The house’s new high jewelry collection includes honeybees and beetles; Cartier, Dior and others have been inspired by nature, too.

Take your garnet, amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, pearl, peridot, opal, sapphire, ruby, turquoise or topaz birthstone ...

Gemstones, including rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, can be sold for cash, much the same as diamonds and other jewelry.

Garnet is January's birthstone. Its name derives from the ... Pharaohs in ancient Egypt wore red garnet necklaces, while nobility and clergy in the Middle Ages had a preference for the gem ...

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Birthstone jewellery has long held spiritual connotations ... In the ‘Amour’ bracelet, aquamarine, morganite, pink opal, green uvite and ruby will promise undying love – and look chic while doing so.