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Birthstones.
We have included the most commonly accepted birthstones for each month of the year.
January - Garnet
Symbolizes constancy, faith, loyalty, and strength; believed to endow its wearer with cheerfulness and sincerity
February - Amethyst
Symbolizes deep love, happiness, humility, sincerity and wealth
March - Aquamarine
Believed to ensure continual happiness and constancy in love; symbolizes health, hope and youth
or Bloodstone
Believed to endow courage, wisdom, and vitality; symbolizes audaciousness, brilliance, courage, generosity and health
April - Diamond
Symbolizes brilliance, constancy, excellence, innocence, invulnerable faith, joy, life, love, and purity
May - Emerald
Symbolizes spring, rebirth, hope, peace, and tranquility; believed to endow its wearer with an accommodating and pleasing disposition
June - Moonstone
Symbolizes pensiveness and intelligence; believed to bring its wearer good luck
or Pearl
Symbolizes beauty, faithfulness, humility, innocence, integrity, modesty, purity, refinement, wisdom, and wealth
July - Carnelian
Symbolizes courage, joy, friendship, and peace; believed to disperse evil thought and sorrow
or Ruby
Symbolizes beauty, charity, daintiness, dignity, happiness, love, and passion; believed to have the ability to dispel discord and sadness, to preserve its wearer from false friendships and to warn of imminent danger
August - Peridot
Symbolizes happiness; believed to discourage betrayal and to encourage friendship and marriage
or Sardonyx
Symbolizes divine love, marital happiness, vivacity, and power; believed to endow those born under its influence with honesty and mercy
September - Sapphire
Symbolizes calmness, constancy, contemplation, hope, innocence, purity, truth, and virtue; believed to bring its wearer comfort, courage, and strength, while pacifying anger, protecting from danger, and fostering constancy in love
October - Opal
Symbolic of confidence, happiness, hope, innocence, prayer, and tender love; believed to endow its wearer with pure thoughts and increased faithfulness
or Tourmaline
Symbolizes courage, generosity, and thoughtfulness; believed to bring its wearer happiness and prosperity
November - Topaz
Symbolizes divine goodness, eager love, fidelity, friendship, gentleness, and integrity; believed to bring its wearer recognition; wealth, and protection from evil
December - Lapis Lazuli
Symbolizes ability, cheerfulness, nobility, and truth; believed to bring its wearer happiness, love, and prosperity
or Turquoise
Symbolizes earth, happiness, good health, hope, prosperity, and success; considered to be a pledge of friendship when given as a gift
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