Gemstones for Anniversaries

Gemstone Correspondences for Wedding Anniversaries

Gifts have traditionally been given for wedding anniversaries since The Roman Empire. In 1922 Emily Post became the first person to publish a list of suggested anniversary gifts according to the year of the anniversary. At that time she posted suggestions for the first, fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth and fiftieth years of marriage. 

Birthstones for the Month of February

Birthstones-Month of February

The February-born shall find

Sincerity and peace of mind,

Freedom from passion and from care,

If they an amethyst will wear.

~ Tiffany & Co. published this poem and others for each month for the first time in a pamphlet in 1870.

February Birthstones in the raw. Pearl, hyacinth, amethyst, aquamarine, moonstone

Sun Signs: Aquarius-Amethyst     Pisces-Aquamarine

15th- 20th century-amethyst, hyacinth (zircon), pearl

U.S. (18th-19th century)-amethyst

U.S. (*modern)-amethyst

Britain (modern)-amethyst

Hindu-chandrakanta (moonstone)

February Birthstone jewelry. Pearl bead, hyacinth pendant, amethyst earrings, aquamarine pendant , moonstone ring

*The American, National Association of Jewelers met in Kansas and officially adopted a list which was and is used as the “modern” version of birthstones with very limited changes.

You may also like some other birthstone posts from this blog:

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