As semi-precious stones

During the many years, many people consider themselves semi-precious stones, among many other gems, which exude a beautiful exquisiteness and even a little "magical powers. As a matter of fact, some believe that these stones carry mystical powers that can be transmitted from the stones to the user.

For example, a blue sapphire could give the user the ability to remain calm under pressure. Another is a red ruby ​​could bring passionthe user. Over the years, people have begun to assign specific gemstones zodiac signs and later, during the months in a year. People born in a particular month is believed to have qualities that resemble the gemstone of the month or "mascot" which has been linked to that month.

And then later, there was a sort of confusion about which birthstones were associated with actually months. Even today, there are months that havedifferent birthstones in recent years have competed for public acceptance.

In the United States, however, the American National Association of Jewelers has a list of the official birthstones for each month that were adopted in 1912. January, garnet was in February, amethyst, for March, Aquamarine, for April, Diamond, for May, Esmeralda, in June, Pearl, in July, Ruby, for August, peridot, September sapphire, for October, Opal, Topaz for November, yellow;and December, blue topaz.

Besides these modern birthstones, there have been many other applications such as birthstones birthstones birthstones mystic in the traditional Ayurvedic and birthstones.