Azure Color
Azure color is variety of blue color that is frequently depicted as the color of the sky on a sunny morning. Blue precious stone and azure color gemstones are elegant, attractive and bright. The blue and azure blue color is considered a royal color. Blue color combinations dark azure blue colors are elegant colors.
The word is derived from the Persian lazhward, which was the name lapis lazuli blue stones. It is known as a stable and calming color. There are many variations of azure which include sky blue, light blue, Columbia blue,vista blue, cornflower blue, picton blue, and royal blue.
Do you want to know some rarest and precious blue precious stone and azure color gemstone? Here is the list of top ten rarest blue and azure color gemstones.
1. Lapis Lazuli Pure Azure Color Gemstone
Do you know ? The word azure is derived from a precious stone namely lapiz lazuli. This precious and rarest azure blue precious stone is found in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. This gemstone has azure blue shades color of blue color combinations and dark blue. Here is a sample of this precious gemstones.
Lapis lazuli from Badakhshan Afghanistan Photo Credit: James St John
2.Aquamarine
Aquamarine is sky blue precious rare gemstone. Aquamarine is derived from Latin which means water of ocean. There are many sub colors of aquamarine which are ocean blue, sky blue and light blue color. It is one of the precious gemstones. It is traditionally associated a birth stone for October. Aquamarine is found in Karakoram ranges of Gilgit Baltistan in northern areas of Pakistan.
Photo Credit Natalia
3. Sapphire
Sapphire is one of the four precious gemstones in the world along with ruby, diamond and emerald. Traditionally this stone is associated a birthstone for July in South Asia. Sapphire is the third hardest stone in the world after diamond and emerald. Sapphire mines are located in Pakistan, Afghanistan , Kashmir, Brazil, Nepal, China, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Myanmar Burma and Colombia.
4.Apatite
Apart from yellow, transparent to violet pink Apatite is also found in blue color. This gemstone is actually a group of phosphate minerals. Apatite is used by biological micro environmental system. Apatite is one of the stone which is found on Moon. It was found in the moon rocks which were collected by astronauts during Apollo program.
5.Blue Topaz
Topaz belongs to silicate minerals group. Topaz is found in three colors: yellow, blue and pink. Blue Topaz is the state gemstone of Texas state. The blue Topaz is one of the rarest gemstone in the world. In modern days it is associated a birth stone for December. Topaz is one of the rarest blue precious stone.
