Light Blue Gem

The most popular is the deep green gemstone known as emerald.

Light blue gem.

Natural amazonite matte round beads 14mm amazonite gemstone beads light blue gemstone natural blue gemstones 14mm gemstone 15inch selectbeads. 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. The most common blue stone is a sapphire however the deep blue color can also be found in other gemstones such as kyanite lapis lazuli and zircon. 4 5 out of 5 stars 4 141 4 141 reviews 7 90.

Most people don t know that there is another blue beryl. Sapphire s blue color can range from light blue to deep blue. Tanzanite ranges from light blue to intense vivid blue. It ranks at 6 5 to 7 on the mohs scale and with good care can last a very long time.

It is a very dark blue gem known as maxixe pronounced mashish. Named for blue hues that can resemble sapphire sapphirine can have light to dark blue to blue green hues. Tanzanite is often believed to be an underrated gemstone as it is as beautiful as more expensive blue gemstones but not as popular. There are also much lighter or softer blue stones with the most common of the lighter stones being topaz and aquamarine.

They are much less costly and are used to make inexpensive jewelry. 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. Light blue beryls with a low saturation are also called aquamarine.

Some transparent specimens occur in sri lanka but other locales usually don t produce high quality blue gemstones. Here are several good examples of famous light blue gemstone names and their meanings. Fine facetable crystals are rare and collectible. Often purple is a secondary color in tanzanite stones.

Aquamarine is the second most popular gem of beryl. Favorite add to. The mineral beryl occurs in a variety of colors. 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.

Sapphire is the best known blue gemstone though it also occurs in many other colors.