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Why is the title "Birthstones" as opposed to "Birthstone," the singular is better. When I type in "tractor" in Wikipedia, I expect to see a page named "tractor," not "tractors." --Coching (talk) 04:53, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done a great deal of fine-tuning to the article. Mainly it needed some of the uncited material and unconstructive prose removed. Also the sections have been reformatted and in some cases retitled to better reflect the content. This thing needs work. I'll see what I can do as time allows me, and gladly welcome any assistance.--Djathinkimacowboy 00:05, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The two references used inline- the AGTA and the Jewelers of America pamphlet- do not disagree and are both allowed per Wikipedia citation rules. In fact, the JA pamphlet is a guide to gems in general, though it does include the birthstone month of a gem if it has one. The AGTA specifically names the modern birthstones used by jewelers in America. Both lists and references should be kept. I post this because the AGTA list was deleted and should not have been, in my opinion. It's too confusing for those who are seeking only the modern list. This could be modified if anybody could find a chart we could place in the lead.--Djathinkimacowboy 05:07, 9 February 2012 (UTC) hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.204.53.30 (talk) 17:50, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There are dozens of lists of modern birthstones. Each organization seems to have its own list, and each one seems to have one stone that none of the others have. I've looked at a lot of them, and the list below seems to reflect the general consensus, as seen on these websites: [1][2][3][4][5]
January - garnet
February - amethyst
March - aquamarine
April - diamond[1][2][3][4]or[5] white topaz
May - emerald
June - pearl[1][2][3]or[4] alexandrite[5]
July - ruby
August - peridot
September - sapphire October - opal[1][2][3]or[4] pink tourmaline[5]
November - citrine, pearl
December - blue topaz[1][2][3][5]or[4] tanzanite
All the stones on this list are included on dozens of lists. I changed this Wikipedia article to reflect this list, but someone else reverted my change. Although they didn't provide any source at all for their alternate alleged list. Is there any reason to believe that some other list is more authoritative than this list I've put together?
This list I put together goes for both the US and UK. Is there any reason to believe some other list is more authoritative for the UK than this list I've put together? - 173.171.162.145 (talk) 22:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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The lead paragraph should tell where/in which cultures birthstones are from/are commonly used etc. It should also be expanded in other manners too, it is too thin currently. --Lucasdealmeidasm (talk) 05:05, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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https://theuselessweb.com/ thanks to https://theuselessweb.com/ i found out what i wanted to do. Gemstones. :-)
Diamonds are valuable and yet, super rare. September's are Saphhier. (I think i spelled it wrong)Ilovehanna04 (talk) 17:09, 11 September 2020 (UTC)Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).[reply]
The "Birthstones by timeframe" table seems to have a redundant column for US (2019) and US (2022) (used to be 2021), with a source for the 2022 entry as some shady blog post. Does this article really need to be updated every year with a variety of blog posts about someone's opinion on what should be the birth stone that month? 50.125.249.133 (talk) 18:23, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
