Pale Blue Precious Stone

The name tanzanite is used for a color variety of zoisite that ranges from blue to bluish purple to bluish violet.

Pale blue precious stone.

Like alexandrite this blue gemstone changes color from blue at daytime to red or purple under an incandescent light. Even common opal in blue hues is quite attractive. It ranks at 6 5 to 7 on the mohs scale and with good care can last a very long time. Although it is a very common mineral gem quality materials are extremely rare.

Apatite is composed of calcium phosphate the same material that makes up our teeth and bones. Topaz a translucent stone from very light blue to medium blue tourmaline the blue form of this stone is very rare turquoise this is a light to medium blue with green throughout zircon medium to dark translucent blue color with over 30 options you can definitely find the blue gemstone that is right for you. In blue hues a precious opal s play of colors can resemble sunlight on the ocean s surface. 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.

The mineral zoisite naturally occurs in a wide range of colors that include colorless gray yellow brown pink green blue and violet. Often purple is a secondary color in tanzanite stones. Tanzanite ranges from light blue to intense vivid blue. This blue gemstone is among the most valuable gemstones in the world with prices of around 1 500 per carat.

Thank you for the awesome new tool that is part of the fire mountain website colors of gemstones shell and more there are times that i do seek a particular color of gemstone to use in a custom order and this chart makes the process a whole lot easier. At microscopic scales precious opal is composed of silica spheres some 150 to 300 nm in diameter in a hexagonal or cubic close packed lattice it was shown by j. Apatite is the defining mineral for 5 on the mohs scale and it is known to occur in a wide variety of colors including a paraiba like blue green. Nevertheless these stones are soft and may be scratched when exposed in jewelry.

Though more common as a pale yellow stone sillimanite can have pale blue hues like a light tone aquamarine. Precious opal shows a variable interplay of internal colors and though it is a mineraloid it has an internal structure. Though most valuable in green demantoid garnet also occurs as blue stones which are in fact the rarest. 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.

Tanzanite is often believed to be an underrated gemstone as it is as beautiful as more expensive blue gemstones but not as popular. 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. Buy blue apatite gemstone.