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CAN YOU WEAR GEMSTONES THAT AREN'T YOUR BIRTHSTONE?

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Can you Wear Gemstones that aren't your Birthstone?

This is an interesting question because people take gemstones and birthstones seriously.

Some people truly believe that you can’t wear any gemstone that isn’t your birthstone.

Some believe in the old superstitions and curses that have followed gemstones around for centuries. Some wouldn’t be caught dead wearing someone else’s stone.

But here’s what I say about the whole topic:

HOG-WASH!

Opals are not cursed birthstones.

Here’s the truth: Just about every single gemstone has some sort of myth or curse surrounding it. For that matter, so do diamonds (diamonds are probably the worst). But do they stop people from wearing them? NO!

In fact, if you really truly believe that you shouldn’t wear other people’s birthstones, then you shouldn’t wear diamonds at all… Because diamond is the official birthstone for the month of April.

So all that superstition voodoo goes right out the window.

Popular gemstones:

Here is another reason to not ever worry about wearing other months birthstones that aren’t your birth month… The gemstones that represent the 12 monthly birthstones are the most popular gemstones there are.

Which also means that you’d be drastically limited in what gemstones you can and can’t wear. Almost every single gemstone found on the market today is someone’s birthstone. So who cares anyway?

If you like the color and like the gemstone, wear it. Gemstones are meant to be colorful, fun and worn to accessorize your wardrobe. Accentuate those blues, greens, reds, yellows, pinks and purples.

Mix them up.

Match them. Gemstones are beautiful and radiant. Look at mother’s rings for example. They carry other people’s birthstones (even though they are your kids), but still…

Plus, just about every gemstone comes in multiple colors anyway. Sapphire come in exotic colors like blues, pinks, yellows, greens, oranges and even purple. So wearing different colors is no big deal.

No choice…

Some people don’t have much choice when it comes to gem colors. I’d like to see the man born in October being told that the only gemstone he could ever wear was a pink tourmaline (which is that month’s official birthstone).

Legends and myths:

Gemstones, birthstones, myths, legends and lore have been around since the beginning of time.

Should you worry about it today?

No!

I know a lot of women who are born in August who absolutely hate their birthstone; which is a lime green peridot (see green ring in picture). They’d much rather wear a precious gemstone like ruby (July), sapphire (September), or emerald (May) any day of the week.

I don’t blame them either. Nor would I stop them.

Gemstones are an incredible work of nature. They should be admired by all. And what was chosen long ago to represent your month and birthstone shouldn’t matter in the least. What matters is the color and fashion and statement.

Enjoy all the gemstones no matter when you were born. Because birthstones weren’t born in one month, they were made all year round (Mother Nature does not stop). And that’s good enough for me.

Read: Birthstones month by month.

Cheers! :)

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8 Comments on CAN YOU WEAR OTHER BIRTHSTONES?

  1. Reading your article actually made me feel better :) That’s fact and true and I appreciate it that you’ve come up with such bold statements and clear ones *wink*. Thank you!

  2. Can i use zmurd stone?

  3. nirnaya ghangurde // December 9, 2016 at 10:26 am // Reply

    can i wear opal ? my birth date is 11/03/1996 plzzz suggest me

  4. G.Stephen Artis // April 10, 2019 at 9:48 pm // Reply

    After 49.5 yrs. of marriage my wife passed. She had an opal birthstone stolen. It was white with some fire. I’m trying to make a ring. No pitty, just trying to find a reasonable priced raw opal. I m retired & not a man of great means. I m determined to make this & wear. I need opal pieces.

    • Hi Stephen. I would stop into your local independent jewelry stores and ask the owners. Many times they have loose gemstones that they can sell you for really cheap prices. Plus, they may also help you with choosing a mounting that would work, and keep the costs down as low as possible (and perhaps you could even put it into layaway and pay a little a month on it). That would be cheaper than anything you could find online. -Richard

  5. My birthstone is Amethyst and I absolutely love it and have many pieces featuring the stone. However, I love other gemstones as well and change them up often. So I was surprised to have had a woman around my age (28) tell me that I cannot wear stones that are not my birthstone. I figured this was an old wive’s tale.

    I took a moment to look at her engagement ring: obviously a diamond. A very nice, big one at that. I asked her if she was born in April and she told me she was born in November. I told her that her birthstones were either Citrine or Topaz so those would technically be her traditional engagement ring stones.

    She made a face and told me she hated both stones. She hasn’t spoken to me since. No loss there! :)

    Very good points made in your post here. We have very similar views on stones. If you like them, wear them.

  6. Why would they hate such stones like topaz & peridot? These are one of the anisotropic gemstones and i would love to collect them…

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