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Turquoise

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For the colour, seeTurquoise (colour).

Turquoise is anopaque (cannot be seen through), blueish-greenmineral. It is not common and can be valuable in finer grades. It has been prized as agem andornamental stone for thousands of years because of its interesting coloring.

The word 'turquoise' means Turkish in French.

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