diff --git a/docs/src/AlgebraicGeometry/ToricVarieties/BlowupMorphisms.md b/docs/src/AlgebraicGeometry/ToricVarieties/BlowupMorphisms.md
index 90945edf9cdd..f38e0ce92741 100644
--- a/docs/src/AlgebraicGeometry/ToricVarieties/BlowupMorphisms.md
+++ b/docs/src/AlgebraicGeometry/ToricVarieties/BlowupMorphisms.md
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ toric:
 ```@docs
 blow_up(v::NormalToricVariety, exceptional_ray::AbstractVector{<:IntegerUnion}; coordinate_name::String = "e")
 ```
+The ray can alternatively be given using minimal supercone coordinates:
+```@docs
+blow_up_along_minimal_supercone_coordinates(v::NormalToricVarietyType, minimal_supercone_coords::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion}; coordinate_name::Union{String, Nothing} = nothing)
+```
 Most generally, we encode the closed subscheme along which we blow up by
 a homogeneous ideal in the Cox ring. Such blowups are often non-toric,
 i.e. the return value of the following method could well be non-toric.
diff --git a/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/fans.md b/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/fans.md
index fdcef23d9a0d..be8c47048125 100644
--- a/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/fans.md
+++ b/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/fans.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ cones(PF::PolyhedralFan, cone_dim::Int)
 cones(PF::PolyhedralFan)
 minimal_supercone_coordinates(PF::PolyhedralFan, v::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion})
 minimal_supercone_indices(PF::PolyhedralFan, v::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion})
+is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF::PolyhedralFan, v::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion})
+standard_coordinates(PF::PolyhedralFan, coords::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion})
 n_maximal_cones(PF::PolyhedralFan)
 n_cones(PF::PolyhedralFan)
 n_rays(PF::PolyhedralFan)
diff --git a/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/intro.md b/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/intro.md
index fe2c713027af..3b26aaf372e4 100644
--- a/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/intro.md
+++ b/docs/src/PolyhedralGeometry/intro.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The primitive generator, also called minimal generator, of a ray can be
 accessed as follows:
 
 ```@docs
-primitive_generator(r::RayVector)
+primitive_generator(r::AbstractVector{T}) where T<:RationalUnion
 ```
 
 `AbstractCollection[PointVector]` can be given as:
diff --git a/experimental/Schemes/src/Schemes.jl b/experimental/Schemes/src/Schemes.jl
index 6e66f3f7f1ec..8d4fd9cb0bad 100644
--- a/experimental/Schemes/src/Schemes.jl
+++ b/experimental/Schemes/src/Schemes.jl
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export SpaceGerm
 
 export ambient_germ
 export basis_representation
+export blow_up_along_minimal_supercone_coordinates
 export complete_intersection_germ
 export cox_ring_module_homomorphism
 export defining_ring_element
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export minimal_supercone_coordinates_of_exceptional_ray
 export point
 export rational_point_coordinates
 export standard_covering
+export standard_coordinates
 export strict_transform
 export strict_transform_with_index
 export total_transform
diff --git a/experimental/Schemes/src/ToricBlowups/constructors.jl b/experimental/Schemes/src/ToricBlowups/constructors.jl
index f954fd59b256..2261499d07c0 100644
--- a/experimental/Schemes/src/ToricBlowups/constructors.jl
+++ b/experimental/Schemes/src/ToricBlowups/constructors.jl
@@ -177,6 +177,31 @@ function blow_up(v::NormalToricVarietyType, exceptional_ray::AbstractVector{<:In
   return ToricBlowupMorphism(v, blown_up_variety, coordinate_name, exceptional_ray, exceptional_ray, center_unnormalized)
 end
 
