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Turquoise Jewellery
By:Nasrina Parvin Khan.
In many cultures, turquoise jewelry is much more than a beauty wears. They believed turquoise changed its color with the wearer's health and the magical power of this gem will protect them from diseases and unwanted forces....
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Turquoise - peoples gem
By:Nandita Ray.
Aristotle spoke about it. Marco Polo wrote about it. Truly a people’s gem, it has adorned the human race for ages. Its universal appeal is intact even today. ...
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Different Turquoise treatment
By:Ashutosh Roy.
The main purpose of any treatment is to increase the hardness and reduce the porosity, in one word to increase the stability or the durability. The colour treatments help to enhance the glittering effect and to protect the stone from changing its colour, mostly called fading, due to sunlight, heat and common natural phenomena. ...
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Properties of Turquoise
By:Ashutosh Roy.
The chemical name of Turquoise is Hydrated Copper Aluminum Phosphate. The chemical formula is CuAl6(PO)4(OH)8*5(H2O). According to the formula, it comprises of three primary ingredients Copper, Aluminum and Phosphorous. Turquoise has got occasional presence of Zinc, Iron and Chromium as impurities. ...
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Turquoise mines
By:Ashutosh Roy.
History finds the trace of Turquoise mine even in 6000 BC. Egyptians had traced the first one in Maghara Wadi mines in Sinia Peninsula. The Alimersai Mountain region of Persia (now Iran) had become the producer of Best quality Turquoise. ...
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Turquoise in history
By:Ashutosh Roy.
Started off its journey from Maghara Wadi mines of Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and Alimersai Mountain region of Persia (presently Iran). It came into Europe via Turkey at the time of the Crusades. ...
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Turquoise facts
By:Ashutosh Roy.
Turquoise, perhaps one of the oldest gemstone, reminds the tradition of native America. Astrologically It is called the birthstone of December and the accepted gem for the fifth and eleventh wedding anniversaries. ...
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Turquoise Buying Guide
By:Shewata Dhanuka.
Turquoise was first mined in Iran (earlier known as Persia). For many years it was the prime source but now all its mines are depleted. Today, this opaque beauty in large quantity is received from Mexico, China and United States (Arizona and California). It is also procured from Australia, Afghanistan, Chile, Israel, Tanzania, Tibet and Turkey. ...
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Turquoise Rings
By:Sunaina Joseph.
One of the most romantic turquoise rings is the Man-Woman Ring.It is said to counteract deep sadness, and add a little bit of sensuality to the your jewellery collection. Man and woman arch their backs and stretch their arms out gracefully to support the Turquoise gem. ...
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Turquoise the gem of the Gods
By:Sunaina Joseph.
As all gems, turquoise too, is known for it’s metaphysical properties that have been known and valued by many generations. The blue of the turquoise is said to be have powerful metaphysical properties. As some cultures believe, it awakens feelings of romantic love. Others say that it develops characteristics such as trust and kindness and brings about fair quantities of the much needed wisdom and understanding....
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