Light Blue Lapis Stone

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Light blue lapis stone.

After careful consideration we have decided to re open our studio at a reduced capacity starting june 15 we will be teaching small group classes intermittently to allow for social distancing and time to clean equipment between students. It has a hardness of 7 to 7 5 on the mohs scale making quite suitable for jewelry wear. There are also much lighter or softer blue stones with the most common of the lighter stones being topaz and aquamarine. Dear blue lapis light community we hope you are staying healthy and safe.

Iolite is a transparent gemstone quality form of the mineral cordierite. Its coloration is so unique that it was actually named for its appearance since its name translates to blue stone this crystal has endless connections to a variety of cultures across time and space from the ancient chinese and greek civilizations to persian cultures and more. As early as the 7th millennium bce lapis lazuli was mined in the sar i sang mines in shortugai and in other mines in badakhshan province in northeast afghanistan. 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.

Lapis lazuli crystal has a history as rich as its blue hues. Iolite is known to exhibit pronounced pleochroism often displaying violet blue yellow gray and light blue all in the same stone depending on the angle from which it is viewed. From shop smartparts.