+@doc raw"""
+    blow_up_along_minimal_supercone_coordinates(v::NormalToricVarietyType, minimal_supercone_coords::AbstractVector{<:IntegerUnion}; coordinate_name::Union{String, Nothing} = nothing)
+
+This method first constructs the ray `r` by calling `standard_coordinates`, then blows up `v` along `r` using `blow_up`.
+
+# Examples
+
+```jldoctest
+julia> P2 = projective_space(NormalToricVariety, 2)
+Normal toric variety
+
+julia> f = blow_up_along_minimal_supercone_coordinates(P2, [2, 3, 0])
+Toric blowup morphism
+```
+"""
+function blow_up_along_minimal_supercone_coordinates(v::NormalToricVarietyType, minimal_supercone_coords::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion}; coordinate_name::Union{String, Nothing} = nothing)
+  coords = Vector{QQFieldElem}(minimal_supercone_coords)
+  ray_QQ = Vector{QQFieldElem}(standard_coordinates(polyhedral_fan(v), coords))
+  ray = primitive_generator(ray_QQ)
+  @assert ray == ray_QQ "The input vector must correspond to a primitive generator of a ray"
+  phi = blow_up(v, ray; coordinate_name=coordinate_name)
+  set_attribute!(phi, :minimal_supercone_coordinates_of_exceptional_ray, coords)
+  return phi
+end
+
 @doc raw"""
     blow_up(v::NormalToricVariety, n::Int; coordinate_name::String = "e")
 
diff --git a/experimental/Schemes/test/runtests.jl b/experimental/Schemes/test/runtests.jl
index 9490393f2175..8a66e80292d3 100644
--- a/experimental/Schemes/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/experimental/Schemes/test/runtests.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
   @test exceptional_prime_divisor(bl1) == toric_divisor(domain(bl1), [1,0,0,0])
 end
 
+@testset "Blow ups along minimal supercone coordinates" begin
+  P2 = projective_space(NormalToricVariety, 2)
+  f_1 = blow_up_along_minimal_supercone_coordinates(P2, [2, 3, 0])
+  f_2 = blow_up(P2, [2, 3])
+  pf_1 = polyhedral_fan(domain(f_1))
+  pf_2 = polyhedral_fan(domain(f_2))
+  @test Set(rays(pf_1)) == Set(rays(pf_2))
+end
+
 @testset "Total and strict transforms in Cox rings" begin
   # Affine space, (2, 3)-blowup
   X = affine_space(NormalToricVariety, 2)
diff --git a/src/PolyhedralGeometry/PolyhedralFan/properties.jl b/src/PolyhedralGeometry/PolyhedralFan/properties.jl
index 230c675635f7..a4051a5f7cc8 100644
--- a/src/PolyhedralGeometry/PolyhedralFan/properties.jl
+++ b/src/PolyhedralGeometry/PolyhedralFan/properties.jl
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ function cones(PF::_FanLikeType)
 end
 
 @doc raw"""
-    primitive_generator(r::RayVector) -> Vector{ZZRingElem}
+    primitive_generator(r::AbstractVector{T}) where T<:RationalUnion -> Vector{ZZRingElem}
 
 Returns the primitive generator, also called minimal generator, of a ray.
 
