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What is the Birthstone for April?
Giving a piece of jewelry containing a birthstone gem will bring the wearer with good luck and protection. Monthly birthstones symbolize the month of birth according to the Gregorian Calendar. What is the Birth stone for April? The following old poem provides the answer!

Diamond
"She who from April
dates her years,
Diamonds shall wear,
lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow."

April's Birthstone is the Diamond
The April birthstone poem reflects some of the properties the Diamond is associated with: enhancing relationships and increasing inner strength.

The Traditional Metaphysical Properties for the Diamond are balance, clarity and abundance. The healing properties are reputed to be effective for health problems relating to brain diseases, pituitary glands. The Diamond is also used to draw out toxins and therefore was used as a remedy for poison.

Diamond is considered to be the birthstone for Aries (The sign of the Ram) and relate to those born between March 21 - April 19.

Alternative birthstones for April and the Zodiac sign of Aries are: Bloodstone, Topaz Sapphire, Jasper, and Aquamarine.

April Birthstone - the Color of the Diamond
The traditional color associated with the Diamond is white, or colorless, and is strongly favored as a popular gem in jewelry. Diamond is categorized into the following: Colorless, Nearly colorless, Faintly tinted (usually yellow), Lightly tinted (usually yellow) and Tinted (usually yellow but may progress to brownish).

Definition of Diamond: The word Diamond is derived from the Greek word "adamas" which means "hardest metal" which reflect the property of the stone. The diamond is a precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for its extreme hardness. This gem is a member of the Carbon family. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. The crystal structure of the Diamond is Isometric.

April Birth Flower - the Sweet pea or Daisy

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Facts and History of Diamonds
Amongst the many precious crystallised stones diamonds stand pre-eminent for their beauty, brilliancy and strength. Diamonds are the hardest stone known, hence the name of Adamas, meaning "the Indomitable," which was given to them by their ancient discoverers. Diamonds can cut every known substance although a diamond itself cannot be cut, nor be scratched, by other stones. Neither acids nor solvents any effect upon them. When found, the diamond is covered with a thick crust, so hard that there is no substance known that will remove it but that of itself, and it is only by grinding and polishing with diamond dust and minute diamonds that it is shaped and its wonderful brilliancy developed.

Facts and Information about Diamonds

History of Diamonds - The Romans
The Romans regarded diamonds with much reverence, fastening it upon the left arm so that the gem should touch the flesh, believing it powerful in making its wearer brave and daring, giving him the victory over his enemies; and when set in fine steel, was considered a charm against insanity.

History of Diamonds - The Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages the diamond was thought to protect its wearer from the plague, and for this reason Queen Elizabeth I of England was given a diamond to guard her against infection, which she is said to have worn in her breast.

Timeline History of Diamonds
800 BC Diamonds discovered in India
327 BC Alexander the Great brings the first diamonds to Europe from India.
296 BC Sanskrit manuscript called the 'Arthasastra', or 'the Lesson of Profit' makes written reference
1150's The Briolette of India, a legendary diamond weighing 90.38 carats, was believed to have been brought to England by Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
1375 The Point Cut was developed which follows the natural shape of a raw diamond, reducing wastage in the diamond cutting process.
1382 A circlet crown was purchased for Queen Anne of Bohemia which was set with a large sapphire, four large pearls and a large diamond in the centre
History Timeline History of Diamonds - 1400's & 1500's
1407 The earliest European records of the history and art of cutting diamonds originate in Paris where there was a flourishing guild of numerous diamond cutters.
1423 The Chief Justice of England , Sir William Hankford, gave his great-granddaughter a baptismal gift of a gilt cup and a diamond ring
1434 Johannes Guttenberg (1398 – 1468) learnt the art of gem cutting and polishing from Andreas Drytzehen of Strasbourg.
1458 Louis van Berquem of Brugge created the first cut diamonds when he discovered that diamonds could be cut by their own dust.
1477 Mary of Burgundy became the first known recipient of a diamond engagement ring from the Archduke Maximilian of Austria. The history and tradition of the engagement ring began with this gift.
History Timeline History of Diamonds - 1600's & 1700's
1631 Jean Baptist Tavernier made a series of six voyages to India where he saw some of the world’s most fabulous diamonds and gems.
1650's Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602 – 1661) serving the French King Louis XIV, collected diamonds from Catherine the Great and is credited with the first 'Brilliant cut' diamonds
1681 Vincent Peruzzi, a Venetian diamond polisher, introduced the "Triple-Cut Brilliant" or "Peruzzi Cut" diamonds.
1691 The Hortensia diamond, a pale orangey-pink diamond, was added to the Crown Jewels of France by King Louis XIV
History Timeline History of Diamonds - 1800's & 1900's
1837 The Tiffany Diamond Company was founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany
1854 Royal Asscher Diamond Company was founded
1880 The colorless Porter Rhodes Diamond came from the claim of Mr. Porter-Rhodes in the Kimberly Mine
1889 The Iranian Yellows - African diamonds acquired by Nasseridin Shah
1902 The Cullinan (aka the Star of Africa) was found by Frederick Wells
1924 Uncle Sam is the nickname for the largest diamond discovered in the United States which was discovered by W. O. Bassum at Crater of Diamonds state park in Arkansas.
1957 The Nepal ("The Ageless Diamond" ) was purchased by Harry Winston from an Indian dealer
1977 The Kahn Canary Diamond was Discovered in the Crater of Diamonds State Park, near Murfreesboro, Arkansas
History Timeline History of Diamonds

The History of the Regent Diamond
Napoleon Bonaparte also attached great value to the qualities of diamonds and wore the famous Regent diamond in the hilt of his sword. The history of Regent diamond is very curious. In its natural state it weighed 410 carats, but after its cutting, which took two years to complete, it was reduced to 137 carats and was the size of a large plum. The diamond was perfectly white and flawless. The 'Regent' diamond was found at the Parteal mine in India, by a slave who hid it by making a gash in the calf of his leg and then hiding the stone in the bandage until he could escape to Madras. The slave was helped by a sailor but when a purchaser was found for the diamond the slave was thrown overboard by the sailor. The seaman then sold the diamond to a dealer named Jamchund for £1000, which he quickly spent, afterwards legend has it that he hung himself. The diamond was next purchased by Thomas Pitt, grandfather to the Earl of Chatham, who purchased it after much bargaining for £20,400. But the diamond brought him no happiness. He was so frightened of losing it that it is said that he never slept twice at the same house whilst the diamond was in his possession. About the year 1717, having offered the gem to several sovereigns, the Regent of France was persuaded that his country should possess the most beautiful and perfect diamond known so the diamond was bought for £135,000 and from that time known as the Regent diamond. The diamond was stolen from the public treasury during the turbulent times of the French Revolution. Twelve years later it was recovered and hen set in the Imperial diadem of France.

Great importance was attached by the Hindus of India to the original shape of a diamond. They believed that a triangular stone being thought to cause quarrels, a square diamond terrors but a six-cornered stone was thought to bring the best of good fortune and to renew the strength in old age.

History from: http://www.birthstones.org.uk/history-of-birthstones/history-of-diamonds.htm

I'd be lucky to get a diamond!

I have an April birthday, but go by Taurus for my stone.
Either Rose Quartz or Peridot.
Emerald s are too expensive too :(