Those of you with March birthdays are infinity blessed! Not just because you've got the luck of the Irish in your back pocket but because aquamarine as your birthstone. Not even St. Patrick was that lucky...
Named for the sea and its many shades of blue, March’s birthstone often reminds its wearers of tropical oceans and alluring lagoons. Aquamarine actually comes from the phase “water of the sea” - a name that originated in the early 1700’s during the Georgian jewelry era. It was also once know as the “Sailor’s Stone” because seafarers once believed that aquamarines would protect them from coarse seas and unendurable storms. This belief stood the test of time, well into the 20th century, as the US Navy had a coastal patrol yacht created, called the USS Aquamarine, during World War II in honor of the gemstone.