If you are looking to owning and sporting impressive and attractive costume jewelry but have a limited budget, then semi-precious stones might just do the trick. These stones actually come in wide varieties and are very accessible to virtually anyone and everyone, whatever their taste, style and preferences are.

Semi-precious stones are able to preserve the beautiful effect of sophistication. A lot of jewelry pieces that have been made using these stones can be considered as true pieces of beauty and elegance that are not too opulent-looking. Depending on an individual's taste and fashion sense, semi-precious stones could be one of the best and effective ways to enhance an individual's sense of style.

A kind of semi-precious stones would be birthstones. Birthstones basically correspond to the birth months of people. There are those who believe that by wearing their own birthstones, they would be able to increase their inner strength. Because of this, jewelry that has been made with certain semi-precious birthstones are commonly given as gifts. Some examples would be garnet for January and aquamarine for March.

Also a popular belief would be that there are some semi-precious that have unique powers. For instance, it said that wearing garnet could help in easing the pain caused by a bad breakup or by jealousy between lovers. Another would be the amethyst which is believed to have the power of providing protection for the wearer from the ill effects from drinking alcohol, prevent hangovers as well as slow down intoxication. Others would include turquoise which could give emotional strength, jade which could protect the wearer from psychological attacks and quartz which has been believed to give the power of love.