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TURQUOISE

enriched

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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484 Emerald Hollow Mine Dr.

Hiddenite, NC 28636

Office: 828-635-1126

Sluiceway: 828-632-3394

Lapidary: 828-635-7548

 

info@emeraldhollowmine.com

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