=GEMSTONE ARE FOUND EVERYWHERE ! MANY
GEMSTONES ARE FOUND HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,
AND OTHERS ARE FOUND THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY
ON DIFFERENT CONTINENTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE SHAPES INTO WHICH
LIGHT DIFFERENTLY. WHICH CUT IS YOUR FAVORITE?
GEMSTONE SHAPES
USING A WORLD MAP, LET'S LOCATE THE PLACES
GEMSTONES ARE FOUND . WE'LL FOCUS ON THE TWELVE
GEMSTONES THAT ARE USED AS BIRTHSTONES.
LOOK AT THE MAP KEY TO FIND THE CONTINENTS WHERE
EACH GEMSTONES IS MINED . YOU WILL FIND THE
NAMES OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE EACH GEMSTONES IS FOUND AS YOU READ
THE FOLLOWING PAGES.

- GARNET 7.RUBY
- AMETHYST 8.PERIDOT
- AQUAMARINE 9.SAPPHIRE
- DIAMOND 10.OPAL
- EMERALD 11.CITRINE
- ALEXANDRITE 12.BLUE TOPAZ
JANUARY- GARNET
WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF GARNET,THEY PICTURE A RED - COLORED
GEM,AND THE MOST VALUABLE GARNETS DO HAVE
A RICH COLOR.BUT JANUARY'S BIRTHSTONE COMES IN EVERY COLOR
EXCEPT BLUE.
GARNET IS FOUND IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN EUROPE,IN THE EURASIAN
COUNTRY RUSSIA,AND IN THE ASIAN COUNTRIES INDIA AND SRI LANNKA .
GREEN GARNET ,WHICH IS RARE.IS FOUND IN TWO AFRICAN COUNTRIES, KENYA AND
TANZANIA.
A KIND OF ARIZONA GARNET HAS A NAME THAT SOUNDS STRANGE,THIS
GARNET IS CALLED THE "ANTHILL GARNET" BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY
MINED BY ANTS! THE ANTS DIG UP SOIL TO MAKE THEIR ANTHILLS, AND THE
GARNET ARE BROUGHT UP TO THE SURFACE.
GARNET'S MOST COMMON COLORS ARE RED, LEMON
TANGERINE,AND BROWN.GREEN GARNET IS RARE.
FEBRUARY . AMETHYST
AMETHYST IS FEBRUARY'S BIRTHSTONES. IS RANGES
IN COLOR FROM A VERY LIGHT LAVENDER TO A DARK
PURPLE.THE DARKEST KIND OF AMETHYST IS FOUND
IN AUSTRALIA.
AMETHYST IS ALSO MINES IN THE SOUTH
AMERICAN COUNTRIES BRAZIL AND URUGUAY AND IN
THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES MADAGASCAR AND ZAMBIA .
DID YOU KNOW THAT PURPLE HAS LONG BEEN
CONSIDERED THE COLOR OF KING THAT PURPLE AND QUEENS?THE
BRITISH CROWN JEWELS. SOME
OF THE MOST FAMOUS JEWELS ANYWHERE,CONTAIN AMETHYST GEMSTONES.
CAN YOU FIND THE AMETHYST
GEMSTONES IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH?
MARCH . AQUAMARINE
MARCH 'S BIRTHSTONE IS THE AQUAMARINE.
AQUAMARINE IS TRANSPARENT, WHICH MEAN THAT
LIGHT CAN PASS THROUGH IT.
AQUAMARINE MEANS "SEAWATER" IN LATIN.
AND AQUAMARINE'S LIGHT BLUE COLOR MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE THE SEA. SOME AQUAMARINE HAVE LITTLE
GREEN FLECKS, WHICH MAKE THEM LOOK EVEN MORE
LIKE THE OCEAN .THE MOST VALUABLE AQUAMARINE
GEMSTONES,HOWEVER,ARE SKY -BLUE IN COLOR
BRAZIL IS THE WORLD'S BEST SOURCE OF
AQUAMARINE,BUT IT IS ALSO FOUND IN INDIA ,
MADAGASCAR. SRI LANKA AND RUSSIA,
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,AQUAMARINE
IS MINED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO,IN FACT,
AQUAMARINE IS COLORADO'S STATE GEM!
ROUGH AQUAMARINES
april diamond
dimaond is nature's hardest materical and the world;s longest
lasting material and dimond's hardness,almost nothing can wear it down .in fact,it can be cut only
ny another diamond.
the world's largest producer of diamond is australia .
diamond is also mined in russia and
in threeafrican countries,congo,namibia and botswana.on
which two countries are both
aquamarine and diamond mined?
colorless diamonds can split light into
the colors of the rain bow.
GEMSTONES AROUND THE WORLD