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TURQUOISE

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Variety/Type Of: Phosphate

Color: Sky blue (the most desirable as a gemstone), blue, bluish green, green, yellowish green; often with brown, gray, or black matrix, as spider-webbing or background color.

Streak: Bluish white to greenish white

Luster: Waxy to subvitreous. Dull or chalky when weathered.

Cleavage: Perfect, but rarely seen because of the small grain size of most specimens

Hardness: 5 to 6 (often lower because of porosity or exposure to weathering)

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