Are jade and turquoise the same?

Jade is similar to teal, mint, turquoise, and emerald. The green is more blue than emerald, less blue than teal, and less bright than turquoise. Jade is a 100% saturated color and 66% bright and its hexadecimal value is #00A86B.
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Can jade be turquoise?

Howlite and Mountain "Jade"

Turquoise-blue mountain "jade" is actually a high-grade dolomite marble mined in Asia and dyed a wide variety of hues. Both of these stones are an economical way to incorporate the look of turquoise into jewelry.
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Does jade and turquoise go together?

Turquoise and Jade Pairing these two stones together will help with grounding and overall well-being in your day-to-day life. Turquoise is protecting, grounding, and can attract relationships and friendships. Jade is a balancing stone that is revitalizing and attracts positivity.
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How do you tell if turquoise is real?

The most effective way to identify real Turquoise is to do the scratch test. Howlite or other materials fake Turquoise is made from are softer stones than genuine Turquoise. Lightly use your nail to scratch a less visible part of the stone like the backside and if it scratches easily, it's howlite.
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Did Mayans use turquoise?

Toltec traders are credited with introducing turquoise to the ancient Maya during the Classic Period. From around the 900s AD onwards through the Postclassic Period (around 1200 AD to 1524 AD), turquoise was a precious item to the Maya.
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The History Behind China's Jade



Do Native Americans use jade?

JADE, that exquisite stone of emerald hue, translucent and of almost gem-like hardness, has ever been sought, prized and almost worshipped by men in all ages.
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Why did the Aztecs use turquoise?

For the Aztecs, turquoise symbolized the preciousness of life, the blue of the sky, and the blue of water, which were also associated with the rain god, Tlaloc. Mosaic masks may have adorned images of deities or been worn by god impersonators.
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Is turquoise worth anything?

Turquoise prices normally range from $1 to $10 per carat but can reach $1000 per carat for the best quality stones. Real turquoise of the top quality costs even more than gold, so it is definitely worth the money.
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What is the most valuable color of turquoise?

The most-prized turquoise color is an even, intense, medium blue, sometimes referred to as robin's egg blue or sky blue in the trade. The traditional source for this color is the Nishapur district of Iran, so you'll also hear it described as “Persian blue,” whether or not it was actually mined in Iran.
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What is green turquoise called?

Lime Green Turquoise, Calcosiderite or Variscite has been found near Tonopah Nevada at the Royston Mine, Blue Gem Mine, Tortoise Mine, Miss Moffet Mine, Damele Mine and very small deposits have been found in various other Mines in Nevada.
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Can jade Be blue?

Jadeite is available in a wide range of colors. In rare cases some could be considered pink; however, this material is referred to in the trade as lavender. Rare examples of Guatemalan jadeite in a blue color do exist.
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What color is the best jade?

The most valuable color of jade is vivid, semi-transparent intense-green, sometimes known as Imperial. For jadeite jade vivid green is the most valuable color, however for nephrite jade, which rarely reaches Imperial green color, white color is more valuable than green.
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Is turquoise green or blue?

Turquoise takes its name from the gemstone, which comes from the French word for Turkish. Positioned between blue and green in the color wheel, turquoise is a mixture of pale blue and green or blue with a small amount of yellow.
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What element is turquoise?

Turquoise is a copper aluminum mineral. Copper causes its bright blue and its greenish shades are speckles of iron within. Its name came from French “Pierre turquoise” meaning “Turkish stone” due to Turkey trading vast amounts of Turquoise because of its position between Europe and Asia.
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What is Chinese turquoise?

Chinese turquoise ranges all across the spectrum from deep greens to dark blues and even yellows. The best and most collectible material is dark blue with excellent spider-webbing. Most of the matrix is dark brown or black. Today, most of the turquoise produced in China comes from the Ma'anshan and Hubei mines.
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Is turquoise a natural stone?

Turquoise is naturally a soft stone, but howlite (the turquoise imitation), is even softer. This means that if you scratch your stone and it scratches easily, you most likely have a piece of howlite. But if it's very difficult to scratch your stone, you've got genuine turquoise!
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Why is my turquoise turning green?

Because all natural turquoise is at least a little porous, things like oils, soaps and other chemicals can get into the stone and can change its color. The pores of the stone will even absorb the natural oils produced by the skin causing it to turn a greenish color over time.
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Is turquoise becoming rare?

With depleting mines, turquoise, the most sacred stone to the Navajo, has become increasingly rare. A sky-blue colored stone with a gray and gold spiderweb matrix sits melded into an intricate silver ring with engraved feathers along the sides.
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Why is Sleeping beauty turquoise so expensive?

In 2012, the Sleeping Beauty mine closed and sent prices skyrocketing (not because the mine was spent, but because the copper mine that owned the mining concession sold the mine, and its new owner decided not to pursue the turquoise mining operation, according to Foutz). Buyers used to pay $10 per ct.
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Is turquoise more expensive than diamonds?

Despite the apparent abundance of turquoise, high quality stones are actually quite scarce — so scarce in fact that in recent years, the best turquoise has been deemed "more valuable than diamonds." This large blue turquoise in quartz matrix came from Mineral Park, Arizona, located in the southwestern U.S.
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What is a Sleeping beauty turquoise?

Sleeping Beauty turquoise is noted for its solid, light blue color with no matrix. The host rock is granite. Sleeping Beauty turquoise is the favorite of Zuni Pueblo lapidaries and silversmiths for the purity in color. This mine was one of the largest in North America.
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Is Red turquoise real?

Red Mountain Turquoise is the highest grade of turquoise from this Northern Nevada mine. Found with dark spider-webbing, the stone is often golden or reddish in color and is a highly collectible stone.
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Is there turquoise in Mexico?

Mexican Turquoise

There are several turquoise mines in Mexico, but the best-known one is Campitos. The variety extracted from this mine is usually of bright and intense color, often considered the “darker twin” of the most famous Sleeping Beauty.
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What are the Aztecs favorite colors?

Chosen and answered by Professor Cecilia Rossell. English:Every colour was valuable for the Aztecs, but there were ten or so that had a special meaning: probably the most important was blue-turquoise, because turquoise and jade stones were the equivalent of gold and silver for the Spanish.
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What color is Aztec blue?

Maya blue (Spanish: azul maya) is a unique bright azure blue pigment manufactured by cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, such as the Maya and Aztec.
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