Topaz comes in a range of colours, and is often enhanced to produce the most desirable colours. The most popular colour for topaz is blue, but in nature, blue topaz is usually pale blue rather than bright or deep blue.
Topaz comes in a range of colours, and is often enhanced to produce the most desirable colours. The most popular colour for topaz is blue, but in nature, blue topaz is usually pale blue rather than bright or deep blue.
The brilliant blue shades of topaz are usually achieved by artificial means.
Topaz is exposed to radiation (a process known as irradiation) and then usually heated, to produce striking blue colours. A deep blue enhanced topaz is known as “London blue”; medium blue is called “Swiss blue” and light-blue is termed “sky blue”. This blue colour treatment is usually performed on greyish-blue or silver-grey gemstones.
The darker blue shades are more valuable because more energy is needed to produce darker colours.
Esme Earrings Blue Topaz
These Esme earrings are a wonderful example of London Blue Topaz stones in all their glory.
Blue Topaz can be used to enhance the ‘blue fire’ in Labradorite, combining these two stones in a piece of jewellery, helps to pick out the blue fire in a Labradorite stone.
Calypso Earrings Labradorite Blue Topaz
Calypso Earrings in Labradorite with Blue Topaz.
Candy Pear Necklace Blue Topaz Labradorite Silver
Candy Pear Necklace Blue Topaz and Labradorite.
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