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Are You Passionate for Color Gemstones?

Aquamarine is a comparatively common gemstone and can be affordable if purchased in lighter colors. Deeper colors can be more expensive. Some enormous transparent crystal masses of Aquamarine have been found. The beautiful gemstones weighing thousands of carats have been cut from them.

The light blue to blue-green color of Aquamarine may fade upon prolonged exposure to light. Aquamarine is a hard and durable gem, but it may develop internal cracks if banged hard.

Light blue Topaz is easily mistaken for Aquamarine, also fades when exposed to light. The colors of these two gems can be identical, and their physical properties are very similar. Topaz is generally less expensive.

The gemstone Tourmaline is the official birthstone for October since adopted by the American National Association of Jewelers in 1912. It is also the stone for the Zodiac sign of Leo, and the traditional gem for the 8th wedding anniversary.

The name Tourmaline comes from the Sinhalese Sri Lanka word tura mali which translates as the stone of multiple colors. These stones are 7 to 7.5 on the scale of hardness.

Tourmaline is available in a wide variety of colors from dark brown, yellow, medium brown, black to bluish-black, blue to neon blue, lime to dark green, red and reddish purple, yellow, pink, and white.

Amethyst belongs to the quartz family and the purple color is due to traces of iron.
Amethyst is actually a naturally occurring  violet form of quartz. It is usually found in geodes of volcanic rocks. Its prices vary extensively based on color from very dark purple to very pale.

Tanzanite was first discovered in 1967 in Tanzania, East Africa. Tanzanite is part of the Zoisite mineral family and is only found in East Africa. Tanzanite is very rarely a pure blue and usually exhibits rich purple overtones more like indigo.