Officially a Junebug!
Well, as of today our little guy is officially a Junebug and not a Mayflower. So here is some info. about the June birthstones. Apparently, there are three: pearl, moonstone, and alexandrite. Pearl is the main one, and the other two are "alternates"?! Here is a passage from about birthstones.com June Birthstone : Pearl Birthstone Color: White From one of the humblest of life forms, the mollusk, comes the pearl -- a gem of unsurpassed beauty and elegance. Ancient civilizations had many stories to explain the origin of June's birthstone, such as the Greek belief that pearls were the hardened tears of joy that the goddess of love shook from her eyes as she was born from the sea. According to Arab legend, pearls were formed when oysters were lured from the depths of the ocean by the beautiful moon and then swallowed moonlit dewdrops. And the Ancient Chinese thought that these gems originated from the brains of dragons. The scientific explanation for natural pearls is almo...