balderdash@lemmy.zip to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoHonestly, fuck the diamond industrylemmy.zipimagemessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down117
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minus-squareLogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoBirthstones are like the zodiac signs of geology. Each month gets assigned a gemstone.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOne of which is diamond, annoyingly enough.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year 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