Just as many-faceted as the birthstones themselves, though, are the origins of their names. A great many of them came into English in the early 1200s to 1300s and share a similar lineage: loaned from ...

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Some of the stones on our list, such as peridot or green garnets, have been labeled or sold as emeralds in the past before ...