Q. Kaiu's Birth Stones

Kaiu only uses natural gemstones, which makes a slight difference in color between the ones presented in the picture and the real gems.

• March – Aquamarine - Aquamarine gemstone appearing light blue in the picture is actually transparent on silver or gold as it literally means.

• January- Garnet - Kaiu uses almandite garnet instead of rhodolite garnet despite its high price as the almandite garnet has a reddish-purple color that is more popular for kids.

• May-Emerald - natural emerald features with a lot of inclusions and cracks. Hence, it can appear less transparent than you expect.

Birthstones are gemstones that are associated with a birth month. Each stone has its own special meaning and significance. Jewish belief that bringing natural gems have good effect on a body and spirit arrived in Poland and Europe developed with astrology in the 18^th century. The 12 gems have a connection with the 12 jewels in the Bible.

However, the 12 birthstones people refer today are chosen by jewelry dealers of America and Britain. In other countries, they have their own list of birthstones and in some case they can be changed by astrological information.

Based on the list of birthstones used in America, Kaiu uses Citrine over Topaz for the November birthstone and Blue Topaz over sky-blue Zircon due to the difficulty in production in Korea.