November birthstone

[JoAnna]

No: HPFGUIDX 111012

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Erin" <erinellii at y...> wrote:
>  Kadoo96801 at a... wrote:
> > > Does anyone know the birhtstone of Novemeber?  Thats very yellow, 
> is it Amethest i think? Hufflepuffs main color is definately yellow, 
> because don't slytherins share black with them as the color? 
> 
> 
> Erin: 
> It's topaz.  Hufflepuff colors are yellow and black.  Slytherin's are 
> green and silver.
> 
> --Erin

JoAnna:

Topaz is more orange than yellow, however.  Topaz is my birthstone (my
b-day is November 3) so I have a lot of topaz jewelry.  

Granted, since I'm not swimming in Galleons, all my topaz jewelry is
cubic zirconia.  I have no idea if a "true" topaz is more yellow than
orange, but I'd imagine they look similar.

Despite the fact that it's not a "true" yellow, I could see it being
the stone for Hufflepuff's hourglass, since there are no truly yellow
gemstones.  

What about yellow diamonds?  IIRC, there is such a thing.  Or what
about onyx?  I don't know if it can be considered a gemstone, but
since the Hufflepuff colors are yellow and *black*... it's a
possibility, anyway.

- JoAnna