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Birth Stone Wedding Rings For Men It is often felt that men's wedding rings are meaningful because of the special occassion for which they are made and worn. In recent years, couples are looking for ways to add meaning to a lady's or men's wedding ring. One excellent way in which you could add more meaning to a wedding ring for men, is to set a birth stone in the ring. It has been believed for many centuries that wearing a birth stone brings out the positive influences in life. Good health and good fortune are supposed to be something that a birth stone ring delivers. Each month of the year is represented by a particular gem and all gems do not have the same price or physical properties. You should select the design for your birthstone wedding ring based on the gem stone that you will need. Let us know discuss a some birth stone options and then make suggestions for suitable birth stone wedding rings. January: Garnet is the birth stone for the month of January. A men's birth stone wedding ring with a red garnet can have a design that includes a fairly large gem stone. This is because, red garnets are quite affordable even in the 2 to 4 carat size range. Other options for a garnet birthstone could be hessonite garnet, this gemstone is considered to be not as durable as red garnet though. A more expensive garnet for your garnet wedding ring could be spessartine garnet too. This is an orane to reddish-orange colored garnet gem stone. Spessartine or spessartite garnet as it is called, is as durable as red garnet. February: Amethyst would be the gem stone for you if, you plan to have a man birth stone wedding ring for someone born in the month of February. Amethyst gems are normally found in pale purple, medium purple or dark purple colors. Medium purple amethyst gems are most popular for men's rings. Once again a modestly priced gem stone, so gem stone size is not a big issue for your birth stone wedding ring. Some years ago, a light green to pale green amethyst gem was introduced to the jewelry world. This is often called prasiolite and has so far not found much demand for men's rings. March: Aquamarine is the birth stone for the month of March. This pale blue gem stone belongs to the beryl family that includes emerald, morganite and bixbite too. However, a March birth stone wedding ring would have an aquamarine gem stone. This is a gem stone in the medium priced range, the gem stone is strong and sturdy but needs a fairly good size to display it's color. For a men's wedding aquamarine ring, we would suggest a gem stone size of 2 to 4 carats. A small aquamarine gem will not have enough body to display color, so think twice before choosing a mens wedding birth stone ring that has small gems. April: Diamond is considered to be one of the most expensive and desirable gems. So if you need an April birth stone wedding ring, do not expect a very cheap price tag. Diamond mens wedding rings are popular among men even when not their birth stone. The important thing to understand about diamonds is that, the price of a diamond increases as the size of the stone increases. This is true even for diamonds of the same grade and quality. While most jewelers stock only the high quality diamond rings, many diamonds in the medium quality range can also look good to the human eye. A custom made wedding ring with diamonds would offer you a better range of options to suit your budget. Diamond wedding rings that use diamonds that are neither too small nor too large, are the best choice for affordable diamond birth stone wedding rings. Men's rings with diamonds that are in the size range of 3mm to 4mm would be ideal. May: Emerald another gem stone from the mineral beryl is the birth stone for the month of May. There are a few things that you should know before choosing a men's birthstone wedding ring with an emerald. All emeralds will include natural inclusions and fissures, this will remain no matter what price you pay for the gem stone. This feature of the emerald also makes it easier for the stone to break or crack if struck with physical impact. At the same time, do not expect your emerald birthstone mens wedding ring to be cheap just because the gem stone has inclusions and can break. Emeralds are expensive gems and good quality emerald can command a very high price. Another interesting thing about an emerald is that 99% of the emeralds used in jewelry are treated with natural oils. This treatment increases the transparency and beauty of the gem stone, it is also believed to have some positive effect on the durability of the emerald. Some care is required to ensure that these oils are not lost or damaged, as this can reduce the beauty of the gem stone too. June: Pearl is the birth stone for the month of June. If your mens wedding ring needs this birth stone, there are not many designs that you will come across. The fact is that most pearl rings are designed for ladies rather than for men. Fortunately there is some good news here, moontstone is considered to be the alternate June birth stone. This gem stone is strong and modestly priced and is available in a few colors. Most moonstone gems are cut smooth (cabachon) without facets. Sizes upto 14x10mm are not hard to find, this increases your design options for your wedding ring. White moonstone and grey moonstone are the popular colors used in mens rings. The gem stone itself is transluscent and will therefore show up well in yellow gold or white gold. July: Ruby the red gem stone is the birth stone for July. A mens ruby wedding ring would appear awesome but the gem stone price would weigh on the price tag. Assuming that your wedding ring would need a ruby that is around 2.5 carats to 3 carats in weight, do not expect to get an eye clean beauty. Rubies that are mined today will show natural inclusions