August Birthstone
August Birthstone Spinel
In 2016, spinel was added as an official birthstone for August — a modern honour for one of the oldest gems known. For anyone born in August, it is a more individual choice than the familiar alternatives: rarer, available in the widest colour range of any gem, and almost always untreated.
Every stone here is natural, independently certified and hand-selected — a birthstone to keep, collect or set into something personal.
An August birthstone — natural, untreated & independently certified.
Questions
August Birthstone Spinel — Frequently Asked
- Is spinel a birthstone for August?
- Yes. Spinel was named an official August birthstone in 2016 (alongside peridot and sardonyx), recognising a gem long prized by collectors. It gives August a rarer, more colourful choice.
- What colour is the August birthstone spinel?
- Spinel comes in the widest colour range of any gem — red, pink, the neon of Mahenge, blue, cobalt, purple, teal and grey — so an August birthstone can be almost any colour you love.
- Why choose spinel as a birthstone?
- It is durable (Mohs 8), brilliant, rarer than many mainstream gems, and almost always untreated — a distinctive, collectible birthstone with genuine gemological pedigree.
- Is your birthstone spinel natural and certified?
- Yes — every stone is natural, untreated and sold with an independent gemological certificate.
Sources
Facts on this page draw on independent gemmological authorities:
- Gemological Institute of America (GIA) · Institute
- American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) · Association
- Gübelin Gem Lab · Laboratory
- GRS (GemResearch Swisslab) · Laboratory