Blue Gemstone Jewelry
Blue is usually the favorite color of all and has a unisex appeal. It is perceived constant in our lives because it is the color of the sky and ocean. Blue is found trustworthy, dependable and committed.
It invokes rest and can cause the body to produce calming chemicals. Not all blues hues are serene and sedate like electric blues can become dramatic and dynamic, an engaging color that shows exhilaration. And some blues may be perceived as cold and uncaring.
Six favorite blue gemstones are: Aquamarine, Blue Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Sapphire, Blue Topaz, and Turquoise.
Aquamarine
Lore has it that the King of the Sea as known as Neptune gave a gift to mermaids which is said to be aquamarine, "sea mater" in Latin. This blue to blue-green stone is a member of the mineral Beryl.
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The light green stones are often transformed into darker aquamarine when heated to 400° C (750° F). Prevent long exposure to sunlight as it will fade -- its color will turn to a lighter hue. Deeper blue aquamarine costs more that the lighter shades.
Though some Aquamarine gems are found to be flawless or with almost no visible flaws it is often light in color and then is heat treated. It is hard but can be chipped if hit hard. A large 13-pound uncut piece measuring 19 inches long, 16 inches wide and with 243 pounds weight is can be seen in the American Museum of Natural History.
The largest place producing aquamarine stone is in Brazil. But of course can also be found in other places such as USA (Colorado and California), Russia, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Pakistan, Myanmar (Burma) and China.
One may find aquamarine faceted into many cuts for earrings, necklaces and pendants if cut with perfect, no flaws, and hexagon crystals. Platinum brings out the coolness of the gem.s color and yellow gold adds a warm touch to jewelry. Similarly to modern use, it is the most used gem for parures (matched sets) of the 1820.s.
Aquamarine's sparkle is easy to maintain by soft brush scrubbing with a jewelry cleaner or liquid detergent as needed. Learn more about Aquamarine jewelry.
Blue Diamond
Lapis Lazuli
Sapphire
Blue Topaz
Turquoise.
Blue Diamond
Blue diamonds are very rare but can occur naturally. To induce their fancy blue color, jewelers use natural, mined diamonds that have been irradiated and/ or heat. It can be read differently under a spectroscope and can only be detected as a surface enhancement than a very rare natural blue diamonds. In jewelry business, blue diamonds are enhanced or color treated. The sparkle is unbelievably amazing in person look like no other blue gems.
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One of the most famous diamonds is the Hope diamond. It was first bought by a French merchant traveler who purchased the 45.5 carat gem. It is a beautiful blue diamond necklace now on display in Washington, D.C at the Smithsonian Institute.
Blue diamonds are most commonly made into Blue Diamond Engagement Rings. These are more unique than the classic white diamond rings normally given.
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Blue Diamond
Lapis Lazuli
Sapphire
Blue Topaz
Turquoise.
Lapis Lazuli
The term Lapis Lazuli came from the Persian word "Lazhuward", Arabic word .Lazaward. and Latin word "Lauzulus" or blue stone. The rock is consists of numerous minerals like lazurite, hauynite, noselite, sodalite and few seen in pattern like vein are pyrite and white calcite. Lapis lazuli comes in different colors like blue, purple blue and greenish. But the most precious among the colors is the plain blue violet and increases its value if streaked with gold pyrite.
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Egyptians found this natural blue gem useful in inlay work, as small beads and pendants and also as mosaic walls in cathedrals. Women before made their eye shadow from natural lapis. The ultramarine natural blue color is used in expensive paintings.
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Blue Diamond
Lapis Lazuli
Sapphire
Blue Topaz
Turquoise.
Sapphire
The extremely hard aluminum oxide mineral, precious gem variety, made its pale blue deep indigo color to small amounts if iron and titanium; deep cornflower blue is the most highly prized color is called Sapphire. Basically, all transparent gem corundum colors except red (ruby) is called sapphire, other stones are indicated by color but not the blue one, as in white sapphire, yellow sapphire and so on. Translucent stones have many tiny inclusions that yield a faint silky shine or, when regularly arranged, a six-rayed star; varieties like the star sapphire are rounded and polished, and some are engraved or carved.
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Same minerals sapphire and ruby are seen in many of the same localities, usually in alluvial deposits because they resist weathering. Notable deposits are found in Cambodia, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. Synthetic sapphires are commonly used in: abrasion-needles, watch bearings, and machinists' dies. This synthetic is attained by Verneuil flame-fusion process since 1902. Those broken into many tiny pieces are useful in high-grade abrasive.
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Blue Diamond
Lapis Lazuli
Sapphire
Blue Topaz
Turquoise.
Blue Topaz
The chemical formula Al2F2SiO4 or aluminum fluorite silicate is known as the gemstone topaz. It came from the word tapas which mean fire in Indian Sanskrit. Romans got a stone and called it topaz in the Island of Topazos, in the Red Sea, but modernly called chrysolite or Peridot now. It grows into huge crystals unlike many gem minerals. Topaz is commonly found in cavities in rholites and granites, in pegmatite dikes, and with cassiterite and tourmaline high temperature veins. It has some vitreous luster but transparent.
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Topaz has different colors such as yellow, blue, pink, peach, gold, green, red and brown. But pure topaz is considered colorless. You can make a pink permanent one by heating a natural yellow stones, called the pinked topaz. Heat can produce other colors like teal, red and sea green colors but are not permanent. Orange-red Imperial is said to be the hardest to find. But Blue Topaz is the best when it comes to brilliant sparkle.
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Blue Diamond
Lapis Lazuli
Sapphire
Blue Topaz
Turquoise
Turquoise is one of the oldest stones used in jewelry. It was used as jewelry in Ancient Egypt. The greenish blue or pale sky blue colored gem means "Turkish stone" from Turkey.
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Many are exported from Mexico and United States but the most brilliant gem quality turquoise is found in Iran. May be seen in various colors depending on the amount of copper (makes it bluer), chromium or vanadium (makes it greener), blue violet (with strontium impurities) and iron (makes more yellow). But basic colors range from blue green, to yellow green. Contrary to its many color changes, only the fine robin's egg, or celestial blue color, with no seen streak is the most admired one. This usually is visible in arid regions where water percolates through aluminous rock in the vicinity of copper deposit in ground.
Jewelry designers use this in combination of other stones like gold and are usually promoted in fashion magazines and shopping channels. They also look good when designed with sterling silver pieces.
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