balderdash@lemmy.zip to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agoHonestly, fuck the diamond industrylemmy.zipimagemessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up11.59Karrow-down117
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minus-squareLogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoBirthstones are like the zodiac signs of geology. Each month gets assigned a gemstone.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOne of which is diamond, annoyingly enough.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoThere’s some religious history to them, but in general these days people are talking about the list of stones that American jewelers came up with in the early 20th century to try to sell more shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthstone?useskin=vector
What are birth stones?
Birthstones are like the zodiac signs of geology. Each month gets assigned a gemstone.
One of which is diamond, annoyingly enough.
There’s some religious history to them, but in general these days people are talking about the list of stones that American jewelers came up with in the early 20th century to try to sell more shit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthstone?useskin=vector