Short answer: a chain’s stated length is the whole loop, measured end to end with the clasp included — not the distance it hangs down your chest. Almost...
Short answer: good stainless steel is hypoallergenic in the only sense that matters — it releases almost no nickel — but the word itself is marketing, not a...
Short answer: your zodiac stone and your birth-month stone are usually two different stones, because every star sign straddles two calendar months — and unlike the month list,...
Short answer: the modern U.S. list runs garnet, amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, pearl, ruby, peridot, sapphire, opal, topaz, turquoise — but six of the twelve months carry more...
Short answer: March has two birthstones — aquamarine, the blue variety of beryl, and bloodstone, a dark green chalcedony flecked with red. Almost every March guide covers the...
Short answer: May’s birthstone is emerald — the green variety of beryl, which the U.S. Geological Survey places at 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs hardness scale. That...
Short answer: July's birthstone is ruby — and ruby is not its own mineral. It is corundum, the same species as sapphire. Red corundum is called ruby; every...
Short answer: November has two birthstones — topaz and citrine. What almost nobody tells you is that the versions of both you are most likely to be sold...
Short answer: September's birthstone is sapphire — and sapphire is not a blue stone. It is the mineral corundum, and it comes in every color except red, because...
