Description

What is turquoise?

Turquoise is a stone that have been valued for many years. The ancient Egyptians used turquoise in jewelry. Turquoise comes in color like greenish-blue or pale sky blue. The term turquoise means Turkish stone as it came to Europe by way of Turkey. Turquoise is one of the oldest pebbles recognized, as it is one of the very old gemstones; it holds great wisdom and genuineness. This gem stone is a stone of self understanding helping somebody to enhance understanding the self ideas and sentiments.

Turquoise structures when water percolates all the way through rocks that have copper, aluminum and further minerals. A chemical reaction happens that results in deposits of what we be familiar with as turquoise. That/'s a basic way of recounting a procedure that take millions of years and just happens while a multifaceted set of situations come jointly.

• Associated Minerals: Pyrite, limonite, quartz, chert, cuperite, manganese oxide, apatite, chalcopyrite, chalcedony, and clays
• Density: 2.6 to 2.8
• Fracture: Concho dial
• Class: Phosphates
• Cleavage: None
• Colors: Mainly in shades of blue and Green
• Crystal System: Triclinic Bar 1
• Luster: Dull to Waxy
• Birefraction: 0.04
• Chemical Formula: CuAl6 (PO4)4(OH) 8*5(H2O),
• Chemical Name: Hydrated Copper Aluminum Phosphate
• Refractive Index: 1.61 to 1.65
• Specific Gravity: 2.60 to 2.80
• Transparency: Opaque

Physical Properties :

Turquoise's physical property Beliefs

In earlier times, turquoises were even accountable as the material of comfort for the wearer. The Persian researcher Al-Qazwini, for instance, wrote: “The hand that wears a turquoise and seals with it and will never see scarcity”. Turquoises were regularly worn on the turban, and often bordered with pearls, in order to keep their wearer away from the “evil eye”As talismans, they adorned daggers, sabers and the bridles of horses. It was not waiting time of the crusades that they came to Europe. Undeniably it is from that period that the name “Turquoise” originates, meaning “Turkish”.

In South, Central and North America too, the turquoise has taken a very extraordinary point in the midst of all gemstones. The Aztecs in Mexico, for instance, used to smarten their traditional masks with this stone which was holy according to their thoughts. The Indians of North America, who still make a good deal of traditional silver jewellery with turquoises today, believe that the sky-blue gemstone opens up a direct relationship between the sky and the sea.

In the whole world, turquoises have been worn as natural protection gemstone against the powers of obscurity. If in earlier times they conserved horse and rider from unpredicted falls, they are now considered as the protecting stone of pilots, air crews and other occupational groups who are exposed to a high level of risk.

In modern gemstone healing, those who are suffering from depression are suggested to wear a turquoise or a chain with turquoise beads. The turquoise optimistic color is said to award quiet personalities with more confidence. It is suitable gift to given, a stone of friendship, for the turquoise is said to be responsible for truthfulness and reliability in relationships.

Natural Occurrence :

Iran (Nishabur and Kuh-e-Raies Mountain), Afghanistan, Tibet, China, USSR, Australia, Sinai Peninsula and USA, (Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico).

Available Colors :

There is no ideal color for turquoise. The color is reliant upon the chemical composition of the rocks. This is the cause why none of the turquoise gems will have the same color. The color would array between pale blue to bright green. The quality turquoises are of a pure, glowing sky blue