All posts tagged "iolite"

  • Gem Profile Sept. 21: Kyanite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Kyanite What is Kyanite? Kyanite ("kI-ah-nIt") is often translucent with some opacity. While kyanite is named after "kyanos," the Greek word for blue, kyanite can be pink, yellow, white, gray, and even green-blue...

    • Posted September 21, 2012
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  • Gem Profile September 7: Tourmaline

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tourmaline Find Tourmaline Beads on Wire-Sculpture.com Tourmaline: A Stone of Many Colors Tourmaline is a gemstone which is typically a schorl (a mineralogist’s word used since before 1400 in Europe to name the...

    • Posted September 7, 2012
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  • Gem Profile August 24: Iolite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Iolite Find genuine gemstones on Wire-Sculpture.com Iolite comes from the Greek "ios" for "violet", meaing violet stone, and is also found labeled as "water sapphire." Iolite is gem-grade cordierite, which is found all...

    • Posted August 24, 2012
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