From Stuller: BLUE ZIRCON December’s birthstone combines a gorgeous green blue color with a fiery brilliance akin to diamond. In fact for centuries, people confused colorless zircon with diamond. Today, unfortunately, many consumers think zircon is the same as lab-grown cubic zirconia. This error keeps them from enjoying zircon’s sparkling beauty. Aging gracefully How long [...]
December has 2 wonderful Birthstones, Zircon and Tanzanite. Here is a link to a nice article about these gemstones: https://www.americangemsociety.org/tanzanite-zircon-and-turquoise-oh-my
Some fun facts on Tanzanite, the new December birthstone! http://www.gia.edu/tanzanite We think Blue Zircon was the first December birthstone and Blue Topaz was a substitute for a few years when Blue Zircon was short in supply, but now Tanzanite joins the group. Which is your favorite? We can show you all three here in our store [...]