in the shape of cupid. Amethyst beads, with their ... |
| Published: Friday 01 February, 2008 |
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January Birthstones - Garnet and Auld Lang Syn by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| January’s birthstone is garnet, a stone with an inner fire that defies even the coldest winter days. And the month of January is filled with those. January is named for Janus, the two faced Roman God of beginnings, endings, gates and doors. This is because January pays tribute to the year just past ... |
| Published: Tuesday 01 January, 2008 |
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December Birthstone - Turquoise and Blue Topaz by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| Turquoise is December's birthstone, blue as a winter sky or a Christmas forest.These cool turquoise shades have endeared December’s birthstone to cultures from antiquity to today. Even though this opaque gemstone brings to mind the native tribes of the American Southwest, historically, the largest s... |
| Published: Saturday 01 December, 2007 |
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November’s Citrine and Topaz - Sunny Disposition by Stephanie Dray |
Topic: Birthstone Articles |
| Topaz is one of the oldest and most revered ornamental gemstones in the world. The ancient Egyptians believed that the bright and beautiful stones were glowing drops of light cast to earth by the sun god Ra. |
| Published: Thursday 01 November, 2007 |
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