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THE CONCEPT OF TWELVE DIFFERENT STONES WAS FOUND ON A BREASTPLATE DURING AN EXCAVATION OF A TOMB IN THE YEAR (ABOUT) 4000 BCE.THE BREASTPLATE, THAT WAS FOUND,  WAS WORN BY THE HIGH PRIEST OF MEMPHIS IN ANCIENT EGYPT.  THE HEBREWS ADOPTED THAT IDEA, ASSIGNING A STONE TO EACH OF THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, WHICH THEIR HIGH PRIEST WORE IN FOUR ROWS.  THE TRADITION EVOLVED WITH GEMS OR CRYSTALS BEING ASSIGNED TO THE TWELVE ANGELS, THEN THE TWELVE APOSTLES AND FINALLY THE TWELVE MONTHS. 

BIRTHSTONES CAME INTO FASHION IN THE 18TH CENTURY.  THEY WERE WORN TO ATTRACT GOOD LUCK AND HAPPINESS.  OVER TIME, THE STONES  BECAME RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR POSITIVE ENERGIES.