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birthstone

[burth-stohn] / ˈbɜrθˌstoʊn /


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For the mission, Hansen is carrying four Moon-shaped pendants, each with a birthstone representing his wife and three teenage children.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

You’ll have fun customizing Ariel Gordon’s handmade dual birthstone ring, which features two birthstones set in a slim open-cuff gold band.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2023

She sought out a Black female designer to create a bespoke engagement ring, and landed upon Maggi Simpkins, who customized the ring with a ruby, Ms. Hardy’s birthstone, beneath the diamond setting.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2022

By 1993, I’d worn my purity ring – a blue topaz birthstone ring – for more than two years.

From The Guardian Feb. 18, 2017

Claudia looked at her guide’s skin and thought of smoky topaz: November, her mother’s birthstone.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

Hansen will carry four Moon-shaped pendants for his wife and three children, engraved with the phrase "Moon and back" and set with their birthstones.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

The ring is available in all 12 birthstones.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2023

Williams gave Pruitt information about her family and her relationship to tennis history that he has embedded, such as studding the swirling beads with the birthstones of her siblings.

From New York Times Nov. 1, 2022

In 2019, we're going to take a look at another, even more unusual Indonesian tsunami, get into the geology of birthstones, and cover the basics of basalt.

From Scientific American Jan. 5, 2019

"Why don't you girls look for your birthstones?" she said.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene




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