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News - Shanore Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:42:00 +0000 Shanore News Turquoise is Decembers Birthstone In many cultures of the Old and New Worlds, this gemstone has been esteemed for thousands of years as a holy stone, a bringer of good fortune or a talisman. It really does have the right to be called a ‘gemstone of the peoples’. The oldest evidence for this claim was found in Egypt, where [...] Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:55:33 +0000 Shanore News Topaz is Novembers Birthstone Topaz is Novembers Birthstone It is a fluorine aluminium silicate and comes in yellow, yellow-brown, honey-yellow, flax, brown, green, blue, light blue, red and pink … and sometimes it has no colour at all. The topaz. The topaz has been known for at least 2000 years and is one of the gemstones which form the foundations of [...] Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:36:49 +0000 Shanore News Opal is October’s Birthstone The history of Australian Opal began actually millions of years ago, when parts of Australia were covered by a vast inland sea, and stone sediment was deposited along its shoreline. When the water masses flooded back, they flushed water containing silica into the resulting cavities and niches in the sedimentary rocks, and also the remains [...] Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:53:50 +0000 Shanore News SAPPHIRE IS SEPTEMBER’S BIRTHSTONE Sapphire In earlier times, some people believed that the firmament was an enormous blue sapphire in which the Earth was embedded. Could there be a more apt image to describe the beauty of an immaculate sapphire? And yet this gem comes not in one but in all the blue shades of that firmament, from the deep [...] Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:01:05 +0000 Shanore News AUGUST’S BIRTHSTONE IS PERIDOT Peridot The vivid green of the peridot, with just a slight hint of gold, is the ideal gemstone colour to go with that light summer wardrobe. No wonder – since the peridot is the gemstone of the summer month of August. The peridot is a very old gemstone, and one which has become very popular again today. [...] Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:23:19 +0000 Shanore News RUBY IS JULY’S BIRTHSTONE For thousands of years, the ruby has been considered one of the most valuable gemstones on Earth. It has everything a precious stone should have: magnificent colour, excellent hardness and outstanding brilliance. In addition to that, it is an extremely rare gemstone, especially in its finer qualities. For a long time India was regarded as the [...] Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:11:00 +0000 Shanore News ALEXANDRITE IS JUNES BIRTHSTONE Alexandrite This rare gemstone is named after the Russian tsar Alexander II (1818-1881), the very first crystals having been discovered in April 1834 in the emerald mines near the Tokovaya River in the Urals. The discovery was made on the day the future tsar came of age. Although alexandrite is a relatively young gemstone, it certainly [...]