Blue Precious Stones

While people have adorned themselves with blue stones for centuries the quality and variety available today are unsurpassed.

Blue precious stones. Sapphire is a gem variety of the mineral corundum. A raw blue crystal of sapphire source. When it comes to colored gemstones color is king. Blue is one of the rarest colors in nature.

Guide to precious semi precious color gemstones. Sapphire is the ultimate representation of blue gemstones and has consistently remained one of the four precious stones in the world along with diamond ruby and emerald. King phd gia graduate gemologist. Blue gemstones blue is the most popular gemstone color.

When corundum is reddish blue to violet blue it is known simply as sapphire. There are also much lighter or softer blue stones with the most common of the lighter stones being topaz and aquamarine. Today many customers prioritize color and are less concerned with the actual gemstone variety as long as the stone is durable enough for their purpose. Buy blue gemstones from gemselect.

Nevertheless blue gemstones are always in demand for jewelry. Read on to learn how to assess quality in blue gemstones from popular and well known species to rarely seen. Gemselect s list of precious semi precious gemstones. 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.