Fluorite is a common mineral found in many places around the world. It comes in a variety of colors, including purple, lavender, golden yellow, brown, champagne, and pink, as well as green and blue. It can also be colorless.
Usually minerals of various colors project different energies. Not all of these have healing effects, but among those that do, different colors are typically associated with different healing benefits.
This is also true of purely blue and purely green Fluorite. Yet in nature, these Fluorites tend to appear along a color spectrum that ranges from bluish green to greenish blue. Each supports an important kind of energy flow in the body.
The purely blue Fluorite tends to focus on the structure in which the flows move, and the purely green tends to vitalize the flows overall. Blue-Green Fluorite does both.
According to mindat.org, the name “Fluorite” was derived from the Latin “fluere” (“to flow”) based on its use to promote flow in the extraction of metal from its ore. The word “Fluorite” is the source of the term “fluorescence,” since most Fluorite exhibits this optical property.
Blue-Green Fluorite also has thermo-luminescence. This means that it will glow when heated. The amount of heat required is not very high. If you bring your necklace into bed with you and your body gets particularly warm, peek under the blankets and you can see the gems luminesce in complete darkness.
Blue-Green Fluorite is the primary gemstone in our formula called Living River.
Blue-Green Fluorite with symbiotic Carnelian and Citrine in our formula called Living River.
Blue-Green Fluorite, like all therapeutic-quality gemstones, is hard to find. Very few gems meet our quality requirements, which we have standardized for each of the four key categories: color, clarity, candescence, and cut.
Therapeutic Quality Parameters
Blue-Green Fluorite Color Rating
A gemstone’s color rating refers to its quality of color. Blue-Green Fluorite color ranges from greenish blue to bluish green. The deeper and richer the color of Blue-Green Fluorite, the higher its quality rating.
5A – A rich, bright, blue-green color is distributed evenly throughout the sphere, with no colorless zones or color variation.
4A – Has a rich, bright, blue-green color but may have slight zoning or colorless or a lighter blue-green section that is visible when closely inspected.
3A – Has a pastel blue-green color. Slight zoning may be present.
2A – Has a pale pastel blue-green color. Zoning may be present.
Blue-Green Fluorite Clarity Rating
Blue-Green Fluorite is a very soft mineral (4 on the Mohs hardness scale) and should be stored carefully to avoid scuffing and scratching its surface. Do not store your Blue-Green Fluorite necklace in such a way that it will rub against other types of necklaces, such as those made of gemstones based on Quartz, which has a Mohs hardness of 7. These are more likely to abrade the Fluorite.
A gemstone’s clarity ratings refer to the distribution and size of cracks and inclusions.
5A – Has no visible cracks or inclusions.
4A – May have one very small crack or a few tiny colorless cracks.
3A – Contains visible colorless cracks that do not interfere with the integrity of the bead. No inclusions.
2A – Has significant cracks that may cause the bead to break if dropped. No inclusions.
Note: Fluorite is a soft stone that is prone to breakage if dropped—even if it doesn’t have crack lines, which weaken the stone.
Blue-Green Fluorite Candescence Rating
A gemstone’s candescence rating refers to the quality of polish and the gem’s inherent brightness.
4A – Exceptionally brilliant.
3A – Naturally bright.
2A – Has a dull appearance.
Blue-Green Fluorite Cut Rating
A gemstone’s cut rating refers to the evenness of the gemstone’s shape.
4A – The gem is a perfectly round sphere.
3A – The gem may have slight cut irregularities or flat spots that are hardly noticeable.
2A – The irregularities in the cut are visible if closely inspected but are unnoticeable when the bead is strung in a necklace.
We are now grading our Blue-Green Fluorite based on these updated requirements. To view examples of 3A, 4A, and 5A Blue-Green Fluorite, browse our selection of available Living River necklaces.