Hi! Love your gemstone mermaids for this year’s MerMay! They’ve all been gorgeous! Ruby has been a personal favorite as that’s my birth month.
Personally I grew up knowing turquoise as the birthstone of December, along with other gemstones being chosen for other months, as I know some months have multiple options for gemstones. Did you consider any of those other gemstones when picking which ones for your mermaids?
Yes, I did a lot of research and there are quite a few options for quite a few of the months, I found FOUR for June which is crazy. I even saw Blue Topaz as another option for December but I went with Zircon because November has a Topaz and because I thought the history was pretty neat. But it was a mixture of, history, aesthetics, and an attempt at color balance. If I had more time I would do more because all of these gemstones are gorgeous and it was an absolute joy learning about them.
Thank you so much!!

















