Wedding Anniversary Jewellery Gifts
Some wedding anniversary symbols are really well known, like gold for the 50th and silver for the 25th. These are special milestones for fortunate couples to celebrate. But life is uncertain and, sadly, you can never tell if you will reach them together. Many of the other years have been allocated their own symbols and there is even a list of gemstones that can be attached to particular years
Once you have passed the first ten years of marriage, you may have more resources to invest in these wonderful symbols of your years together. Here is a list of the gemstones associated with the years between then and the Silver Wedding Anniversary.
Wedding Jewellery symbols Years Eleven to Fifteen
Celebrate your love for your significant other during the wedding anniversary years between 11 and 20 with the traditionally given gemstone jewellery. As couples journey through the years of marriage, each anniversary becomes a special milestone to celebrate the enduring bond and love they share. From traditional to modern interpretations, these years are associated with specific gemstones and materials that symbolize the strength and growth of the relationship. Each years specific gemstone based theme can be matched with the perfect jewellery gift to commemorate the wedding anniversaries from the 11th to the 20th year.
Turquoise or Hematite 11th year
For the eleventh Wedding anniversary, you have a choice of turquoise or hematite. Wearing turquoise is a test of true love because without true love the stone’s colour will fade. Choose hematite if you feel you need to give your relationship a lift, become personally more attractive or build up your courage for something. Be careful about wearing it next to your skin as it can cause irritation. It does have healing properties though and enhances your oxygen supply by stimulating the absorption of iron in your body.
Agate or Pearl 12th year
Agate is one of the stones for the end of the twelfth marriage year. Believed to be good for healing bruises and sprains, this semi-precious stone often displays brightly colored natural stripes. Jade is another choice for the twelfth anniversity year, long associated with good luck and long life, this has been considered more valuable than gold in some cultures. In modern times Pearls have also been given for this anniversary and what could be more elegant and sophisticated than a simple Pearl pendant or necklace.
13th Wedding Anniverary
You have three choices for the thirteenth Wedding anniversary. The first is malachite, sometimes known as the peacock stone because the patterns on it can resemble the eye in the pattern of the bird’s feathers. The second is citrine, the sunny yellow stone that really gives you a lift. The third is the blue moonstone, a great partner for onyx.
Ivory alternative Moss Agate 14th Wedding Anniversary
The fourteenth anniversary is traditionally Ivory which has fallen out of fashion in modern years for obvious reasons. The modern approach to this wedding anniversary gift is to use an alternative gemstone set in a gold jewellery setting. The preferred alternative gemstone is moss agate, so called because of its moss like pattern. Nature lovers always love this stone.
Crystal 15th Wedding year
For the fifteenth Wedding anniversary, you should buy crystal. This stone, repeated from year three, is often used to channel healing. A recommended alternative stone to crystal is Blue Sapphire and the modern theme for this year is to give a watch as a gift.
Wedding Anniversity Years Sixteen to Twenty
16th Wedding Anniversary Silver Jewellery
These years begin with aquamarine or peridot for the sixteenth wedding anniversary. With its beautiful colors echoing the sky and the sea, aquamarine is said to bring joy, wealth and a long and happy marriage to the wearer. And the rich greens of the peridot stone are also reminiscent of the natural world. This stone will bring patience, confidence and vitality. The overriding theme of this year is Silverware so your aqua or peridot gemstone should be in a sterling silver jewellery setting for this anniversary.
Citrine or Amethyst 16th Anniversary Jewellery
For the seventeenth Wedding anniversary, you could choose citrine again, or amethyst with its royal purple colour. A story about the creation of amethyst tells how the goddess Diana protected a lovely young girl from the wrath of Dionysus by turning her into a quartz statue. Dionysus, overcome by the beauty of the statue, wept to think he could have destroyed it, and his tears stained it purple like the stunning colour of amethyst.
Cats Eye or Opal 18th Wedding Anniversary
Cats Eye or Tigers Eye is the recommended stone for the eighteenth wedding anniversary. Buy it set in silver and even combined with moonstone to receive good luck. The saying goes that “you must be faithful to your spouse or the Tigers Eye will lose its sheen and become dull”. As an alternative your could purchase Opal for this anniversary year set in an 18ct Gold ring or even a Sterling Silver jewellery setting.
Aquamarine or Topaz 19th Wedding Jewellery
The nineteenth anniversary also repeats previously associated gemstones. Aquamarine can apply to this anniversary and was also the stone for the sixteenth anniversity. While topaz is also the stone for one of the early anniversaries but can be used for the nineteenth. This gemstone comes in many colours, the blue topaz being the cheapest, while pink and red hues are the most valuable of the topaz gemstones.
Emerald Jewellery 20th Wedding Anniversary
The twentieth anniversary is the Emerald Wedding Anniversary. Symbolising two decades of love, the emerald is another stone that supposedly loses its colour if you are unfaithful. For this momentous anniversary your precious Emerald stone should be combined with Platinum jewellery such as in a beautiful pendant or set in a Platinum ring. It is also said that the Emerald can help relieve tired or stressed eyes and may have healing properties to help failing eyesight.
