Short answer: January’s birthstone is garnet — but garnet is not one stone. It is a group of related minerals spanning red, orange, green and even colour-changing varieties,...
Short answer: October has two birthstones, opal and tourmaline, and the honest difference between them is durability. Opal is soft and sensitive to water and heat, so a...
Short answer: Gemini has two birthstones because the sign straddles two calendar months.
Short answer: Leo does not have one birthstone, because two different systems answer the question and they rarely agree. Leo runs from about July 23 to August 22,...
Short answer: August has three birthstones — peridot, the main modern stone, plus spinel and sardonyx. Peridot is the yellow-green gem most people mean, sardonyx is the older...
Short answer: Scorpio does not have one birthstone.
Short answer: Cancer does not have one birthstone. The sign runs from June 21 to July 22, which straddles two calendar months with different stones (June is pearl,...
Short answer: there is no single "Capricorn birthstone," and that is not a flaw in the lists — it is what happens when three traditions answer three different...
Short answer: Pisces does not have one official birthstone, because the sign runs from about February 19 to March 20 and straddles two calendar months. If you go...
