FInd out your birthstone and at least 5 important facts about it.
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McKinlei W.
Birthstone • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #My birthstone is an emerald.
1. Egyptians buried them with their dead
2.Ancient Romans associated this with rebirth
3.Cleopatra claimed emerald as her own because it was her favorite gem
4. the native people wore them also
5. some people wore them because they were belived to bring widsom -
Tyrione W.
My Birthstone • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #My Birthstone is also an emrald as well.
1. People who had the birthstone of may was to where the emrald all of her life and grow up to be a loving wife.
2. Emralds were on an anniversary of the 20th and 35th year of marriage.
3. People wore emralds because they believed they gave wisdom,growth,and patience.
4. Emralds were once prescribed for eye diseases because the green color was believed to be soothing for the eye.
5. Today emralds are worn in bracelets,earrings,necklaces,or any other body jewelry.
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peyton a.
Yp • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #My birthstone is a pearl.
1.This process of building a solid pearl can take up to seven or eight years.2.The most valuable pearls are perfectly symmetrical, relatively large and naturally produced.
3.It is also the birthstone for the Sun Signs of Gemini and Cancer.
4.Natural pearls have been harvested from the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Manaar (Indian Ocean), and the Red Sea for thousands of years.
5.Pearls vary in color from white to those with a hint of color, often pink, to brown or black.
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Robbie .
answer • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #my birth stone is a blue Topaz.
Is derived from the sanskit word Tapas that means fire.
Considered by an ancient civilization to have cooling properties.
Believed to cool boiling water when thrown in to a pot.
To calm hotn tempers.
Ability to cure insanity,asthma ,weak vision and insomnia. -
ashley d.
Ashleyyyyyyyyyyyy • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #my birth stone is Peridot
1.the peridot is rightly called the 'evening emerald'
2.During ancient times, it was taken internally for curing asthma.
3.It is considered as a symbol of power and influence.
4.found in ancient egypt
5.has been used in jewlery since thousands of years.
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Kendriana W.
Birthstone • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #My birthstone is a diamond
1.Represent love,and for those with expensive tatse
2. Romans believed that diamond gave the person who is wearing it stregth, bravery, and invincibility.
3.Diamonds are the hardest substances found.
4.People believe it is the token of perfecttion
5. The origin of wearing the engagement ring on the third finger of the left hand is rooted in the Egyptian belief that the "vena amoris" or vein of love, runs from the heart to the top of this finger.
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Kendriana W.
Birthstone • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #
My birthstone is a diamond.
1.Represent love,and for those with expensive tatse.
2. Romans believed that diamond gave the person who is wearing it stregth, bravery, and invincibility.
3.Diamonds are the hardest substances found.
4.People believe it is the token of perfecttion
5. The origin of wearing the engagement ring on the third finger of the left hand is rooted in the Egyptian belief that the "vena amoris" or vein of love, runs from the heart to the top of this finger.
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gabrielle w.
10-1-09 • Posted 2 years, 7 months ago. #
My birthstone is Blue Topaz
1.is derived from the Sanskrit word "tapas," meaning fire.
2.Blue Topaz was considered by ancient civilizations to have cooling properties.
3.Blue Topaz is the hardest of the silicate minerals.
4.Topaz is colorless, minor changes of elements within the stone result in a variety of other colors, such as blue, pale green, red, yellow and pink.
5.The blue hue is created when Topaz is heated, whether the heat source is natural or engineered by man
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