Turquoise

  
  
Origin: Nevada, U.S.A.
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 4.3 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
 
  
  
 
  
Crystallised turquoise on a matrix of quartz and muscovite
Origin: Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.6 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm (top/2nd/3rd row), 3.1 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm (4th/bottom row)
 
Turquoise pseudomorph after apatite
Origin: Baviocora, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2.4 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 5.9 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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