Birthstones Understanding the 'brilliant' story of color stones

Each birthstone carries with it a particular story. At first sight the stones may seem trivial, while each of them has a meaning and a story of its own. Thus, by appropriating the history of the stone, wearing a simple modest jewel, can become more meaningful and more enjoyable. The history of stones is more often in the form of fables. Indeed, each culture has its own birthstone diagram, one ancient and one modern. For example, the Western Birthstone Charter is based on the biblical description of Aaron's Breastplate. As chief of the High Priest tribe, Aaron, brother of Moses, carried his stones on his armor. The latter is described in detail in the Exodus. Twelve stones were on this plaque where each of them represented one of the twelve tribes of Israel. These twelve stones are also connected to zodiac signs. Through the cultures of antiquity, especially India, Russia and Rome, powers and virtues have been assigned to the stones. These mystical attributes given to the stones offered to those who wore them a protection against sickness and death, and assured them victory and good fortune. However, the Gregorian monthly calendar was adopted only in part until 1752. It was only from this date that the birthstones were assigned to a particular month. The designation of stones is based solely on the criterion of color. As new stones are discovered, the birthstone chart became confused, since it was based solely on color. Thus, in 1912, the American national association of jewelers, decided to establish the modern charter of the stones of birth. This charter associates with each month, only one stone. Since then, only one stone has been officially added to this charter: tanzanite for the month of December, since 2002.

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