Learn about the factors that make iolite so desirable.

Learn about iolite's durability and how to care for your iolite jewelry.

Iolite has a long history of use as an adornment and possibly as a navigation tool.

This silicate of aluminum, iron, and magnesium has two distinctive features—a beautiful, violetish blue through slightly violetish blue hue derived from iron and a striking, eye-visible pleochroism.