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Written by HeBe
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Choosing jewellery with a birthstone can make a great present for someone you love. Birthstones have been used for centuries to mark the special event of birth. Gemstones have very significant properties and can be worn to compliment your personality. Working out your birthstone is simple. Each month is represented by a gemstone. The birthstone chart below will help you find your birthstone and tell you about the qualities it can bring to your life.
 | January: Birthstone Garnet
Quality: Constancy
Noah reputedly hung up a garnet in the Ark for light. A garnet guides the wearer at night and protects against nightmares.
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| February: Birthstone Amethyst
Quality: Sincerity
Reputed to prevent intoxication. It is also thought to keep husbands faifthful!
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| March: Birthstone Aquamarine
Quality: Hope
Aquamarine soothes, calms and brings peace. Wearing aquamarine earrings brings love and affection. Said to protect those at sea.
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| April: Birthstone Diamond
Quality: Innocence
The name diamond comes from the Greek word adamas meaning unconquerable. The stone has become a symbol of eternal love.
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| May: Birthstone Emerald
Quality: Success in love
Emeralds, the stone of Venus, represent love. They also act as a cure for all types of illness and as a powerful stimulant to the brain and memory.
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| June: Birthstone Pearl
Quality: Modesty
As pearls also represent purity and chastity and ward off irritability, they have come to symbolise a happy marriage.
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| July: Birthstone Ruby
Quality: Lasting love
Rubies fight off posion, perserve against disease, banish grief and protect from evil thoughts.
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| August: Birthstone Peridot
Quality: Cleansing
The sparkling yellow green peridot wards off depression and jealousy. A peridot set in gold protects the wearer from nightmares.
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| September: Birthstone Sapphire
Quality: Truth
The gleam of a sapphire denotes the purity of its owner. It refuses to shine for the impure heart.
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| October: Birthstone Opal
Quality: Hope
Aboriginals believe the creator came down on a rainbow and when his feet touched the earth, opals were created. The represent hope, innocence and purity.
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| November: Birthstone Topaz
Quality: Loyalty
These yellow, white or blue gems bring light to life, relieve stress and protect against danger. They are thought to change colour in the presence of treachery.
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| December: Birthstone Turquoise
Quality: Prosperity
American Indians believed turquoise brought spoils to the warrior, animals to the hunter and happiness and good fortune to all. |
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