We fell in love with gemstones in our childhood, after receiving an aquamarine ring as a bequest from our Grandmother. Much later we bought some 4mm malachite beads from "Earring Things", this lead to a search for gemstone suppliers and we found "PJ Minerals", "Kernowcraft" and "Manchester Minerals".
Gemstones for the Northern Hemisphere Summer are pearls and moonstone for June, black onyx and ruby for July, and peridot and sardonyx for August.