Turquoise – December’s Birthstone The December birthstone is Turquoise, a blue to green minerals which is moderately hard and typically shows no specific crystal structure.

In fact, tourmaline is not a single mineral, it is a group of minerals that have very different chemical compositions and colors. A tourmaline is a boron silicate mineral that occur within igneous and metamorphic rocks. The other birthstone is opal, which gets its name from the Greek word opallios.

Birth Months and their Birthstones

• January– Garnet.
• February– Amethyst.
• March– Aquamarine, Bloodstone.
• April– Diamond.
• May– Emerald.
• June– Pearl, Moonstone, Alexandrite.
• July– Ruby.
• August– Peridot, Spinel.

The March birthstone mineral is the blue gemstone form of beryl, which is called aquamarine. Beryl comes in other colors, such as green (emerald) and pink (morganite). There is a deeper cyan blue form of the mineral named maxixe, which contains both Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions.

Emeralds are rarer and often more expensive than diamonds When it comes to rare and expensive gemstones, most of us immediately think of diamonds, but, in fact, emeralds are more than 20 times rarer than diamonds and, therefore, often command a higher price.

The Panna stone should be worn by a Scorpio native only during a Mercury major period but that too after a trial period of three days. For the Sagittarius for whom Mercury is placed in the 1st, 7th, 9th, 10th, or 11th house can wear the Emerald gemstone.

Yes, ruby is harder than emerald. There is a scale, called the Mohs hardness scale. The strongest substance known to man is a diamond which is a 10 on the Mohs scale. Ruby is a 9 on the scale so that gives you an idea of strong rubies are.

Emerald History Often referred to as Seeker of Love, Revealer of Truth, or The Stone of Successful Love, emerald has a long and ancient history, revered in many cultures around the world for over six thousand years.

What can couples expect to pay for beautiful emerald engagement rings? The average price of a quality emerald carat is around $1,000 dollars. But larger carat gemstones or gemstones with an excellent degree of clarity can fetch prices as high as $5,000 to $20,000 dollars per carat.

Today, we use the phrase “green wedding rings” to mean environmentally friendly rings made of recycled metals and ethical diamonds. Often accredited to the Romans, the practice of wearing rings made of precious metals to commemorate marriage actually dates back to ancient Egypt.