I cannot state this enough, be careful when purchasing any benitoite.

Due to it's rarity and steep increases in price within the last few years for good quality benitoite gemstones, there are some dealers trying to sell other blue gemstones as benitoite. Be especially cautious when buying benitoite from Thailand and other countries outside of the U.S., or "certified" from these countries. If the stones purchased do turn out to be benitoite, then they rarely live up to their "certification". If you look at the photos of their stones, the photos are always color enhanced, the stones are lesser quality than listed, and the cut of the stones, well let's just say you'll get what you pay for. Remember that anyone can make up a "certificate" on a computer and say that a gemstone is certified. Just always do your research and "Let  the Buyer Beware".

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This is a nice group of faceted Benitoite gemstones. These stones are each slightly included, some inclusions may be seen with the naked eye. Due to the size, color and cut, some may be hard to see, other will be obvious.  The colors range from benitoite light blue to dark blue.