12 months · every birthstone · source stories
Every month's modern stones, with their colours, traditional meanings, and maintained source geography.
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Opal is dug from the Australian outback; emerald from a Colombian valley; tanzanite from a single hillside in Tanzania. Open a month for its full story — colour, meaning, hardness, care, and where it comes from.
deep red · protection, energy, loyalty
Sources across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas
purple · clarity, calm, wisdom
Mined around Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
pale sea-blue · courage, serenity
Mined around Minas Gerais, Brazil
colourless · strength, love
Sources across Africa, Asia and North America
green · growth, harmony, renewal
Mined around Muzo & Chivor, Colombia
cream to white · purity, calm
Cultivated around Ago Bay, Japan
milky blue sheen · intuition, adaptability
Mined around Sri Lanka
green to purplish red · change, rarity, balance
Sources across South America, South Asia and East Africa
vivid red · passion, vitality, courage
Mined around Mogok, Myanmar
lime green · strength, lightness, warmth
Found around San Carlos, Arizona, USA
red, pink, violet or blue · renewal, resilience, energy
Mined around Mogok, Myanmar
blue · wisdom, loyalty, truth
Found around Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
play-of-colour · creativity, hope
Mined around Coober Pedy, Australia
every colour · balance, inspiration
Mined around Minas Gerais, Brazil
golden amber · energy, abundance
Mined around Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
amber to blue · clarity, confidence
Mined around Minas Gerais, Brazil
sky blue · protection, good fortune
Mined around Nishapur, Iran
blue-violet · transformation, dignity
Mined around Merelani Hills, Tanzania
bright blue · clarity, wisdom, brightness
Found around Elahera, Sri Lanka
The unqualified modern list follows Jewelers of America's modern United States list. Traditional and regional alternatives are labelled separately on the month guides.
Source model reviewed and editorially updated by MyPiece Editorial on 4 August 2026.
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Use the companion guide when a month has several official or traditional options and the piece needs to suit a particular setting or routine.
Read the choosing guideBirthstones (sometimes spelled "birth stones") are gems traditionally associated with each month of the year. Some months have one modern stone; others have two or three.
The birthstone chart is the ordered month-by-month list below. Each card shows every modern stone's colour, traditional meaning and source summary; the linked month guide adds hardness and care context.
January deep red, February purple, March pale sea-blue, April colourless, May green, June cream to white/milky blue sheen/green to purplish red, July vivid red, August lime green/red, pink, violet or blue, September blue, October play-of-colour/every colour, November golden amber/amber to blue, December sky blue/blue-violet/bright blue.
No. On the modern U.S. list, June and December each carry three birthstones, while August, October and November carry two. Traditional and regional lists can classify alternatives differently.