Blue diamonds often have a light blue color often with a greenish tint.
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Diamond is most famous as a colorless stone but blue diamonds can be created by treating clear diamonds.
Sapphire is the most popular blue gemstone and possibly the most highly sought after colored gemstone for engagement rings.
Also deposits of naturally blue diamonds have been found but they are very rare.
Blue gemstones ideal for everyday wear if you re looking for a blue gem for a ring the following types are your best bets.
Agate is a layered form of chalcedony quartz.
Some popular trade names used for blue agate include blue lace agate mohave blue agate and blue banded agate.
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Most people prefer the richer more saturated blue gems and they are the most expensive.
Each of these stones rates at least a 6 5 on the mohs hardness scale making them resistant to scratches.
It ranges from a very light blue to a deep richly saturated blue.
Aquamarine is a blue variety of the mineral beryl.
While blue is the most well known sapphire color which can be found in a range of colors.
It receives its name from its seawater blue color.
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.
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It is known to occur in a wide variety of colors and interesting patterns including many shades of light to dark blue.
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This blue gemstone is among the most valuable gemstones in the world with prices of around 1 500 per carat.
Like alexandrite this blue gemstone changes color from blue at daytime to red or purple under an incandescent light.
Sapphire is made of corundum and becomes blue due to the presence of titanium and iron during its formation.
There are also much lighter or softer blue stones with the most common of the lighter stones being topaz and aquamarine.