August

August Birth Stone

August's birth stone is Ruby. If yours is the August birthstone, you have a stone for prosperity, a gem treasured by Sultans, and jewelry even a pirate could love.

August birthstones, peridot, are made from magnesium silicate and are a type of fosterite, one of the olivine minerals. Pure fosterite is colorless but iron makes it green by replacing 10% of the magnesium with iron. This August gemstone is found in volcanic basalts. They are soft and therefore can be scratched pretty easily.

Peridot has an oily appearance and a high birefringence. This is the name given to a particular property of light. When traveling through a crystal in a certain way, the light can split into two paths producing two images. In the case of peridot, light causes the edge of the back facets to appear doubled when viewed through the thickness of the stone.

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Ruby as Healing Objects

When it comes to taking your medicine, drinking it from a peridot goblet was said to increase the potency of medication. Because the August birthstone comes in different shades, there are different properties for each color: The green-blue variety is said to help mental, emotional and spiritual levels, while the yellowish color is more in tune with the physical.

These birthstones are used in healing for:

* Nervous butterflies
* Liver and endocrine system
* Strengthening the breath of life
* Lung ailments
* Lymph nodes
* Alleviating depression, anger, fear, jealousy,
* Clearing up mental fatigue
* Whole body tonic

Peridot is also said to strengthen the physical and emotional heart and to help with:

* Fear
* Emotional trauma
* Bruised egos
* Cure asthma
* Lungs, sinuses, wrists
* Relieving negative emotions.

Egyptians believed it would purify and cure the heart.

To dissolve the power of enchantment, it needed to be set in gold. To protect from evil spirits, these birth stones were pierced, strong on donkey hair and worn on the left arm. Peridot was also used to channel spirits.

Prosperity of Peridot

Peridots, symbolize prosperity and growth. They are used to denote fame, dignity, and protection.

In addition to being the birthstones for August, peridots are also the traditional gifts for the sixteenth wedding.

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