Quick Answer
What is May’s birthstone?
May’s birthstone is emerald. Brilliant green emerald — May's birthstone — has symbolized rebirth, growth, and royalty since antiquity. Hand-set into rings, pendants, and earrings at our Snellville atelier.
About Emerald — the May Birthstone
Emerald is the rich green variety of beryl — May’s traditional birthstone — graded by both color saturation and clarity. The finest emeralds show a vivid pure green with no secondary yellow or blue, the look the Romans associated with Venus. Emerald sits at 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale, hard enough for jewelry but brittle, so settings matter.
ATL Luxury Jewelers stocks emerald across halo pendants, stud and drop earrings, solitaire and three-stone rings, and tennis-style bracelets set in 18K gold or platinum. Most natural emeralds are oiled or treated with clear resin to improve apparent clarity — this is standard and disclosed practice; untreated emeralds command significant premiums.
Emerald reads richest in yellow or rose gold — the warm metal amplifies the green saturation. White gold and platinum create a sharper, more modern look. Settings should protect the corners, which is why emerald-cut step-cuts in protective four-prong or bezel settings are the classic choice.
Why buy emerald from ATL Luxury Jewelers?
For over 15 years, ATL Luxury Jewelers has sourced natural emerald at our Snellville, GA showroom. We disclose all treatments on every stone (minor oil, moderate oil, significant resin, etc.) — standard transparency that’s often missing at lower-end birthstone counters.
Every emerald piece includes lifetime cleaning (gentle warm-soap method only), prong-tightening, and rhodium-plating (for white gold) at no charge. We’ve held this policy since 2009.
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