@@ -302,10 +302,11 @@ julia> primitive_generator(r)
  -1
 ```
 """
-function primitive_generator(r::RayVector)
+function primitive_generator(r::AbstractVector{T}) where {T<:RationalUnion}
   result = numerator.(lcm([denominator(i) for i in r]) * r)
-  result = 1 / gcd(result) * result
-  convert(Vector{ZZRingElem}, result)
+  g = gcd(result)
+  result = map(x -> div(x, g), result)
+  return Vector{ZZRingElem}(result)
 end
 
 @doc raw"""
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ function minimal_supercone_coordinates(
   PF::PolyhedralFan, v::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion}
 )
   # This function probably only makes sense for fans with no lineality
-  @req is_pointed(PF) "PolyhedralFan must be pointed."
+  @req is_pointed(PF) "The polyhedral fan must be pointed."
 
   inds = sort(collect(minimal_supercone_indices(PF, v)))
   M_ZZ = matrix(ZZ, rays(PF))[inds, :]
@@ -440,6 +441,72 @@ function minimal_supercone_coordinates(
   return result
 end
 
+@doc raw"""
+    is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF::PolyhedralFan, v::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion})
+    -> Bool
+
+Given a pointed polyhedral fan `PF` and a vector `v` of length equal to
+the number of rays of `PF`, this function checks that both of the
+following are true:
+  * all of the entries of `v` are nonnegative,
+  * `v` is in some maximal cone of `PF`.
+
+# Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> PF = normal_fan(Oscar.simplex(3))
+Polyhedral fan in ambient dimension 3
+
+julia> is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF, [1, 1, 1, 0])
+true
+
+julia> is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF, [1, 1, 1, 1])
+false
+```
+"""
+function is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(
+  PF::PolyhedralFan, v::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion}
+)
+  @req is_pointed(PF) "The polyhedral fan must be pointed."
+  @assert length(v) == n_rays(PF) "Length of v must match the number of rays."
+  isnothing(findfirst(x -> x < 0, v)) || return false
+  positive_indices = [i for i in 1:length(v) if v[i] > 0]
+  maximal_cones_incidence_matrix = maximal_cones(IncidenceMatrix, PF)
+  maximal_cones_indices = map(
+    i -> row(maximal_cones_incidence_matrix, i),
+    1:n_rows(maximal_cones_incidence_matrix),
+  )
+  for i in 1:n_rows(maximal_cones_incidence_matrix)
+    issubset(positive_indices, maximal_cones_indices[i]) && return true
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+@doc raw"""
+    standard_coordinates(PF::PolyhedralFan, v::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion})
+    -> Vector{QQFieldElem}
+
+If `is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF, v)` is true, then return the dot product of `v` and the vector of primitive generators of the rays of `PF`.
+
+# Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> PF = normal_fan(Oscar.simplex(3))
+Polyhedral fan in ambient dimension 3
+
+julia> standard_coordinates(PF, [1, 1, 0, 1])
+3-element Vector{QQFieldElem}:
+ 0
+ 0
+ -1
+```
+"""
+function standard_coordinates(PF::PolyhedralFan, coords::AbstractVector{<:RationalUnion})
+  @assert is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(
+    PF, coords
+  ) "Input vector must be a minimal supercone coordinate vector"
+  primitive_ray_generators = Vector{Vector{QQFieldElem}}(map(primitive_generator, rays(PF)))
+  return Vector{QQFieldElem}(sum(coords .* primitive_ray_generators))
+end
+
 ###############################################################################
 ###############################################################################
 ### Access properties
diff --git a/src/exports.jl b/src/exports.jl
index 3858b2071b00..0dd3e2c74f0f 100644
--- a/src/exports.jl
+++ b/src/exports.jl
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ export minimal_faces
 export minimal_generating_set
 export minimal_generator
 export minimal_size_generating_set, has_minimal_size_generating_set, set_minimal_size_generating_set
-export minimal_supercone_coordinates, minimal_supercone_indices
+export minimal_supercone_coordinates, minimal_supercone_indices, is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector
 export minimal_nonfaces
 export minimal_normal_subgroups, has_minimal_normal_subgroups, set_minimal_normal_subgroups
 export minimal_primes
@@ -1556,6 +1556,7 @@ export stable_set_polytope
 export standard_basis
 export standard_basis_highest_corner
 export standard_basis_with_transformation_matrix
+export standard_coordinates
 export standard_tableaux
 export stanley_reisner_ideal
 export stanley_reisner_ring
diff --git a/test/PolyhedralGeometry/polyhedral_fan.jl b/test/PolyhedralGeometry/polyhedral_fan.jl
index 777e7e9d9888..7bb884043f4c 100644
--- a/test/PolyhedralGeometry/polyhedral_fan.jl
+++ b/test/PolyhedralGeometry/polyhedral_fan.jl
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ end
   @test minimal_supercone_coordinates(PF, [-1, -1, 1]) == [0, 0, 2, 1]
   @test issetequal(minimal_supercone_indices(PF, [-2//3, QQFieldElem(-4//3), 1]), [1, 3, 4])
   @test minimal_supercone_coordinates(PF, [-2//3, -4//3, 1]) == [2//3, 0, 7//3, 4//3]
+  
+  @test is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF, [1, 1, 1, 0])
+  @test !is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF, [1, 1, 1, 1])
+  @test !is_minimal_supercone_coordinate_vector(PF, [1, 1, -1, 0])
+  
+  @test standard_coordinates(PF, [1, 2, 3, 0]) == [1, 2, 3]
+  @test standard_coordinates(PF, [1, 1, 0, 1]) == [0, 0, -1]
+  @test standard_coordinates(PF, [1, 0, 0, 1]) == [0, -1, -1]
 
   # Construct a nonsimplicial fan
   PF = face_fan(cube(3))