About April Birthstone - April Birthstone Color, Information and Meaning

December 29, 2010- Diamond is the April birth stone that is a simple but the hardest of all stones with remarkable qualities of durability, hardness, clarity, refraction and dispersion. There is no other stone like diamond. All of us know that diamond is the hardest substance but let me give more information that this April birthstone is four times harder than the next harder stone which is ruby and sapphire.



With so many good quality it has few weakness as well. One of this is the cleavage. April birthstone diamond has four cleavages and if it is hit hard on any of these the diamond with split of cleave from that point. So the angle from which it has to be cut is given immense importance.

These precious gemstones are found in Kimberlite rock that is formed in the core of certain volcanoes. The kimberlite is crushed between the steel rollers leaving behind the uncrushed and the hardest diamonds. Usually from one ton of rich ore single carat diamond is obtained.

April Stone Meaning

The word diamond has been derived from a Greek word 'adamas' meaning 'hardest metal'.April birthstone diamond is a remarkable precious stone that is very beautiful and has range of color, transparent being the most popular. It is the member of carbon family and found in nature as rough diamond.

April Birthstone Color

April birth stone diamond is found in all sorts of color but the colorless one is the most popular of all. Apart from this shades of yellow are also very common. Then there are blue, reddish, black and greenish diamonds.

April Birthstone Benefits

• Diamond is a great stone to enhance relationships.
• Diamond gives a rare inner strength.
• April birth stone is associated with luck. If worn then this bring good luck and fortune.
• It is typically used to heal the problems related to heart and pituitary gland.
• It is a remedy for poison and use to draw out toxins from the body.

April Birthstone History

Diamond is not a new stone as it has been known since ages. Deccan Highlands in India is the earliest known source of diamond which is now called Golconda. In 1725 deposits of diamonds were also found in Brazil. Both India and Brazil pured out enough of diamonds that the shortage was felt. Then in 1865 South Africa left both of these behind in the diamond race when Erasmus Jacobs, the 15-year-old son of a farmer found a very beautiful stone. He took this stone to his home where they gave this to their family friend Schalk Van Neikirk. He said that it was a 21-carat yellow diamond. It was called the Eureka that was sold for £500.

In 1868 a Swartboy found another beautiful stone near the Orange River. Van Neikirk after inspecting that stone immediately gave all his livestocks to him. He then sold it for £11,200. Cecil Rhodes then founded a diamond empire. With this South Africa became a very popular place for diamonds.