Superstition states that wearing your birthstone will bring a person good luck and ward off illnesses bad karma and other negative energies. For instance, in the past, wearing a different birthstone other than the one designated to your birth month was believed to bring the wearer bad luck.

What is the ugliest birthstone?

• Emerald (May) The lush abundance of spring is mirrored in May’s birthstone, the emerald, with its deep green hue, making it the best birthstone of them all.
• Amethyst (February)
• Aquamarine (March)
• Garnet (January)
• Sapphire (September)
• Ruby (July)
• Opal & Tourmaline (October)

Diamond

December

December Birthstones: Tanzanite, Zircon, and Turquoise.

Topaz occurs in a wide range of colors. The most valuable colors for use in jewelry are natural pink, orange, red, purple and blue. These colors are very rare. The most common natural colors are colorless, pale yellow, and brown.

Topaz is a natural gem that comes in many colors, with Imperial Topaz being the variety that is found in tones ranging from deep orange-gold to yellow to fine peachy-pink hues. Citrine is the orange variety of Quartz. You may have heard of “smoky topaz” as well. This is actually the grey-brown variety of Quartz.

Topaz in its natural state is a golden brown to yellow – a characteristic which means it is sometimes confused with citrine, a less valuable gemstone. A variety of impurities and treatments may make topaz wine red, pale gray, reddish-orange, pale green, or pink (rare), and opaque to translucent/transparent.

Citrine (quartz family) and topaz are actually unrelated mineral species. Topaz belongs to the silicate mineral family, not quartz. Before these differences were clear, many cultures called citrine (the yellow variety of quartz) by other names like gold topaz, Madeira or Spanish topaz—contributing to the confusion.

Naturally occurring blue topaz is extremely rare. That’s why virtually all blue topaz used in jewellery is heat or irradiation treated.

Topaz Care & Cleaning Avoid prolonged exposure to bright light as some stones may fade. Avoid the use of ultrasonic and steam cleaners. Topaz jewelry is best cleaned with warm, sudsy water and a tightly woven microfiber or other soft cloth.

Blue topazis thestate gemstoneof Texas. Naturally occurring blue topaz is quite rare. Typically, colorless, gray or pale yellow and blue material is heat treated andirradiatedto produce a more desired darker blue.

Neutron irradiation is commonly used to create an attractive “London Blue” color in near-color- less topaz. Topaz may contain trace impurities that become radioactive after neutron irradiation. Gamma-ray spectroscopy showed that irradiated topaz samples from China contained up to four radionuclides.