Aquamarine — March's Stone
March
Pale sea blue
Aquamarine is the sea-blue member of the beryl family, colored by iron and ranging from pale to deeper blue-green, with a durable Mohs hardness of 7.5 to 8.
What tradition gives the aquamarine
Gem lore is older than mineralogy and less careful — which is part of its charm. Worn for a birthday month, the aquamarine traditionally carries:
- Traditionally associated with calm and courage
- A stone of the sea in tradition
Offered as tradition
Meanings here are cultural tradition — a way of giving a stone a story, never a claim about what it does.
The month around it
March's stone keeps company with the month's flower (Daffodil), its full moon, the Worm Moon, and the signs that pass through it — Pisces and Aries.