Turquoise is an opaque mineral that occurs in beautiful shades of blue bluish green green and yellowish green.
Turquoise stone malayalam name.
The softness causes it to easily fracture or chip.
Turquoise forms in veins of various widths within.
It has been treasured as a gemstone for thousands of years.
Turquoise translation in english malayalam dictionary.
The rest needs some form of help to be considered jewelry.
Traditionally it was said that the most prized turquoise color was a medium robin s egg blue.
Isolated from one another the ancient people of africa asia south america and north america independently made turquoise one of their preferred materials for producing gemstones inlay and small.
Birdseye turquoise is a term that describes turquoise made up of many small turquoise nuggets surrounded by a darker blue matrix it is similar to spiderweb turquoise but spiderweb has a dark matrix.
Turquoise is weighed in carats and five carats equal one gram.
Emerald ruby sapphire and diamond are known as the four precious stones whereas pearl coral hessonite cat s eye garnet amethyst topaz tourmaline aquamarine opal lapis lazuli turquoise.
Are known as semiprecious stones.
Said to bring prosperity in education banking and research.
Turquoise is an opaque blue to green mineral that is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium with the chemical formula cu al 6 po 4 4 8 4h 2 o it is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.
Historically less than about 10 of all excavated turquoise has the hardness and density to be considered gem quality.
The navaratna stone set is as below.
All sizes even very small stones are used in native american jewelry and large pieces of turquoise rough are popular for carvings.
Turquoise is a semi transparent to opaque stone that ranges in color from whitish blue to deep dark blue and from deep dark green to a yellowish green.
For any size the quality and evenness of the color is the overriding value.
Turquoise is available in a wide range of sizes.
Its dazzling blue green shade made an appearance in ancient egypt around 6000 bce where it was incorporated into protective amulets and royal bling for the likes of king tut and cleopatra.
Green means there is iron present in the stone while blue means there is copper present.
What color of turquoise is worth more.
Turquoise is a hydrous phosphate mineral of aluminium and copper.
The most legendary of all the stones the turquoise crystal has reached rock star status in the world of healing minerals.
There may be other turquoise stones that are green or blue in color.
Its porous allows it to discolor stain and fade.
Boulder turquoise also called ribbon turquoise refers to how the stone is cut not where it comes from.
Its chemical name is aluma phosphate and its color is most commonly blue.