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Ruby - A Stone So Pretty that Touches Everyone's Heart - Birthstone for July
Ruby is a gemstone with a color somewhere in between pink to blood-red. Ruby is a mineral and not a man made stone. The name ruby derives from rubber which is Latin for red. It is considered to be a precious stones and the price of the stone varies form country to country but the main determining factor in pricing a ruby is it's color.

Aside from the cut of the stone, more bright and exotic the color is, more pricy the stone is. The rarest and most wonderful rubies in the world come from Burma(Myanmar), Africa and India.

Emerald - Simply, A Precious Gem for everyone - Birthstone for May
Emerald is another precious stone which is a variety of the mineral beryl. Emerald is a very hard stone with a hardness of 7.5 on a 10 point scale. The name Emerald derives from the Latin word smaragdus which means green. Emerald is not a very common stone that is widely available.

Due to its scarcity and demand, there is a market for synthetic emeralds out there. So when you are buying emeralds, make sure you know whether you are buying the mineral emerald or synthetic emerald. The most beautiful emeralds are mined in Colombia, Zambia and Brazil.

Blue Sapphire - The most sought after gem in the world - Birthstone for September
Natural Sapphire is one of the two gem varieties of corundum. The other stone that falls within this category is the red ruby. Sapphire comes in varieties of colors except red as the red gem is known as rubies.

Blue is the most known color in sapprire so when the term sappire is used, it is commonly understood to be blue sappire unless mentioned otherwise. Blue sappire is priced based on its purity of their primary hue (color). The most exquisite sapphires come from Madagascar, Kashmir(Now Extinct) Burma, Ceylon(Sri-Lanka).

Amethyst - Birthstone for February
Amethyst is a violet stone known as quartz. Most common use of the stone Amethyst is ornamental which means the stone is used to make jewelries. As an interesting point of note, Amethyst was considered as a strong antidote against hangover for which lot of goblets in ancient Greek were made out of this stone.

Peridot - Birthstone for August
Out of all the gemstones out there, Peridot is the only stone that has only one color which is olive green. The color of the stone however varies from stone to stone which ranges form yellow green to brownish green. The most wanted, attractive, and pricy stone is the one that has the color of dark olive green.

Black Diamond & Blue Diamond
Although diamonds are typically known to be colorless and transparent, there are black diamonds and blue diamonds available out there too.

Carbonado is known as black diamond and is only found in Central Africa and Brazil. Prime example of blue diamond is the Hope Diamond.

Gautam Khorana, Director Bello Jewels Pvt Ltd

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