Turquoise

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turquoise

See our: turquoise jewelry.The turquoise stone is a gemstone that is bluish, greenish-blue or grayish-green. The best quality is uniformly intensely sky-blue.You can compare the color of the mineral with the "forget-me-not" flower or an egg of a song thrush.On the stone you have decorative ways of black veins from the mother stone. Turquoise is usually opaque, hence often cabochon cut, but occasionally faceted, or some flat pieces are engraved.The turquoise stone has a waxy luster and takes a high polish. It is a porous stone and sometimes it is often protected with a plastic film. It shows double refraction.Commonly misspelled turquoise wordsThe following is

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Turquoise

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turquoise

See our: turquoise jewelry.The turquoise stone is a gemstone that is bluish, greenish-blue or grayish-green. The best quality is uniformly intensely sky-blue.You can compare the color of the mineral with the "forget-me-not" flower or an egg of a song thrush.On the stone you have decorative ways of black veins from the mother stone. Turquoise is usually opaque, hence often cabochon cut, but occasionally faceted, or some flat pieces are engraved.The turquoise stone has a waxy luster and takes a high polish. It is a porous stone and sometimes it is often protected with a plastic film. It shows double refraction.Commonly misspelled turquoise wordsThe following is

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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson

Turquoise

A gemstone that is bluish, greenish-blue or greyish-green, but the best qualityis uniformly intensely sky-blue; some less valuable specimens are speckled with limonite or with dark markings from thesurrounding mattrix (called 'rock turquoise'). Turquoise is usually opaqsue, hence often cut en cabochon, but occasionally faceted; some flat pieces are engraved in Eastern countries wi