Birthstone Jewellery Gift Guide
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Birthstones are the gorgeous gemstones assigned to different months of the year. Some months have just one, and some have up to three! Birthstones make thoughtful birthday gifts.
January
January's birthstone is garnet! Occuring in several colours, garnet jewelry is a great way to give a thoughtful gift for a January birthday.
February
February's birthstone is amethyst! Occuring in shades of purple from pale lilac to dark purple, it's a beautiful choice for a February birthday gift.
March
March is the first month to get more than one birthstone. Aquamarine is a translucent pale blue mineral in the beryl family, while bloodstone, also known as heliotrope, is dark green and opaque, with red iron oxide flecks which resemble the colour of...
April
Diamonds might be a girl’s best friend, but especially for those born in April! As an affordable alternative, consider substituting clear quartz, or Herkimer diamonds.
May
Another mineral in the beryl family, emeralds are the birthstone for May. With their unique green colour, they’re an unforgettable gemstone.
June
The classic birthstone for June babies is pearl. Shimmery and versatile, everyone looks great in pearls. Alternatives include moonstone and alexandrite.
July
The heat of July brings us the fiery ruby. A mineral in the corundum family, rubies are prized gemstones for their brilliant red colour.
August
August babies get the cheerful apple-green peridot. The gem-quality version of olivine, peridot is light, bright green tending towards a warm slightly yellow cast. Alternate gemstones for August are spinel and sardonyx.
September
This month gets the wildly popular sapphire. Sapphire is another mineral in the corundum family. While it’s best known as a blue gemstone, it can occur in a variety of colours, save one - red.
October
October babies get to choose between two birthstones - opal and tourmaline. Both can occur in a variety of colours, giving October babies a lot of choice.
November
The two birthstones for November have more colour in common than some other months. Topaz occurs most commonly as colorless, pale blue, yellow, orange, brown, pink, and imperial (golden-orange with reddish overtones); those warm colours are also foun...
December
December babies are extra lucky! They get to choose between lustrous blue-green turquoise, glittering zircon, and beautiful blue-indigo tanzanite.