Light Blue Gemstone

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Light blue gemstone.

With over 130 gem varieties our gemstone index will help you find the perfect colored stone for your jewelry crystal healing needs. Sapphire is a gem variety of the mineral corundum when corundum is reddish blue to violet blue it is known simply as sapphire corundums of any other color except red which is ruby are known as fancy sapphire. Iolite is known to exhibit pronounced pleochroism often displaying violet blue yellow gray and light blue all in the same stone depending on the angle from which it is viewed. Clarity grades have much less importance in blue gemstones than in colorless stones.

4 5 out of 5 stars 4 141 4 141 reviews 7 90. Being a cooling stone it has a soft soothing elegance that is used to cure insomnia promote strength and healing and ensure a healthy life. These blue gems come from the variety of tourmaline called indicolite from the word indigo though the gemstone may be a light blue not necessarily indigo. Sapphire is made of corundum and becomes blue due to the presence of titanium and iron during its formation.

While blue is the most well known sapphire color which can be found in a range of colors. Iolite is a transparent gemstone quality form of the mineral cordierite. Gemselect s list of precious semi precious gemstones. For lighter toned blue gemstones a somewhat better clarity grade will improve the gem s appearance.

It has a hardness of 7 to 7 5 on the mohs scale making quite suitable for jewelry wear. The finest of these blue crystals is known as the paraiba tourmaline which is among the most expensive of blue gemstones owing to its brilliant turquoise color. Blue lace agate as it is known is usually banded in layers of light blue bright blue stripes and threads of brown. Since the color can mask inclusions it makes them less noticeable however avoid large inclusions or fractures as these can still make the stone more breakable.

Guide to precious semi precious color gemstones. On the basis of dollars spent in the united states sapphire is the most popular blue stone and the third most popular colored stone after emerald and ruby. Favorite add to. Check price on james allen.