Birthstone Lookup in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("birthstones", A2)

What this pulls

Look up birthstones by the row. =VERVE("birthstones", A2) fills in the stone, color and meaning for any month or sign — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 300+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE()function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — these inputs, and the values they land in your sheet.

birthstones.xlsxlive

B1fx=VERVE("birthstones", "5")

Month

Month Name

May

Primary Stone

Emerald

Color

Green

Meaning

Rebirth, love, fertility

Hardness

7.5

Example resultpulled live from APIVerve1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Look up facts in the grid

Fill =VERVE("birthstones", A2) beside your keys and pull the reference value for each into its own cell — one trusted lookup per row.

Standardize a dataset

Replace hand-maintained lookup tables with a live one so your reference values never drift out of date.

Join to your data

Use Birthstone Lookup's output as a lookup column your other formulas can VLOOKUP or reference directly.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("birthstones", A2)

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same function, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE("birthstones", A2)

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Month=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "month")
Month Name=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "monthName")
Primary Stone=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "primaryStone")
Alternate Stones=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "alternateStones")
Color=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "color")
Meaning=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "meaning")
Zodiac Signs=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "zodiacSigns")
Hardness=VERVE("birthstones", A2, "hardness")

Birthstone Lookup, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Birthstone Lookup into a spreadsheet?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("birthstones", A2) into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.

How many credits does each Birthstone Lookup cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.

Can I fill a whole column at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Birthstone Lookup at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("birthstones", A2) down like any spreadsheet function.

Does Birthstone Lookup work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.

How current is the data?

Birthstone Lookup is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Birthstone Lookup is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Birthstone Lookup

Look up facts in the grid

Standardize a dataset

Join to your data

Birthstone Lookup, answered

Put Birthstone Lookup in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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