Blue Green Semi Precious Stones

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Blue green semi precious stones.

In general a more pure blue hue is desirable and when a stone strays further from blue it s less valuable. Apatite is composed of calcium phosphate the same material that makes up our teeth and bones. Some are soft or prone to chipping or breaking. Dumortierite is a bright blue dark blue or greenish blue mineral that is occasionally found in metamorphic rocks.

It is imperative that you would think of sapphire when we say blue gemstones but wait. If you re creating a ring with one of the following green gemstones use a protective setting to minimize chipping and scratches. 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. Because of sapphire s excellent gemstone qualities such as high durability mohs 9 brilliance and beauty green sapphires are a good choice for all types of rings.

The most known blue green forms of gemstones are paraiba tourmaline apatite and fluorite. The stones shown here were produced from material mined in mozambique africa. The most common blue green semi precious stones material is gemstone. However those are not your only options.

Apatite is normally untreated but one. Sadly not all green gemstones are tough. It can be polished to a high luster and is one of just a few blue minerals that are hard enough to be used as a gemstone. Gemstones of the world we highly recommend gemstones of the world by walter schumann.

A complete list of blue gemstones with amazing pictures. Scroll down for each stone s picture meanings. Blue green includes aqua teal and turquoise colored gems. It has about 100 pages of basic gemstone information and about 200 pages dedicated to photos and descriptions of over 100 gems and gem materials.

The most consistently blue green gemstones are amazonite turquoise chrysocolla and. List of blue gemstones. Blue green gemstones are connected to both the heart and the throat chakra. It is one of the most popular gemstone books ever written with over one million copies sold.

Green gemstones for occasional wear. What stones are blue green. These gems are best suited for earrings pendants and brooches. Lets take a look at other blue gemstone.

Crystalbenefits tells you about the different hues of blue gemstones. Agate a soft blue color amazonite teal color apatite translucent teal blue color azurite turquoise in color with green veins throughout. There s an array of blue gemstones waiting to be adorned. There are 5370 blue green semi precious stones for sale on etsy and they cost 12 71 on average.

Although it is a very common mineral gem quality materials are extremely rare. Still greenish blue and violetish blue gems are quite attractive. For blue gemstones common secondary hues are green and violet.