{"id":3293,"date":"2015-12-26T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/wpblog\/english\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2016-12-28T16:48:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T16:48:15","slug":"the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/","title":{"rendered":"The December birthstones: turquoise, tanzanite and blue zircon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For December you have the choice between three birthstones: turquoise, tanzanite and blue zircon. These three stones carry\u00a0a blue color; a perfect color for winter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/turquoise-arizona.html\">Turquoise <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/tanzanite.html\">Tanzanite<\/a> are always in blue color. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/zircon-blue.html\">zircon <\/a>can be found in a\u00a0lot of colors, but blue is the color for this December birthstone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/turquoise-arizona.html\"><strong>The turquoise<\/strong>: <\/a>Turchese, Turkis, T\u00fcrkiis, T\u00fcrkis, T\u00fcrkiz, Turkoois, Turkoosi, Turkos, Turkuaz, Turkus, Turquesa, Tyrkys, Ng\u1ecdc lam, \u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632, \u0641\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u0632\u0647, \u571f\u8033\u5176\u7389\u6982\u8bf4, \u30c8\u30eb\u30b3\u77f3, \u0411\u0438\u0440\u044e\u0437\u0430, \u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05e7\u05d9\u05d6, \u092b\u0940\u0930\u094b\u091c\u093e\u093c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We well known this special color \"Turquoise blue\". This color is coming form the cupper<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Its name is coming form Turkey.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There are two famous origins for the natural turquoises; the Sleeping Beauty Mine in Arizona<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(closed) and in Iran.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We present only a selection of turquoises from theses localities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The turquoise can be easy used in jewelry.<\/div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3293 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/joaillers\/sikirdji-laurent\/sikirdji-laurent-earings-turquoises-sleeping-beauty-mine\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/SIKIRDJI-Laurent-earings-turquoises-Sleeping-Beauty-Mine-275x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SIKIRDJI Laurent-earings-turquoises Sleeping Beauty Mine\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/turq6150\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TURQ6150-275x182.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Turquoise Arizona - \u30c8\u30eb\u30b3\u77f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/turq0017\/'><img width=\"272\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TURQ0017-272x195.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Turquoise Arizona - \u30c8\u30eb\u30b3\u77f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/turq0051-1\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TURQ0051-1-275x190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Turquoise Iran - \u30c8\u30eb\u30b3\u77f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/turq0053\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TURQ0053-275x190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Turquoise Iran - \u30c8\u30eb\u30b3\u77f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/turquoise-arizona.html\">See our turquoises on sale-&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/tanzanite.html\"><strong>the tanzanite:<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Its name comes form the country of the discovery: Tanzania. It was discovered in 1967.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Useful in jewelry, the promotion was done by Tiffany's with\u00a0Liz Tailor, regarding\u00a0her eyes in the<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>same range of color.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3293 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/tanz0018\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TANZ0018-275x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tanzanite - \u30bf\u30f3\u30b6\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/tanz9006\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TANZ9006-275x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tanzanite - \u30bf\u30f3\u30b6\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/tanz9012\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TANZ9012-275x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tanzanite - \u30bf\u30f3\u30b6\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/tanz9007\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TANZ9007-275x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tanzanite - \u30bf\u30f3\u30b6\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/tanz9002-1\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TANZ9002-1-275x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tanzanite - \u30bf\u30f3\u30b6\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/tanz9008\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/TANZ9008-275x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tanzanite - \u30bf\u30f3\u30b6\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/tanzanite.html\">See our tanzanites on sale-&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/zircon-blue.html\"><strong>The blue zircon:<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The blue zircon exists in all the colors. This blue color is coming from brown zircon from<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cambodia after have been heated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The blue zircon can be used in jewelry.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3293 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/zirb0018\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/ZIRB0018-275x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Zircon - \u30b8\u30eb\u30b3\u30f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/zirb0011\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/ZIRB0011-275x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Zircon - \u30b8\u30eb\u30b3\u30f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/zirb0016\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/ZIRB0016-275x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Zircon - \u30b8\u30eb\u30b3\u30f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-december-birthstones-turquoise-and-zircon\/zirb0015\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/12\/ZIRB0015-275x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Zircon - \u30b8\u30eb\u30b3\u30f3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/zircon-blue.html\">See our blue zircon on sale-&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For December you have the choice between three birthstones: turquoise, tanzanite and blue zircon. These three stones carry\u00a0a blue color; a perfect color for winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[64,63,57,43],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3317,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions\/3317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}