but, the gem is one of the sturdiest gems to be used in jewelry. Round and oval ruby gems are the most popular choices for mens' ruby gem stone rings. Beware of fissure filled and man made rubies that are often sold as natural rubies. Fissure filled or glass filled rubies as they are known, start out as naturally mined rubies but, they are the lowest quality rubies. While all rubies are heat treated, glass filled rubies are heated with silica based chemicals. The silica forms molten glass at high temperatures and fills the cavities in the ruby. Evaluate your jeweler before buying such an expensive ring from him. Indian rubies have recently shown up in some jewelry sales channels and you should beware of these. They are very opaque and flaky, color is added to make them appear attractive. The Indian rubies have a short lifespan and can chip and break over time. August: Peridot this green gem stone is the birth stone for August and was at one time mistaken for emerald! A men's peridot ring with a gem stone size of 3 to 4 carats would be modestly priced, so the pressure on your budget need not be too high. Peridot can be cut to many shapes, round, oval, square, rectangular and even trillion are possible options. The green color of this gem stone makes it suitable for a yellow or white gold mounting, so choose the gold color for your mens birth stone wedding ring based on your preference. September: Sapphire is the stone for you if you are looking for a mens wedding ring with a September birth stone. Blue sapphire is the most popular gem for mens sapphire wedding rings. Like rubies, sapphires are strong and durable gems. Rubies, sapphires and emeralds can be considered as expensive gems. The design for your mens wedding ring should ideally restrict the sapphire size to 2.5 to 3 carats. There are a few grades of blue sapphire and your jeweler can make suggestions based on your budget constraints. October: Opal of any type is considered to be the birth stone for the month of October. White opal, black opal and fire opal are popular for mens birthstone wedding rings. All opals have some moisture content in them, this is moisture that is trapped in naturally. Prolonged exposure to heat can dry up the moisture in an opal gemstone, this would reduce the beauty of the gem. While black opal is an expensive gem, white opal and fire opal are quite affordable. In any case, we would recommend a medium sized opal in the 2 to 5 carat range for your mens wedding ring. Opals can break with physical impact and larger gems have a higher chance of being struck against hard objects. In general, fire opal is the only type of opal that is normally cut as a faceted gem stone. Black opal, blue opal, white opal and even pink opal are normally cut smooth (cabachon) without facets. November: Citrine the yellow or orangish-yellow gem stone is the birthstone for November. This is not an expensive gem, shape and size should not be an issue so choose the wedding ring of your choice. Most men keep away from very pale yellow and very deep yellow citrine gems. The ideal color selection for your wedding birth stone ring would be a medium colored citrine gem. There was a time when jewelry buyers opted for yellow topaz for their november birth stone rings but, not much of yellow topaz can be found now. December: Turquoise the blue opaque gem is the December birth stone. You should know that naturally mined turquoise is not very strong, this is a relevant issue when choosing a turquoise mens wedding ring. For this reason, most of the turquoise that is used in jewelry is stabilized. This treatment provides better durability to the gem stone. There is one more option for a december birth stone and this is blue topaz. Swiss blue topaz and the deep blue, London blue topaz are favorites for men's wedding birth stone rings. A much paler blue topaz popularly called Sky Blue Topaz can appear much like Aquamarine. However, topaz and aquamarine are completely different gems. We present a few recommended design suggestions for mens birth stone wedding rings below. The selection is made based on the properties of the gem stone and also the price range. We would for example, not recommend a ring with a 5 carat gem stone for a sapphire men's wedding ring as the price would be prohibitive. Similarly a diamond ring with diamonds that are not very large nor very small would be highly recommended. These rings are from the Kaisilver jewelry collection for men. Kaisilver, the world's leading online provider of high end custom jewelry can make all types of jewelry in gold or silver. The designs can be selected from the collection and you are welcome to send in your designs too. You choose the gem stone for your jewelry and each gem is hand picked and custom cut. More details for each ring can be seen by clicking the link under each image. Suitable for sapphire, aquamarine, topaz, garnet, emerald, citrine and amethyst .... more Suitable for amethyst, aquamarine, citrine, peridot, red garnet, topaz, turquoise and white opal ... more Suitable for moonstone, turquoise, white opal and faceted stones amethyst, citrine, peridot, blue topaz and aquamarine  ... more Suitable for sapphire, aquamarine, ruby, topaz, red garnet, spessartite garnet, fire opal, emerald, citrine and amethyst also smooth cut moonstone and turquoise  ... more Suitable for amethyst, aquamarine, citrine, peridot, red garnet and topaz  ... more Suitable for ruby, sapphire, aquamarine, topaz, citrine and garnet ... more Suitable for amethyst, citrine, red garnet, turquoise, moonstone, peridot, white opal and topaz  ... more The medium sized center gem stone for this ring makes it suitable for all gem stone options, good choice for a mens birth stone wedding ring  ... more Suitable for diamonds, sapphire and ruby gemstones ... more

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