A popular example is King Tut's funeral mask which is adorned with turquoise, the Geological Institute of America reports. The stone spans from blue to green in color. Occasionally, a dark ...

In its most iconic form, turquoise looks like a clear blue sky. Beneath that tranquil surface, however, there is a complicated stone. ‘‘It is not about color,’’ said Joe Dan Lowry ...

HOW DID Tiffany & Co. arrive at its signature shade of blue, a robin’s-egg hue the ... but she suspects that turquoise’s popularity when the company first used the color for its boxes in ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — It’s a “hydrated phosphate of copper,” but you may just know it as turquoise. The blue-green mineral widely regarded as a gemstone has significant deposits ...

Sacred to Indigenous people, beloved by collectors, one blue-green stone has huge cultural cachet in the “Land of Enchantment.” Indigenous artisans in New Mexico are known for their turquoise ...

Coral with accents of opal, sugilite, lapis lazuli, Orvil Jack turquoise, 14-karat gold, silver. Collection of Leota and Phil Knight. Photographer: Sam Franks A sky-blue colored stone with a gray ...

Turquoise is the sky-blue gemstone that was originally found in Turkey and therefore got its name from the country of origin. Apart from being a beautiful stone for accessories, Turquoise has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the founder of La Patiala, the luxury encyclopedia. Turquoise is one of December’s birthstones — the other December ...

turquoise and green, and even includes some purple varieties that are often confused for amethyst. Know how to properly identify the stone. All that natural variation can make Leland Blue tough to ...

The lack of a grading system for the popular stone has prompted a father-son team to spend the last five years working on one. Turquoise stones from the blue and green master sets at the Turquoise ...