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(Original photo 1) This time I wanted to say you some words more about Turquoise.One friend told me about Turquoise she received as a gift for the feasts. A very beautiful set. But I can't believe the vendors of Turquoise more. Because the informations I have about this mineral say that it's
mines are practically exhausted. We have enormous quantity of Turquoise in the shops but the mineral is extremly rare today (and expensive, as the conseguence). What it means? It means that all that quantities of Turquoise we see in the shops are... falses. Or not?(Original photo 2)I said just that the most "real" false Turquoise is Howlite. Because Howlite absorbs liquids very well, it's practically unpossible to distinguish one from other. Unfortunatelly, Howlite is used to imitate not only Turquoise, but other more expensive stones too (I know cases of Azurite, Malachite). (Original photo3)
The other popular "manipulation" is to pulverize minerals, to add resins and to "reconstruct" the stone. I like Azurite and Malachite that is why I know that these minerals you find in commerce today, are mostly reconstructed. First reason is the same as with Turquoise: the mines are exhausted. (Original photo 4)The very beautiful necklaces I present you here are made with Turquoise/Howlite. It means it is dyed Howlite. I don't
want give it to you as a false. I don't like it. But the necklaces are really very beautiful. The second stone I use here with GREAT picture of the stone (open big pics and look at them, they are delicious!) are named Imperial Turquoise. (Original photo 5)About my friend. Tomorrow I'll write her and will offer some solutions with the beads I have. I'll show them to you later.
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