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Show Were You Born In September? Clear thinking; is symbolized by September's birthKtone, the sapphire. sap-phire. The roatcr ot september-born september-born notables, entitled to wear the sapphire as a good luck emblem, includes author -William Faulkner, tennis star Alice Marble, actress Greta Garbo and cowboy hero. Gene Autry. From the pages of histoiy there is England's Queen Elizabeth I, also born in September. Septem-ber. Imaginative legends from many cultures and ages surround the 'sapphire, the jewelry . industry 5council reports. The Persians believed be-lieved the earth rested on a giant sapphire, whose color was reflect- , ed into the sky to give it a clear blue- color. It was the Stone of Stones for ancient Orientals, who thought it would prevent capture by enemies and win favor with princes. A gem highly esteemed by many religions, a sapphire is said to have been engraved with the Ten ! Commandments and, according to j tradition, Solomon's Seal was a ' star sapphire. Most sapphires are "found in - Burma, Australia, Siam and Ceylon Cey-lon and steel-blue sapphires have been found in Montana. Either the plain or starred sapphire is traditionally worn by the September Septem-ber born. The star in. a sapphire, by the way, is an optical effect, formed by bands of light reflected from . within the stone when it is seen in sunlight or a bright light. This star appears when a rough star sapphire is cut into several smaller pieces', if each piece is properly cut cabochon. |
