Turquoise

  

Origin: Russia (The locality on the label said only "Central Asia," which means probably either Maden, Iran or one of the two 1000-year-old turquoise mining areas in Tadjikistan)

Sample size: 10.1 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm

 

  

Variety rasleighite (ferrian turquoise)

Origin: Bunny Mine, St. Austell, Cornwall, England

Ex. Richard Hauck collection

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 4.1 cm

 

  

 

  

Turquoise microcrystals on quartz

Origin: Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.8 x 6.2 x 2.4 cm (top/2nd row), 3.5 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm (bottom)

 

  

Turquoise pseudomorph after apatite

Origin: Hubei Province, China

Sample size: 5.3 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone