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.

What does it mean when turquoise turns green?

Turquoise is a compound that includes metals such as aluminum, copper or iron. Water and oil can cause some of these metals to oxidize, or in other words rust. As a result of oxidation, the stones can actually change color. Blue turquoise that contains copper can change from a light blue to a dark green.

Can turquoise be pale green?

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.

What is Mojave green turquoise?

Turquoise is a phosphate of aluminum with copper and traces of iron. Depending on its origin, the stone can be sky blue to green depending on the amount of copper (which makes it blue) and iron (which makes it green). Our Mojave green turquoise is made from genuine turquoise stones that have been dyed and stabilized.

Is turquoise greenish blue or bluish green?

Turquoise (/ˈtɜːrk(w)ɔɪz/ TUR-k(w)oyz) is a blue-green color, based on the mineral of the same name.

Green Turquoise.

What is synthetic green turquoise?

especially since turquoise varies so much from stone to stone. Typically fake turquoise is made out of a soft mineral called howlite, which is dyed to look just like turquoise. Other imitations include magnesite, plastic, epoxy, and resin that are all dyed to resemble the real deal.

How much is green turquoise worth?

The medium quality turquoise usually costs $3 – 5 per carat, which is $15 – 25 per gram, $450 – 750 per ounce, $6795 – 11350 per pound. Gem-quality turquoise price can reach up to $1000 per carat ($5000 per gram). Turquoise value is rarely expressed in pounds, as such an amount of solid gem material is rare.

Does turquoise have green in it?

Turquoise is the colour of the gem turquoise. It is a slightly greenish shade of cyan. Turquoise is sometimes described as a mixture of pale blue and green. The name comes from the French word for Turkish.

Where does greenish turquoise come from?

"The most common places known for good quality turquoise are Iran (Persia), Egypt, Northwest China, Mexico and the southwestern part of the United States. Although there can be mines found in many states, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are the most common places where you will find them.

What is the rarest type of turquoise?

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.

How can I tell what kind of turquoise I have?

What is Arizona turquoise?

Arizona Turquoise mines are world famous for their beautiful true blue Turquoise. Turquoise is Arizona's most important gem material. This gem ranks top in value per production and is the most widely known of Arizona's gemstones.

What is chalk turquoise?

Chalk turquoise is low grade natural turquoise that is too soft to be cut and cut and polished in its natural state. It must be stabilized for use in jewelry. Reconstituted/Compressed turquoise is created by mixing crushed turquoise with epoxy and sometimes dye.

What is howlite turquoise?

Howlite is a white stone that has black mineral veins that are similar to that of turquoise. Therefore, when the stone is dyed it is identical to turquoise. The first red flag when it comes to dyed turquoise (or any imitation turquoise) is the price.

How can you tell howlite from turquoise?

Scratch Test

The hardness of howlite is about 3.5 and Turquoise is 5-6 on the Mohs hardness scale. This test will help to determine whether it is real or fake. If it is hard to scratch then you probably have real Turquoise. If it scratches easily then you know it is howlite.

How can you tell real turquoise from fake turquoise?

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.

What is Tibet turquoise?

Tibetan Turquoise is a rare luxury that is mined in the Himalayas – ours specifically is from the area around Lhasa in the Himalayan area. Lhasa is known as one of the 4 locations where the finest quality Tibetan Turquoise is sourced, the others being Ngari-Khorsum, Draya and Derge.

What is Mosaic turquoise?

Details. Mosaic turquoise with bronze makes for a stunning combination. Made from Kingman American high grade turquoise nuggets that are compressed with resin under heat and pressure and then infused with bronze. The result is the lovely blue turquoise with a bronze mosaic matrix.

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.

What does Bisbee turquoise look like?

Bisbee turquoise can be found in many different shades of color and quality, from soft, low quality pale blue, to the quality hard brilliant blue turquoise and almost every shade of blue in between. The highest grade of Bisbee Blue turquoise is almost lapis lazuli blue and has a brownish-red spiderweb matrix.

Is Kingman turquoise rare?

Today, even the quality natural turquoise from Kingman has become rare in the wake of rising demand for good quality American turquoise.

Is Bisbee turquoise rare?

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

What are the two types of turquoise?

Are there different colors of turquoise?

Turquoise comes in all shades of blue, to blue-green, with a possible shading towards brown-veined greens. It is the natural variations in turquoise that make it appealing. The color of turquoise in American Indian jewelry ranges from brownish green to bright blue.

What is Ajax turquoise?

The Ajax mine is located in the Candelaria Hills in Esmerelda, Nevada near the Candelaria Silver mine. The Ajax mine is known for producing excellent bi-color turquoise nuggets ranging from very dark green to a beautiful blue. The higher grades show the full range of these colors in the same stones.