🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Turquoise?

Mazzalani11

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I picked this up from a woman that told me adamantly it is turquoise. It has a sheen to it and density seemingly more then chrysocolla. My idea of turquoise is well...more turquoise. Meaning darker in color not so sky or light blue. Any thoughts greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
 

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pepperj

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Turquoise comes in a variety of colors, from light blue to dark green. The most prized color of turquoise is a deep blue, known as “robin's egg” turquoise. Other popular colors include green, yellow, and orange.

Lime Green Turquoise is ultra rare. (So one company states)
There are more than 30 types of turquoise commonly found in southwestern jewelry

Certainly a very wide range of colours and I have from the traditional light blue-dark green (no yellow/orange)
 

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opalboy

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Without holding it in my hand, it looks like turquoise that has been “stabilized” with epoxy under high pressure. Pretty common these days.
 

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DizzyDigger

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Without holding it in my hand, it looks like turquoise that has been “stabilized” with epoxy under high pressure. Pretty common these days.
Pic shows 307 grams.
 

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Mazzalani11

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Pictures were taken wet, as I look at it now there are no shiny spots as seen in pics. Thank you very much for your comments.
 

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Bucket Lister

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My understanding is that stabilizing is to help prevent/retard the color from fading and/or turning green(er).

Some light(er) shades of turquoise are known to come from Dry Creek & Sleeping Beauty mines.

Lots of diversity. 😉
 

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