December has a range of blues as birthstones. December’s birthstones offer three ways to fight the winter blues: tanzanite, zircon and t...
December has a
range of blues as birthstones. December’s birthstones offer three ways
to fight the winter blues: tanzanite, zircon and turquoise – all of them,
appropriately, best known for beautiful shades of blue.
All of these
stones are relatively inexpensive, but their beauty rivals even precious gems.
Colorless zircon is a convincing replacement for diamond, tanzanite often
substitutes sapphire, and turquoise is unmatched in its hue of robin’s egg
blue.
Tanzanite:
Tanzanite is a
one-of-a-kind gemstone unlike any other and can only be found in one place on
Earth: the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. This gem possesses an exotic velvety
blue with a rich overtone of purple, a color unlike any other.
In smaller
sizes, Tanzanite usually contains lighter tones and the lavender color is more
common. While in larger sizes, Tanzanite typically displays a deeper, richer
and beautiful blue.
Turquoise:
Turquoise is
among the oldest known gemstones and its popularity has spanned the globe for
centuries. Turquoise is an
opaque, light to dark blue or blue-green gem with its finest color being an
intense blue. Turquoise may contain narrow veins of other materials either
isolated or as a network. They are usually black, brown, or yellowish-brown in
color.
Zircon:
Most people
think of a bright sky blue when they hear Zircon, but it is also available in
beautiful earth tones of green, dark red, yellow, brown, and orange. Today, the
most popular colors of Zircon are the vivid blue and bright Caribbean Sea
colors.
The spectrum of
beautiful colors, its rarity and affordability are why it is becoming more
popular today. Some gem collectors seek out Zircon from different locations
capturing gems in every color of the rainbow – colorless, green, blue, yellow,
brown, orange, dark red, and all the colors in between.
Whatever your
style preference or budget, one of December’s three birthstones will match your
true blue desires.
