Semi Precious Gemstones by Color

Semi precious gemstones can be categorized on a number of basis. The naturally colored materials, called the semi precious stones are found in multiple colors, usually they are bright shiny materials that are used for a lot of purposes ranging from making jewelry to healing. Semi precious gemstones by color are available in a diverse variety. Gemstone colors range into extremes with their brilliance, color tones hues and clarity. These are some of the important criteria that are used to find out the color qualities of a given gemstone.

Gemstone beads are also as colorful in their variety as the semi precious stones themselves. Gemstone beads by color can be categorized in all the possible colors known. They vary in their tones and darkness of colors. Differentiating on the basic prime colors like red, green, blue, pink, etc, all semiprecious gemstones can be put under different heads. Let's have a look at a few of them.

Semi Precious Gemstones By Color

Red Gemstones

Red is perhaps the most demanded color in gemstones. Red color gemstones are absolute show stealers that make a statement wherever they go. Wear them in any form or color to look stunningly adorned. The popular stones available in this color are :

• Ruby
• Garnet
• Tourmaline
• Spinel
• Coral
• Carnelian
• Zircon
• Jasper

Green Semi Precious Stones

After red, green gemstone color is the most sought after. Green gemstones look absolutely stunning and beautiful. Some of the extremely valuable and precious green gemstones are:

Emerald Tourmaline Peridot Chalcedony Jasper Jade Chrysoprase Malachite

Blue Semi Precious Gemstones

Blue semi precious gemstones by color are very popular for making wedding jewelry. Worn as bridal jewelry and bridesmaid jewelry it has invited a lot of interest by the gemstone jewelry manufacturers and jewelry designers.

Sapphire Turquoise Topaz Lapis Lazuli Aquamarine Tanzanite Iolite

Apart from these regular colors, other semi precious stone colors are as follows:

Gold	Pink	Fire Orange	Purple	Black
Heliodor	Ruby	Citrine	Amethyst	Onyx
Amber	Tourmaline	Topaz	Jadeite	Jasper
Amber	Tourmaline	Topaz	Jadeite	Jasper
Tourmaline	Garnet	Opal	Spinel	Hematite
Garnet	Sapphire	Garnet	Sapphire	Pearls
Topaz	Kunzite	Sapphire		Sapphire
Sapphire	Topaz
Zircon

Gemstone Beads By Color

Just like semi precious stones available in a variety of mesmerizing and inspiring colors, so are the gemstone beads by color available in astonishingly beautiful colors and tones. Gemstone beads can be worked upon to improve the color of the stones. Desired shapes can be made in gemstone beads, popular ones being, round, oval, triangular, square, long hollows and drops. To know more about gemstone shapes, see Semi-precious stones by shape.