How do I identify a blue gem?

Gemologists assess color by considering hue, tone, and saturation. Gemstones often have a secondary hue in addition to a primary hue. For blue gemstones, common secondary hues are green and violet. In general, a more pure blue hue is desirable, and when a stone strays further from blue, it's less valuable.

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Where can I find blue quartz?

Blue quartz has been found in Texas, India, Norway, and up and down the East Coast of North America from Rhode Island to South Carolina ? mainly in the Blue Ridge. Consequently, is blue quartz dyed? Natural blue quartz is always colored by inclusions of other minerals, not by trace elements or color centers, so it is never transparent, just translucent.

And another question, is blue quartz a real stone?

Blue quartz is uncommon, but there are both natural and manmade versions of the stone in circulation. No crystals that look like regular or rose quartz have ever been found in nature in the shade of blue. Natural blue quartz is far less obvious, more solid and less unanimous in color. Subsequently, is tourmaline a crystal? Tourmaline is a six-member ring cyclosilicate having a trigonal crystal system. It occurs as long, slender to thick prismatic and columnar crystals that are usually triangular in cross-section, often with curved striated faces.

What is watermelon skin quartz?

Watermelon Tourmaline is a type of Tourmaline that has a pink center and green perimeter around the outside, resembling a watermelon and it's rind. This special Tourmaline was discovered at a mine in Newry, Maine in 1902, but can be found in Nigeria, Madagascar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Brazil.