Light Blue Mineral Stone

High quality sodalite is used as a gemstone a sculptural material and an architectural stone.

Light blue mineral stone.

It has a hardness of 7 to 7 5 on the mohs scale making quite suitable for jewelry wear. Sodalite is a rare rock forming mineral best known for its blue to blue violet color. Shop for blue quartzite. Lapis lazuli medium rich blue color larimar this stone is a cloudy white and blue mixture in color moonstone this.

Blue quartzite is a metamorphosed sandstone that receives its color from tiny blue inclusions of a fibrous mineral that is probably dumortierite. It has a chemical composition of na 4 al 3 si 3 o 12 cl and is a member of the feldspathoid mineral group. This is more difficult to do with translucent minerals than with opaque minerals. Though more common as a pale yellow stone sillimanite can have pale blue hues like a light tone aquamarine.

This blue semi precious stone was first discovered in greenland in 1811 and was named after its sodium content. Sodalite occurs in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium rich magmas. Iolite is a transparent gemstone quality form of the mineral cordierite. Decide the best name for its color or colors such as blue green sky blue lilac indigo violet or purple.

Hemimorphite very light blue stone almost white in color jadeite a very light violet blue almost white in color kyanite a dark but very rich color of stone labradorite a translucent very light blue almost clear stone. 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. Being a cooling stone it has a soft soothing elegance that is used to cure insomnia promote strength and healing and ensure a healthy life. Sodalite is a blue gemstone closely related to lapis lazuli and is in fact a component mineral thereof.

To properly identify your blue violet or purple mineral you first need to inspect it in a good light. In hindu astrology the blue stone is a birthstone for sagittarius. Garnet there are 15 garnet species found a wide range of colors although it is commonly available in dark red hues. Although fairly hard 6 5 7 5 this material is also brittle and may cleave or fracture easily.

Most dark blue specimens have been dyed. Sapphire is a gem variety of the mineral corundum when corundum is reddish blue to violet blue it is known simply as sapphire corundums of any other color except red which is ruby are known as fancy sapphire. Blue lace agate as it is known is usually banded in layers of light blue bright blue stripes and threads of brown. The abundance of the inclusions causes color variation within the stone and some intense blue bands where the inclusions are most abundant.