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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 19 2010, 03:33 PM (440 Views) | |
| CJ | Dec 19 2010, 03:33 PM Post #1 |
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Turquoise is a blue-green (as you might expect from the name) copper and aluminium phosphate mineral. Here's a piece of turquoise:![]() I don't particularly like the black patches: they make it look dirty. I love the colour of the rest of it, though! Edited by CJ, Apr 7 2014, 10:52 PM.
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| Michelle | Dec 19 2010, 06:42 PM Post #2 |
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I have some pieces of turquoise. I wouldn't mind having some green turquoise, though!
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| CJ | Dec 19 2010, 06:53 PM Post #3 |
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Apparently, the greener ones are more common, and less valuable. I do have some somewhere, but it's very blue: much bluer than the one in the picture. |
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| Michelle | Dec 19 2010, 07:20 PM Post #4 |
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I know, I have some that are bluer than that too. |
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| CJ | Apr 7 2014, 10:56 PM Post #5 |
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Image in the OP is broken, but I've added a new one. Apparently, the name 'turquoise' comes from an Old French word for 'Turkish': it was originally mined in Turkey. It's kind of obvious, but I'd never made the connection before .
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I wouldn't mind having some green turquoise, though!
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12:20 AM Jul 11