Article: Tradition of birthstones comes from the Bible.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)

Byline: J. Hope Babowice

You wanted to know

Kristin Kapinos, 9, a fourth-grader at Kildeer-Countryside School in Long Grove wanted to know:

Where did the idea for birthstones come from? Why do different places list different birthstones for the same month?

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