Shown above is a natural blue zircon from an unknow location. Although this is a native cut stone, the faceting is good; the proprotion and facet shape are good, and the polish is reasonable. The clarity of this gem is excellent. The color of this gem is a uniform turquois-like light bluish-green (the overly dark and light portions of the above image are an artifact of the photography). This stone would look great in a pendant, pin, or ring.

Note: Natural zircon comes out of the ground in many colors (light browns to dark reds), but blue is not a natural color for zircon. Long ago, ingenious gem merchants learned that heating natural brown zircon would change the color to a brilliant greenish blue. The gem shown above has undoubtedly been heat treated to alter/improve its color.

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