Choose a gem for you

Most gem scholars agree that the tradition of birthstones are arose Breastplate of Aaron: a ceremonial religious garment set with the twelve gemstones, which represented the twelve tribes of Israel and also corresponded with the twelve signs of the zodiac and also with the twelve months of the year.

Because ancient people did not always classify gemstones by its mineral species like we do, there is some debate about that gemstones were set in the breastplate and why. Because of this, different cultures around this beautiful world have developed different birth stone lists. The modern day list that you know is only the most recent one list: some older lists still exist. Some also argue that the proper way to assign gemstones is according to astrological sign and not according to month.

We think it is more fun to choose the gemstone that speaks for you from all the possibilities. Of course it is hard to keep track of all those lists. Enter the Gem-o-Matic! Select your birthdates and other significant date or anniversary and the Gem-o-Matic would give you the list of all the birthstones that correspond to that date!

Zodiac Sign	Symbol		Astrological Dates	Gem Stones	Elements of Zodiac
Aries		Ram	March 21 - April 20	Diamond	Fire
Taurus		bull	April 20 - May 20	Emerald	Earth
Gemini		twins	May 21 - June 20	Spinel	Air
Cancer		crab	June 21 - July 22	Pearl	Water
Leo		lion	July 23 - August 23	Ruby	Fire
Virgo		virgin	August 24 - September 22	Sapphire	Earth
Libra		scale	September 23 - October 23	Peridot	Air
Scorpio		scorpion	October 24 - November 21	Aquamarine	Water
Sagittarius		archer	November 22 - December 21	Topaz	Fire
Capricorn		seagoat	December 22 - January 21	Garnet	Earth
Aquarius		water bearer	January 20 - February 18	Amethyst and moonstone	Air
Pisces		fish	February 19 - March 20	Diamond	Water

 

MONTH

Month	Birthstone	Alternate	Lucky Color
January	Garnet	Rose Quartz	Dark Red
February	Amethyst	Onyx	Purple
March	Aquamarine	Red Jasper ('bloodstone')	Pale Blue
April	Diamond	Rock Crystal (Quartz)	Colorless
May	Emerald	Chrysoprase	Bright Green
June	Pearl (the only non-gem)	Alexandrite or Moonstone	Cream
July	Ruby	Jade	Red
August	Peridot	Aventurine, sardonyx or sapphire	Pale Green
September	Sapphire	Lapis lazuli	Deep Blue
October	Opal	Pink Tourmaline	Variegated
November	Yellow ('Golden') Topaz	Citrine or Turquoise	Yellow
December	Blue Zircon	Blue Topaz, Turquoise, or Tanzanite	Sky Blue

 

DATE

Day	Gem Stones
Monday	Pearl (the only non-gem)
Tuesday	Garnet
Wednesday	Cat's eye (Chatoyant Chrysoberyl)
Thursday	Emerald
Friday	Topaz
Saturday	Sapphire
Sunday	Ruby