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Man has been fascinated by the stone turquoise for centuries and with good reason. This beautiful natural stone comes in colors ranging from sky blue to greenish yellow and has been used in jewelry as well as for it's healing properties for centuries.

Turquoise is mined in China, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and Persia. In North America, it is found in Arizona and New Mexico. The stone can be rather porous and chalky and is usually treated before it is suitable for use in jewelry. The stones are treated with a resinous substance to "stabilize" them. This treatment hardens the stone making it less susceptible to chipping and keeps the color from changing due to contact with the oils in your body.

Turquoise is also reputed to heal all kinds of ailments. New age healers use it for the skeletal, digestive and respiratory systems. It is said to help remove toxins from smoking and other pollutants from the body. The stone is also said to help improve your attitude as well as enhance creativity. It is reputed to bring you inner awareness and help strengthen friendships. Turquoise is reputed to help those who have trouble speaking in public, improve empathy and honesty.

One of the most beautiful types of turquoise is mined from the Sleeping Beauty Mine in Arizona. Called sleeping beauty turquoise after the name of the mine, these stones are a vivid sky blue color with no matrix to speak of. These beads and stones are well sought after for jewelry making and a favorite of the Zuni Pueblo silver makers who incorporate it into their traditional inlay jewelry.

Another popular turquoise is White Buffalo Turquoise which is mined from the Dry Creek Mine in Nevada and is a beautiful stone used in jewelry. Highly prized as the White Buffalo vein has only been found in one spot and once it's gone there may never be new stones in this coloration again. The stones are a light turquoise with white colorations and dark veins. Not to be confused with howlite, White buffalo turquoise is not solid white in color.

Persian turquoise has been used in jewelry since ancient times and there are many mines in Iran that produce this beautiful stone. This turquoise can have a wide variety of color from sky blue to pale green. Ancient Persian carvings using turquoise have been found and it is evident that ancient jewelry was made with stones from these mines.

If you have turquoise jewelry or stones, you need to take special care to clean them since it is porous. Some people feel that there is an added value in vintage turquoise which has had years to develop a patina and excessive cleaning can destroy that value. The preferred means is to cleaning native turquoise is to gently wipe it with a soft cloth but there are instances where you may require more intense cleaning and our advice is to use warm soapy water. If the turquoise is set in a piece of jewelry you should avoid submerging it in anything liquid as it can seep into the fissures of the jewelry and cause deterioration years down the road.

One gentle method for cleaning turquoise is to dunk a Q-tip in warm soapy water and swab the jewelry with that - make sure you remove any soapy residue by swabbing again with a clean Q-tip dipped in clean water. Never clean your turquoise in ultrasonic or steam cleaners or use any type of chemical.

Lee Dobbins is a jewelry designer and owner of Artisan Jewelry Online where you can find out more about turquoise and turquoise jewelry.

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Olivine

Olivine symbol of peace, happiness, serenity and other good intentions, was named "August birthday stone."

Wider distribution of olivine in the world, does not belong to the list of precious stones, often referred to as semi-precious stones. The color change is not too large, the general common colors are pure green, yellowish green to brownish green. The most typical colors are green and yellow, a little flavor of green apple skin, and clear no color impurities. Olivine is not a high-value gems, but the quality Shang Hao and more than 10 karats worth more than a considerable.

More for the olivine with stones, or silver Inlay, there is made with peridot stone bracelet, necklace and various styles. Olivine single crystals suitable for cut into various shapes: round, oval, rectangular, square, pear, horse eye shape and so on. The market generally rare olivine imitation.

Garnet

Garnet is a belief, a symbol of constancy and simplicity, was named "January birthday stone."

Because of their complex chemical composition of garnet, so, in nature, any pure chemical composition of garnet, in fact, do not. Reflected in its color variety, similar ruby red; also similar to emerald green, but it was yellow for green. With red and reddish brown, brown garnet, relatively cheap, and the market more common; purple and dark red garnet though hard to find, but the grain, texture and good quite expensive to Xiang to the jewelry, the very beautiful, solid very popular. In addition, similar to the emerald color of garnet, if the texture is good, its brightness, dispersion will be more than Emerald, is more beautiful than the emerald, attractive. This also can be found, not all of the value of semi-precious stones are very low, the color beautiful, durable, rare semi-precious stones are equally precious.

Quartz

Quartz is the most common minerals in the crust and also one of the most common gem. It has many variants:

Crystal: colorless and transparent. Crystals often contain different mineral inclusions, when the inclusions are needle-like crystals (rutile), known as the "fat crystals"; when the inclusion of green crystals (chlorite), known as the "Phantom."

Amethyst

Is the quartz family, a member of the most valuable. Legend of Amethyst has the effect of preventing drunk. Amethyst is honest, sincere symbol is named "February birthday stone." Transparent - transparent, color uniform, from the purple - red and purple, including purple red - purple amethyst most valuable. Viewing from different angles, can show blue or red purple. Brazil rich in high quality Amethyst, dark purple; China Henan property amethyst color lighter. Market, Brazil produced more common purple Jingjing hole, the value of a thousand dollars.

Turquoise

Turquoise symbolizes success and victory, was named "December birthday stone."

Turquoise color from blue to green, the color of the most cherished strong. From transparent to translucent, has a special texture, light, fragile, some of the material porosity, thus leading to the fading and cracking, wax or resin can be disseminated in order to maintain its appearance.

Turquoise divided into two types of wire and wire-free. Color of soft and uniform, showing very strong - medium blue, not wire, high gloss, translucent turquoise is a superior product. Pale yellow or dark green, turquoise worth little more than wire.

Be careful wearing turquoise jewelry, it can absorb the grease. When your body coated with oil or milk when the sun do not wear turquoise jewelry. Once the stain is difficult to make because the turquoise restored to their original.

Opal

Opal symbolizes hope and happiness, was named as the "October birthday stone."

Opal has a gorgeous eye-catching color changes, called the "change color." According to its color characteristics and optical effect, divided into: black opal, white opal and fire opal. Mexican Fire Opal output quite famous, but to use most of the jewelry of your opal from Australia.

Opal purchase three main factors should be considered. The first is color. Preferably black or dark; second change color. Uniform and complete, no colorless "dead spots" is better; third is consistency. With no cracks, no broken dense preferred.

Opal must be placed in cool dry place. Because Opal contains large amounts of water in the sun or bright light exposure for too long will be dehydrated. Nursing is sweet almond oil in water or soak for two days will be restored as ever.

Jing Huang:

Yellow or golden yellow, transparent - opaque. Usually light yellow natural citrine, but extremely rare, most available in the market are made of heat-treated amethyst.

ROSE QUARTZ:

Pink - light rose red, translucent.

Tanglin Stone

Yellow, brown, green and so on. The stones under the rotation in the light, there stars or flashing effect of sand stone. This is generated by the gems inside reflection caused by mineral flakes. Thus, there Dongling --- Venus stone imitation stone, it is crystal glass containing copper, and more for clothing accessories.

Translucent, white, red, green, black. Zonal structure is characterized in particular. Natural Red Agate, Green Agate little more than appearing on the market made by the artificial coloring.

Wood alexandrite:, yellow, brown, blue gray, blue and green. Yellow, brown wooden become known as the tiger eye stone stone cabochon gemstone showing a cat eye effect. Blue-gray, blue and green wooden alexandrite stone known as the eagle eyes.

In general, the quartz variant more production and more, cheap, processed into various shapes, such as prayer beads, fortune balls, statues and other handicrafts. Jewelry styles are: necklaces, bracelets, rings, pendant and so on.
 

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