We took a look ahead to find out the what June’s birthstones are. There’s a jumble of gems to work with!
Pearl is one of the most widely recognized June stones. It’s nice that recent years have brought countless new styles and shapes of affordable freshwater pearls, including the ones you see here. Have fun picking out a pearl that fits the personality of your June baby (or client!).
Agate is the other commonly used birthstone for June. It’s also the birthstone for Gemini, May 21 through June 20. Are you aware of the huge variety of agate beads available? This is another great browsing opportunity.
For a more unique touch, we’ve also found these stones used for June:
- Emerald (also the Spring gemstone, and Cancer’s birthstone, June 21 to July 22) — a popular color of glass beads
- Ruby (which is the Summer gemstone too, i.e. June 21 onwards) — there are lots of ruby-colored glass beads as well!
- Moonstone (also famous for going so great with a basic black dress!)
- Alexandrite — remember you can use glass beads in this color too
- Beryl (St. Thomas)
You can learn about the physical & metaphysical properties of gemstones like these in the new edition of our popular Gemstone Beads Index!
Have you seen other great birthday-jewelry ideas for June? Post them here in the Comments!
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Man, there really is nothing I like more than freshwater pearls! Their organic forms just cry out to be juxtaposed with smooth metals. I’m working on ways to combine my two jewelry loves: pearls and chainmaille!
This sounds incredibly cool, joia, I hope you’ll share the results as you figure out how to combine them. I agree that a nacreous sheen* has a real affinity for metal’s gloss.
*Now putting away the thesaurus…
My sister is a June (and Father’s Day) baby. She isn’t a huge pearl fan, so having options is wonderful. I love moonstone, may do her up something with that.
As always, you’re a font of information!
Dawno, just call me Helvetica 🙂