Light Blue Gem

There are also much lighter or softer blue stones with the most common of the lighter stones being topaz and aquamarine.

Light blue gem.

Blue lace agate as it is known is usually banded in layers of light blue bright blue stripes and threads of brown. Here are several good examples of famous light blue gemstone names and their meanings. Since sapphire is a gem quality form of corundum it is incredibly hard and durable with a hardness of 9 on the mohs scale. The mineral beryl occurs in a variety of colors.

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. The most popular is the deep green gemstone known as emerald. Aquamarine is the second most popular gem of beryl. 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.

Most people don t know that there is another blue beryl. Some transparent specimens occur in sri lanka but other locales usually don t produce high quality blue gemstones. They are much less costly and are used to make inexpensive jewelry. It is a very dark blue gem known as maxixe pronounced mashish.

This is a type of quartz with subtle blue color and almost translucent surface and has soothing soft shade. Fine facetable crystals are rare and collectible. It ranks at 6 5 to 7 on the mohs scale and with good care can last a very long time. Tanzanite ranges from light blue to intense vivid blue.

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. 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. Natural amazonite matte round beads 14mm amazonite gemstone beads light blue gemstone natural blue gemstones 14mm gemstone 15inch selectbeads. Light blue beryls with a low saturation are also called aquamarine.

Often purple is a secondary color in tanzanite stones. Tanzanite is often believed to be an underrated gemstone as it is as beautiful as more expensive blue gemstones but not as popular. 4 5 out of 5 stars 4 141 4 141 reviews 7 90. As the color suggests the gemstone reflects calmness quiet reflection and shooting quality for anxious or angry mind.

Named for blue hues that can resemble sapphire sapphirine can have light to dark blue to blue green hues.