What is Boulder turquoise?

Boulder Turquoise is comprised of Jasper surrounding ribbons of Turquoise making it unusual to find this dense hard stone. It has such great coloring on it's own with shades of Teal running through rich brown boulders.
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What is Golden Hill turquoise?

Golden Hill Turquoise showcases a Light Blue Stone with Lavender Hues. Its matrix can range from a deep Lavendar to deep Reds, Browns or Rust Colors. Like Turquoises from Egypt, Tibet or Persia, wherever you find Copper or Iron, there is the possibility of finding Turquoise.
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What is Candelaria turquoise?

Candelaria is considered to be a collectable Turquoise, due to its rarity and its gem grade quality stone. Good Candelaria can have a brown or black spider web matrix, with bright blue coloring. High grade Candelaria is a glowing dark blue with a burnt reddish-brown colored spider-web matrix.
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Where does Royston ribbon turquoise come from?

Also known as Royston Ribbon, the Boulder turquoise mine is located in northeast Nevada. It was originally discovered in the 1970's by a Shoshone sheep herder who stumbled upon a vein of turquoise on the hillside while tending sheep. The mine has been developed as an open cut and constitutes the mine's workings.
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What is the most expensive piece of turquoise?

For example, Persian grade turquoise is the most valuable, the classic “robin's egg blue” color, because it has trace vanadium and no iron.
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What is the rarest turquoise color?

Lander Blue Spiderweb Turquoise is some of the rarest Turquoise on earth and in high demand, Buyers must beware of impersonators, the highest grade of Chinese Spiderweb Turquoise is often sold as Lander Blue Turquoise, it takes an experienced professional to detect true Lander Blue Turquoise.
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How do I know if my turquoise is real?

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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Where is Boulder Turquoise from?

Boulder Turquoise is sometimes called Ribbon Turquoise and is found in the original Royston Mines, near Tonapah, Nevada. Boulder Turquoise is comprised of Jasper surrounding ribbons of Turquoise making it unusual to find this dense hard stone.
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Is Bisbee turquoise rare?

Today, genuine Bisbee turquoise is rare and highly collectible. Notice the beautiful red webbing in these Bisbee turquoise cabochons.
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Where is the Candelaria turquoise mine?

The Candelaria Hills in Southwest Nevada are home to dozens of turquoise mines, large and small.
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Is Golden Hill turquoise rare?

An rare color for turquoise, Golden Hills Turqouise comes from a deposit in the Altyn Tyube mine in Kazakhstan. These stunning gems have a light blue hue to them, and a reddish, burnt umber matrix.
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What is Egyptian turquoise?

Egyptian Turquoise was first found in Egypt well over 7,500 years ago. It was highly coveted by the Egyptians to be a secred stone with metaphysical powers. Egyptian Turquoise was used by Egyptian healers, worn Kings, Pharaohs, Rulers and important people from that early period in world history.
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What is lavender turquoise?

Lavender Turquoise, also known as Golden Hills or Kazakhstan Turquoise, is special for many reasons. Discovered in 2013, Golden Hills Turquoise comes from a deposit in the Golden Hills mine in Kazakhstan. The stone is a light blue color with a matrix that can be anywhere from a deep lavender to deep reds or browns.
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What is Bisbee II turquoise?

A dark reddish brown matrix that blends and swirls with rich Turquoise hues gives this Bisbee II Turquoise Rough a unique identity not found in any other variety. This lot is a mix of medium to large sizes that will provide a high yield when cutting.
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Is real 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. Moreover, turquoise has a multi-layered history that can be traced to ancient Egypt and Aztec culture.
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Can turquoise get wet?

Can you shower with a turquoise jewel? As mentioned before, water and humidity are not recommended. This mineral from dry and arid environments will absorb liquids and chemical products (water, soap, cream, ...) and the colour will be altered.
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Is there such thing as white turquoise?

Authentic White Turquoise generally comes from Arizona and Nevada, USA. Although it is called White Turquoise, there is a slight tint of blue or green color from the minerals in the rock that actually make the material test as authentic Turquoise.
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Is Chinese turquoise real turquoise?

Chinese Turquoise is simular to American Turquoise in that the mines produce Turquoise in almost every color and matrix variation. Turquoise was never as popular in China as Jade until recently. But here in the United States some of the finest Turquoise ever sold has come from China.
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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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How many types of turquoise are there?

Most people can probably envision what generic turquoise looks like when asked, but did you know that there are more than 30 types of turquoise commonly found in southwestern jewelry?
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What is the best turquoise?

Blue 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 Persian turquoise?

Persian Turquoise comes from mines located in Iran. Even though turquoise is generally a softer stone, the turquoise mined from Persia tends to be harder than turquoise mined anywhere else. It is deviated up into 3 quality classifications: Angushtari, which is the finest quality, with little to no markings or matrix.
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Is Egyptian turquoise rare?

It is a relatively rare stone, mined today primarily in the American Southwest, Iran, and China; the sources of turquoise most easily available to the ancient Egyptians were in the southwest Sinai, from deposits that apparently were long ago substantially depleted.
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Where is Sonoran Gold turquoise from?

Sonoran Gold Turquoise is mined in Sonora, Mexico near the city of Cananea. The mine is located at the Campitos Mountain just outside of the city, only about a 35-mile drive from the Arizona border.
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