The traditional birthstone for the month of March is Bloodstone, but in 1912 the National Association of Jewelers (America) decided to boost

The amethyst has many superstitions attached to it, not merely that it can protect against the evils of Bacchus, the God of Wine.... Leonard

Garnet has been prized for millennia. It has been used in jewellery and decoration dating back thousands of years. Egyptians considered garn

While some people still hold true to these superstitions, gradually sentiment took over and people would hold to their own birthstone all ye