Water Sapphire Gemstone

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Water sapphire gemstone.

Iolite uses and purposes overview. Favorite add to iolite water sapphire cordierite third eye tumbled crystal crystalcomforts1111. It is a magnesium iron aluminum silicate with iron present in solid solution with magnesium such that there exists both magnesium rich cordierite and iron rich cordierite refereed to as sekaninaite. Chakras dependent on colour see below birthstone september blue sapphire zodiac virgo libra sagittarius planet saturn element water vibration number 2.

It describes the transparent to translucent form of cordierite and it has recently become a popular gemstone. Cordierite is also known as iolite and dichroite other common names are water sapphire and vikings compass named so because of it s ability to determine the direction of the sun on overcast days. Sapphire is one of the most popular gemstones and is used extensively in jewelry. Fine colored sapphire with a deep blue color and excellent transparency can reach several thousand dollars a carat the blue variety is most often used in jewelry but the yellow pink and orange fancies have recently become very popular.

It is a precious gemstone. Cordierite or iolite is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate iron is almost always present and a solid solution exists between mg rich cordierite and fe rich sekaninaite with a series formula. Iolite s name comes from the greek ios meaning violet and is the gem version of the mineral cordierite. Iolite is the gemologists term for the mineral cordierite.

There are 1 113 water sapphire iolite gemstones for sale on etsy and they cost 31 56 on average. Iolite water sapphire gemstone beads crystal chips bag of 50 pieces reiki infused iolite beads tkemporium. Mg fe 2 al 3 si 5 al o 18 to fe mg 2 al 3 si 5 al o 18. Iolite has been worn for centuries and derives its name from ios the greek word for violet.

Water sapphire synonym of cordierite mineral information gemstone information q a community. Cordierite is found in germany brazil norway finland and madagascar. Natural blue sapphire aaa round faceted loose gemstones 3mm 6mm 6 99. The most popular color.

Blue sapphire 10mm 3 93cts round faceted cut shape aaaaa vvs loose gemstone. A high temperature polymorph exists indialite which is isostructural with beryl and has a random distribution of al in the si al 6. The most common water sapphire iolite gemstones material is gemstone. Iolite is also named water sapphire cordierite or dichroite.

It is also referred to as water sapphire or dichroite.