May Birthstone - Emerald - Birthstones for May born or Taurus.

Emerald occupies a favorite place in the making of several famous historical artifacts. The most notable among them is the crown of
Andes, which is set with 453 emeralds. With the passage of time the crown had been broken and today many of the gems from the
crown are probably in the jewelry collections of rich Americans. In fact as a gemstone emeralds impact can be traced back to the
antiquity. It is the symbol of royalty in ancient Babylon and Egyptian civilizations---dated 1300 BC.

The birthstone for people born in May or Taurus is Emerald. It’s the only birthstone besides Topaz that has been listed in all ancient
birthstone tables. Believed to bring hope, peace, success, growth and rebirth to the wearer. Emerald is also suggested as the
anniversary gift for those who celebrated their 20th and 35th anniversaries. In the past Emeralds were used to ward off epilepsy in
children and cure diseases of the eye. For Christians emerald is believed to be the symbol of Resurrection of Christ.

This enigmatic and mysterious May birthstone is from the Beryl family.
Like many other gemstones, it also comes in a variety of hues, the
purest form of which is colorless. Among the more commonly found
colors, the deep grass green and red emeralds are highly prized
gemstones. Those come in shades of blue, yellow and light green
colors are somewhat low in quality and easily available.

Emeralds are commonly found in the form of shale-made of
fine-grained sedimentary rocks. Earlier the gem is discovered and
subsequently mined in the Ural Mountains of Russia in large scale.
Today Colombia is the ultimate source of largest and highest quality
emeralds in the world. Emeralds also occur in some parts of the US,
Brazil, Zambia, Norway, India, and Australia.