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A rare turquoise mineral from the phosphate group.
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Turquoise was a very popular decorative stone during the heyday of the Ottoman Empire. The name turquoise means Turkish stone because once there was his trade route through Turkey. Another name for the stone from Greek is 'kalait', a nice stone, now the name is almost unknown and forgotten.
Turquoise has been exploited since ancient times. The Egyptians, probably as early as 6000 years BC, were mining this stone on the Sinai Peninsula. The Egyptians made beautiful jewelry as well as art objects from it. It was a common practice in Egypt to put large pieces into sarcophagi together with mummies. The Aztecs, on the other hand, made decorative masks of turquoise. In North America, the Zuni tribes of New Mexico made unique jewelry embedded in silver, believing the stone would protect them from demons. Apache warriors wore turquoise to enhance their bravery and hunting skills. The Navajo tribes believed that the blue turquoise was a fragment of the sky that fell to the ground. Other tribes, on the other hand, believed that the stone's change of color would alert them to impending disease or danger.
Turquoise is polished into cabochon or flat fragments, used to make cameos, beads or belt buckles. Irregular fragments are used for mosaics. However, most of the jewelery is made of turquoise: bracelets, rings, earrings, pendants, necklaces and brooches.
The scale is also sensitive to soap, water, sweat, grease, household cleaning products and dry air. The mineral is sensitive to the above conditions and there is a possibility of discoloration or even cracking of the turquoise. Therefore, turquoise rings must be removed to wash your hands.
Turquoise usually forms cryptocrystalline clusters in the form of crusts and dripstone forms. It is found in the fissures of sandstone, pegmatites and siliceous shales. The largest current deposits are in Iran's Nishapur district. They have been in operation for over 2,000 years.
The pure blue color of turquoise is less common, usually turquoise is crisscrossed by brown limonite veins, black manganese oxides, or dark gray of other minerals or rocks.
Occurrences: England, Australia, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Iran, Mexico, Germany, Russia, the United States, Turkmenistan, Tibet.
Turquoise in astrology: Western astrology links turquoise with the zodiac sign of: Gemini, Virgo, Aquarius, and with the day of Wednesday.
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