Fast-forward to 1912, when the American National Retail Jewelers Association, now known as Jewelers of America, standardized the birthstone l ...

including the occasional semi-precious gemstone, including garnet, quartz, jasper, nephrite, or even sapphire. As the water rinses the stones, their true colors appear — turquoise, sea green ...

Gemstones are believed to possess potent energies that can influence health and well-being, aligning with one's astrological signs. Amethyst, emerald, ruby, lapis lazuli, garnet, and aquamarine ...

Henry Highland Garnet -- born a slave, well educated, known for his skills as an orator, a leading abolitionist, a clergyman -- stood before the delegates of the 1843 National Negro Convention in ...