Tuesday, June 21, 2016

June Birthstones

June birthstones are as fascinating as people born in June. People with a birth month of June have colorful personality, smart, sensitive and dreamers. The month of June counts not one but 3 intriguing birthstones.

June claims 3 birthstones:
  • Pearl: Natural shine warm to the touch
  • Alexandrite: Magically green by day red by night
  • Moonstone: Captivating change of appearance on motion

Pearl

Pearls are unique as they are the only gems from living sea creatures and require no faceting or polishing to reveal their natural beauty.
Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and modern cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors.
Gemological Institute of America, June 2016

Many people see pearls as classic, naturally shiny, humble for not been expensive, take many shapes and colors; overall natural. While some see the mystery of the pearls coming out of a sea shell, others feel the understated sparkle & warm touch of pearls. Not to undermine the other gemstones, yet, when it comes to pearls, people have a connection that is vibrant, mysterious, diversified; people connection to pearls is organic.

Pearls The June birthstone
Cultured pearls come in different sizes, shapes, and colors - GIA 2016

Perfect shining spheres. Lustrous baroque forms. Seductive strands, warm to the touch. Pearls are simply and purely organic.

Alexandrite

Alexandrite’s dramatic color change is sometimes described as “emerald by day, ruby by night.” Other gems also change color in response to a light-source change, but this gem’s transformation is so striking that the phenomenon itself is often called “the alexandrite effect.”

Alexandrite - The June birthstone
Alexandrite - The June birthstone
The Alexandrite Effect
Emerald by day and Ruby by night
Alexandrite, with its chameleon-like qualities, is a rare variety of the mineral chrysoberyl. Its color can be a lovely green in daylight or fluorescent light, changing to brownish or purplish red in the incandescent light from a lamp or candle flame. This is a result of the complex way the mineral absorbs light.
Alexandrite’s dramatic color change is sometimes described as “emerald by day, ruby by night.” Other gems also change color in response to a light-source change, but this gem’s transformation is so striking that the phenomenon itself is often called “the alexandrite effect.”
Alexandrite - Changing Colors
The Alexandrite Effect - Emerald by day and Ruby by night

Due to rarity of alexandrite, some jewelers stock synthetic versions of this enchanting gemstone.

Moonstone

A phenomenal gemstone, moonstones show a floating play of light (called adularescence) and sometimes show either a multi-rayed star or a cat's eye.

Perhaps the most captivating aspect of adularescence is its appearance of motion. The misty light seems to roll across the gem’s surface as you change the viewing angle.
GIA, June 2016, http://www.gia.edu/moonstone-description
Moonstone The June birthstone
The most captivating aspect of moonstone is its changing appearance of motion

The moonstone is currently the Florida State Gemstone; it was designated as such to commemorate the Moon landings, which took off from Kennedy Space Center. Despite it being the Florida State Gemstone, it does not naturally occur in the state.

People born on June are just fascinating, by embracing several dimensions. They are deep thinkers, sensitive, daydreamers with a vibrant sens of humor. It takes 3 amazing birthstones to match June births; natural seductive shimmery pearl, magically color changing alexandriate & mysteriously changing appearance on motion moonstone. No matter what gemstone or all they pick, June borns remind an enchanting gift to the world.

Sources
  • American Gem Society, June 2016, June Birthstones, https://www.americangemsociety.org/en/june-birthstones
  • GIA, June 2016, Alexandrite Description, http://www.gia.edu/alexandrite-description
  • GIA, June 2016, Moonstone Description, http://www.gia.edu/moonstone-description
  • GIA, June 2016, Pearl Description, http://www.gia.edu/pearl-description
  • Wikipedia, June 2016, Moonstone (gemstone), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstone_(gemstone) 

1 comment:

  1. Nice Blog, Thanks for sharing informative information about stone related, Keep sharing.

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