Happy Birthday to everyone born in May! Your birthstone is the emerald, a gorgeous and bright green gem. Emerald was a powerful stone to many different cultures. The ancient Egyptians believed it symbolized eternal youth, while the ancient Romans associated it with fertility and rebirth. During the sixteenth century, Spanish Conquistadors found the indigenous people of Latin America wearing sumptuous emeralds and starting mining the beautiful gem. Emeralds are durable but still suspect to breaking due to inclusions found within the gem. Hence, fine emeralds are extremely rare, valuable, and expensive!

Love emeralds but can’t afford them? Abeille has tons of 4mm Swarovski® crystals reminiscent of the lustrous green gem, aptly titled “Emerald.” So stop by and make yourself a gorgeous pair of earrings or necklace to honor the month you were born in!

This article borrowed from:
http://www.about-birthstones.com/maybirthstone.html
http://www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/english/emerald.htm