9 Light Blue Gemstones

Swiss blue topaz is an immensely popular blue stone. There are many factors that make it so famous; the presence of its beautiful colors is one of them. Many people prefer Swiss Blue Topaz because it looks brighter than an ordinary topaz. And it's also one of the most beautiful light blue gemstones. It is useful to know that in addition to its attractive hue, this stone has an 8 out of 10 Mohs grade, which means that it is also very hard.

• Blue topaz is a useful light blue stone for those who want to gain confidence in themselves. It symbolizes honesty, clarity of feelings and deep emotional attachment.
• This stone is used to protect against mental illness, nervousness, and exhaustion, it relieves stress and nervous disorders, calms, balances emotions, eliminates fears, and even helps with insomnia. Blue Topaz is perfect for people suffering from headaches and sore throats. The stone also heals the digestive organs, liver, and thyroid gland.

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LAPIS LAZULI

Lapis lazuli with its bright shades, is a stone with a history that goes back millennia. Lapis lazuli is still popular today, and some people like specimens with a solid blue color, but some are looking for stones with pyrite inclusions, which create the effect of a starry sky.

For a stone to be called "lapis lazuli," it must have a distinct blue color and contain at least 25% blue lapis lazuli. This is due to the fact that the stone usually includes pyrite, calcite, diopside, and other elements, besides lapis lazuli.

An interesting note, lapis lazuli is often found in many Egyptian archaeological excavations, which date back to about 3000 BC.

• Lapis lazuli strengthens the body, mind and consciousness and is used to stimulate the whole body. It is used to improve sleep, reduce blood pressure and high fever, as well as to treat various inflammations. Lapis lazuli symbolizes good luck, success, and prosperity. It helps to realize plans and projects, as well as strengthening friendships.
• This stone has been considered a mineral of sincerity and friendliness since ancient times. The deep blue color of lapis lazuli calms you down, helps you get rid of depression, promotes calmness, and develops intuition.

AQUAMARINE

"Seawater" was the name given to the aquamarine, which was generally considered to be the stone that protects sailors. It is quite a common gemstone, usually in light tones, although deeper colors can lead to higher prices. The color range of an aquamarine varies from greenish blue to blue. Of course, the most valuable and rare are aquamarines of a rich blue color. Another fact that helps, is that an aquamarine is one of the strongest stones around with a hardness of 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale.

• This light blue gemstone is considered universal because it cures spiritual and psychological disorders, as well as physiological disorders and diseases. Aquamarine helps retain fluid, which is another association with the aquamarine's water aspects. Also, ancient healers believed that this stone would help maintain eye health.
• It is believed that those who wear aquamarines are better able to think clearly and make quick decisions. It also makes a person more courageous, helps to promote spiritual and mental awareness, causes the recovery and healing of the soul, promotes spiritual restoration, and deeply heals at all levels.

SAPPHIRE

A sapphire is a strong and durable gemstone (9 out of 10 on the Mohs scale), and the only natural stone harder than a sapphire is diamond. It is one of the most popular gemstones and is widely used in jewelry. A deep blue colored sapphire with excellent transparency can reach several thousand dollars per carat.

The word itself is considered to be derived from the Latin and Greek terms for "blue," although some believe it comes from the Sanskrit word for Saturn.

Like most natural formed gemstones, sapphires almost always have small defects and inclusions. This is not a flaw; it proves the authenticity of a sapphire and makes each gem unique. If a sapphire seems flawless, it is most likely a sapphire created in a laboratory.

• Since ancient times, sapphire has been used to treat eye disease. It helps with insomnia, back pain, colds, bronchial asthma, and heart disease.
• A sapphire is a stone that gives loyalty, chastity and modesty and brings happiness in love. It is able to help you discover your life goals, overcome all fears and depressions, brings spiritual comfort, makes a person calm, strengthens prudence, and tames passions. The sapphire protects from betrayal and fear, guards against plotting, and protects women from slander. Sapphire gives determination and courage to insecure people.

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TURQUOISE

A dazzling sky blue or blue-green stone, turquoise was very much valued back in Ancient Egypt around 6000 BC, where it was a protective amulet for Tutankhamun and Cleopatra.

As a rule, darker shades, and a lesser shade of green within the blue, make turquoise more attractive. Generally, turquoise is a matte stone; transparent samples are exceedingly rare. The most desirable of turquoise is semi-transparent, pure and without veins. However, sometimes turquoise with veins can achieve beautiful patterns that make it more desirable, for example, "spiders web turquoise", which has beautiful patterns similar to those of a spider’s web.

• Turquoise is the stone of good luck and peace. A turquoise brings happiness in love, establishes peace in the family, stops quarrels between spouses, attracts friends and excites sympathy to its owner.
• A turquoise is advised to be worn by those who suffer from insomnia and those who suffer from nightmares. It is especially useful for the heart, lungs, liver and stomach, and a turquoise can also strengthen eyesight, alleviate headaches, cure colds, and promote skin regeneration.

MOONSTONE

Moonstone is a transparent light stone with pale blue striations and the energy of the moon. The light and luminescence of the stone appears as if natural moonlight has been poured over the stone. The moonstone was used in jewelry as early as in ancient civilizations.

The Romans believed that the moonstone arose from the hardened rays of the moon. The Greeks associated moonstone with their lunar gods. During a modernist period in the beginning of 20 centuries the lunar stone became popular among artists and jewelers for the creation of jewelry.

• Moonstone is used in the treatment of diseases of the kidneys, liver, and bladder, as well as in infectious diseases, insomnia, fever, and spinal diseases.
• This gem soothes the mind, awakening dreaminess, gentleness, and tenderness in people, and promotes intuition and imagination. In magic, it is believed that moonstone should be used according to the lunar phases, and in the new moon, it concentrates all its magical power. It symbolizes the magical power of the lunar fields and is considered the most suitable for people born on a full moon.

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OPAL & BOULDER OPAL

Opal is the most colorful gemstone in the world, which has been used since ancient times because of its beauty, healing properties and advantages. The name "opal" comes from the Sanskrit word "upala", which means gemstone. Precious opals have a unique opalescence.

Depending upon the angle of view there are iridescent flashes of different colors caused by the reflection of light from small spherical minerals contained within.

• Opal is an interesting gemstone, which generally increases the strength of will to live. It is an excellent stone for the skin, kidneys, eyes, hair, and nails. It has been proven to be useful for the absorption, retention, and balancing of water in the body.
• Metaphysical and spiritual healing properties of opal crystals are associated with bringing spirituality, awareness, and spiritual light to the owner. Wearing this stone will increase brevity and evoke visions, psychic abilities, and intuition.

Kindly note that healing gemstone meanings are not prescriptions or healthcare information.