Date & time Birthdays

Birthstone by month

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Modern list · standardised in 1912

The modern list

Month	Birthstone	Colour
January	Garnet	Deep red
February	Amethyst	Purple
March	Aquamarine	Pale blue
April	Diamond	Clear
May	Emerald	Green
June	Pearl	White
July	Ruby	Red
August	Peridot	Yellow-green
September	Sapphire	Blue
October	Opal	Iridescent
November	Topaz	Golden
December	Turquoise	Blue-green

The modern birthstone list runs garnet, amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, pearl, ruby, peridot, sapphire, opal, topaz and turquoise. It was standardised by the American National Retail Jewelers Association in 1912.

How to find a birthstone

1 Enter the date of birth.

2 Read the stone for that month.

3 Check the table for the full list.

4 Traditional and modern lists differ for several months.

The 1912 list is a commercial standardisation rather than an ancient tradition, and several months were changed for supply reasons. Alternates have since been added — alexandrite for June, citrine for November, tanzanite for December — mostly to give retailers a wider price range. The traditional lists that predate it vary by culture and rarely agree with each other, which is why almost every published chart differs slightly.

Questions

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Diamond, on the modern list.

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