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January babies, rejoice!Your birthstone is the garnet. A fiery gemstone that comes in a variety of colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, and even blue. But it's the deep red garnet, the Mozambique garnet that's most iconic, and for good reason.

A bezel (bezz'el) 1. a continuos groove of a form to fit a gemstone or diamond in a piece of jewelry, with the metal at the top of the gemstone groove burnished over the edge of the gemstone to form a setting. 2. The grooved ring forming part of a watch case, around the dial, into which the watch crystal is fitted. 3. In silver hollowware, the...

A basket-setting is a fancy setting of various stone shapes in the form of a basket with some designs having side piercings that provide a basket work or lacy apprerance.

Bakelite (bake'el-ite) is a colorless plastic made from phenol and formaldehyde, and named for its inventor, Dr. L. Baekeland. It can be dyed any color and was often sold as an amber imitation.