UNSS Logo
Utah Nature Study Society


UNSS Home Page

Nature Notes -- Editorials and Essays

Birds and Bees, Flowers and Trees -- and Other Creatures Great and Small

Past Field Trips -- Places We've Been and Things We Have Seen

Join Us at Future Events

On Your Own -- Projects to Try


.

Birthstones

by Axel E. Janson

This is a series of articles published in NATURE NEWS NOTES in 1967. They were written by Axel E. Janson. who served as president of Utah Nature Study Society (UNSS) from October 1967 to September 1968.
He died in October, 1991.

              January     Garnet
    February     Amethyst
    March     Aquamarine / Bloodstone
    April     Diamond
    May     Emerald
    June       Alexandrite / Pearl / Moonstone
    July     Ruby
    August     Peridot / Sardonyx
    September     Sapphire
    October     Opal / Pink Tourmaline
    November     Topaz / Citrine Quartz
    December     Turquoise