birthstones?

Question

where on earth did garnet birthstones come from and can someone give me a website to go on to get information on birthstones i really need to know best gets 10 pnts

Answer 1

Why do you need to know?

Answer 2

I'm not sure what you mean when you ask where on earth did garnet birthstones come from - garnet is a gem stone that can be found just about anywhere on the globe. Its was first mined in Sri Lanka about 2500 years ago according to the site listed in source if that helps. Anyway:

The modern use of Garnet for January reflects its use by the Romans, the Hebrews and the Arabs. For all three cultures, the Garnet was used as the birthstone for January. As all three had a significant impact on the development of Western culture, this may be why it is used as the modern January birthstone.

Why it was selected, I have no idea...

This site gives a great deal of information about birthstones including the garnet - the Garnet is at:
http://www.about-birthstones.com/januarybirthstone.html
Main page is at:
http://www.about-birthstones.com/


Excellent site with Modern as well as Ancient birthstones from various cultures at:
http://www.jewelrycentral.com/BirthstonesChartInfo.html

Table of birthstones at:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/gemstones/gifs/birthstones.gif

Pictures of birthstones:
http://www.nitacreations.com/images/birthstones.jpg
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/birthstones/index.html - also includes detailed information about each gem.

Places to read about and purchase:
http://www.maloofjewelry.com/jewelry/birthstones.htm

I hope this helps.

-dh

Answer 3

March Birthstone - Aquamarine and proud of it.^_^

Answer 4

Check out the birth stones section under the birthday page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday

Looks like there is more than one set of stones to go by.

Here is another that talks about the origin. Claims it was started in the time of Moses.

http://www.kingsjewelry.com/learning_diamond_birthstones.shtml

Answer 5

gem stones are formed in the heat and pressure of the Earths crust that heat and pressure slowly tranforms ordinary stone into gems

http://www.americangemsociety.org/consumers/Gift_Guide/birthstones.asp

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/birthstones/index.html

Answer 6

http://www.limogesjewelry.com/Birthstonechart.asp

try that, below the pics is a link to 'more info about birthstones'

Answer 7

this web site will give you all the information you need

www.americangemsociety.org/consumers/Gift_Guide/birthstones.asp

Answer 8

http://www.about-birthstones.com/januarybirthstone.html

a garnet is for january.

see more here : http://www.jewelrycentral.com/BirthstonesChartInfo.html

Answer 9

http://www.idiom.com/~lorraine/birthstones.html

Answer 10

http://www.americangemsociety.org/consumers/Gift_Guide/birthstones.asp