Monthly Birthstone Color Guide-Purple garnets and brown sapphires? YES!

Birthstones come in a variety of shapes and sizes and even colors! This great infographic shows the range of colors, including the lesser known ones.

The Folkloric Meanings of Monthly Birthstones

Traditional Meanings of the Best Known Birthstones Associated With Each Month

January – Garnet signifies everlasting friendship and trust.

Birthstone Posts by *DHD

Here are all the birthstone blogs that I have listed for the entire year. Now that I have come full circle I thought it was time to put them all in one place for ease of use. I hope you find this helpful.

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Birthstones by day of the Week

September Birthstones

Birthstones-Month of September

A maiden born when September leaves

 Are rustling in September's breeze,

 A sapphire on her brow should bind

 `Twill cure diseases of the mind…

From left to right:
Lapis Lazuli faceted oval, faceted Peridot oval, faceted round blue Zircon

~ Tiffany & Co. published this poem and others for each month for the first time in a pamphlet in 1870. The author or authors are unknown.

Sun Signs of  Virgo (Carnelian) and Libra (Chrysolite, Peridot)

15th- 20th century-chrysolite         

U.S. (18^th-19^th century)-sapphire    

U.S. (*modern)-sapphire    

Britain (modern)-sapphire, lapis lazuli            

Hindu-zircon

From left to right:
raw sapphire, pear cut sapphire, star sapphire, gem quality raw sapphire with "window" cut

*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:

January  February   March   April   May   June
July   August   September   October   November   December