If you were born in March, then Aquamarine is your birthstone. Aquamarine also commemorates the 16th and 19th wedding anniversaries. Aquamarine derives its name from the Latin word for seawater, and has a long association with the sea. In Greco-Roman times, sailors would carry a piece of aquamarine while at sea. They believed that aquamarine would help provide a safe voyage and protect them from sea monsters. Roman sailors believed that tossing a piece of aquamarine into the sea would appease Neptune, the god of the seas.
Aqaumarine
is found in several shades of blue ranging from light to medium. Aquamarine
does occur in a sea green color but this is virtually impossible to find today.
A cat's eye aquamarine is also natuarally occuring; it is always cut as a cabochon
and is exceedingly rare.
Aquamarine is a member of the beryl mineral group. Aquamarine has a hardness of 7.5 - 8 and a specific gravity of 2.72. Aquamarine is found in South America, Africa and China.