Read on to learn how to assess quality in blue gemstones from popular and well known species to rarely seen specimens.
Light blue stone jewelry.
Aquamarine is a popular gemstone and is used in many types of jewelry although rings are often the most popular way for them to be set.
Blue garnets rank 6 5 to 7 on the mohs scale.
As with most blue gemstones stones that are a darker more vivid blue are generally more expensive and rarer than light blue stones.
Aquamarine prices can vary widely depending on the size and quality of the stone.
The stone can change color based on the light it is viewed under morphing from blue green to deep purple.
It has a hardness of 7 to 7 5 on the mohs scale making quite suitable for jewelry wear.
Blue gemstones in jewelry.
Iolite is a transparent gemstone quality form of the mineral cordierite.
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.
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Nevertheless blue gemstones are always in demand for jewelry.
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.
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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.
This is due to the inclusion of vanadium in the stone.
Smoky quartz is also present in the blue rock which is found in nambia africa.