Precious Stones

Gifts of precious stones are usually reserved for very special occasions or persons.  Each stone has a meaning, just like the gift of flowers.  The symbolism dates very far back in history and has given mystic meanings to the stones themselves.  Each stone is considered a talisman and there is a talisman for each month of the year -- birth-stones.

  Month                  Birth-stones             Sentiments
 January                Garnet                      Constance, Fidelity  
  February             Amethyst                  Sincerity
  March                  Bloodstone              Courage, Presence of Mind 
  April                     Diamond                  Innocence
  May                      Emerald                   Success in Love
  June                     Moss Agate             Health, Long Life                                  
  July                       Ruby                         Contented Mind
  August                 Sardonyx                  Conjugal Fidelity
  September          Sapphire                  Antidote against Madness
  October               Opal                          Hope
  November           Topaz                        Fidelity
  December           Turquoise                 Success, Prosperity

History says that if the owner wears his or her talismanic birth-stone on the left hand, it will ward off evil, give happiness and good fortune and also endow the wearer with the particular virtue that is characteristic to that particular stone.

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