• Thumbnail for Turquoise
    Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It...
    52 KB (6,027 words) - 13:40, 25 May 2024
  • Turquoise (/ˈtɜːrk(w)ɔɪz/ TUR-k(w)oyz) is a cyan color, based on the mineral of the same name. The word turquoise dates to the 17th century and is derived...
    6 KB (508 words) - 21:20, 21 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Howlite
    Howlite (redirect from White turquoise)
    use in jewelry than the artificially stabilized white forms of the mineral turquoise. Howlite, as collected, southern California. A polished mass showing...
    7 KB (635 words) - 12:07, 8 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shades of cyan
    link] "Turquoise:turquoise mineral information and data". mindat.org. Retrieved 2006-10-04. http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/turquoise.pdf Handbook...
    21 KB (1,805 words) - 22:22, 21 March 2024
  • Rynersonite Varieties that are not valid species: Rashleighite (variety of turquoise) Rhodolite (variety of pyrope) Rock crystal (quartz) Rose quartz (pink...
    41 KB (2,732 words) - 20:21, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mineral Park mine
    Mineral Park was mined by the Aztec Turquoise Co., the Los Angeles Gem Co., Arizona Turquoise Co., Southwest Turquoise Co. and Mineral Park Turquoise...
    8 KB (647 words) - 20:15, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Larimar
    from bluish white, light-blue, light-green, green-blue, turquoise blue, turquoise green, turquoise blue-green, deep green, dark green, to deep blue, dark...
    7 KB (685 words) - 10:10, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bisbee Blue
    Bisbee Blue (category Phosphate minerals)
    Blue or Bisbee turquoise refers to the turquoise that comes from copper mines located in the vicinity of Bisbee, Arizona. Bisbee turquoise can be found...
    3 KB (472 words) - 21:06, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eilat stone
    Eilat stone (category Copper minerals)
    heterogeneous mixture of several secondary copper minerals, including malachite, azurite, turquoise, pseudomalachite, and chrysocolla. Eilat stone is...
    1 KB (73 words) - 01:09, 20 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Variscite
    Variscite (category Phosphate mineral stubs)
    hydrated aluminium phosphate mineral (AlPO4·2H2O). It is a relatively rare phosphate mineral. It is sometimes confused with turquoise; however, variscite is...
    7 KB (636 words) - 17:05, 4 April 2024