What are the Birthstones for Each Month

Asking a person what their zodiac sign birthstone is usually generates an immediate reaction. How is it that nearly everyone knows the answer? It is because people enjoy the mystic qualities attached to birthstones, and believe that wearing birth stone jewelry, such as birthstone rings, will protect them and bring them good luck. Starting back in the period of  the Assyrians in 1400 BC, people have attached magical properties to exquisite and rare gemstones and held the belief that minerals contained forces or possessed particular values and powers.

Custom designates a gemstone to each sign of the zodiac birthstone chart based on a color system. Color was believed to let loose the power assigned to the stone. As time progressed, the birthstone became related with calendar months rather than the zodiac. Eventually, folks started to choose birthstones in colors other than the original.

The birthstone chart, which is the one normally employed today, was adopted by the American National Association of Jewelers back in 1912.

The Garnet is the accepted birth stone for the calendar month of January. It is also the accepted anniversary gem for the 2nd year of marriage.

If you have reached the sixth year of marriage, then your anniversary gemstone would be the Amethyst, which is also the February birthstone.

Aquamarine is the traditional birth stone for March while also being the accredited anniversary gem for the 19th year of marriage.

If you were born in the month of April, the diamond is the birthstone for you. In addition to being the most popular gemstone for engagement rings, the diamond additionally signifies the tenth and 60th years of wedded bliss.

If you have made it to twenty years of wedlock or possibly thirty-five years, your particular anniversary gem is the emerald, which is in addition your birthstone if you were born during May.

The Pearl is the birth stone for the calendar month of June. It is also the anniversary gemstone for the 3rd and thirtieth years of matrimony.

The fifteenth and 40th marriage anniversaries are signified with the ruby gemstone, that is also the traditional July birthstone.

The August birthstone is the peridot which is additionally the gem approved for sixteen years of wedded bliss

The anniversary gem for five and forty-five years or matrimony is the sapphire which also happens to be the September birthstone.

The Opal is the October birth stone, in addition to being the approved anniversary gemstone for the fourteenth year of wedlock.

The Topaz is the November birthstone. Blue topaz is the anniversary gemstone for the fourth year and the imperial topaz is for the twenty-third year of matrimony.

The Turquoise is the December birthstone and is the accredited anniversary stone for the 11th year of wedlock.

The legends and myths surrounding birthstones have been around for centuries. They were determined per the birth zodiac and in recent times, are designated according to a birthstone chart. An individuals birthstone was reckoned to hold mysterious properties that would assist and protect them. Even today, many folks still enjoy the myths and stories behind jewelry birthstones.