How to identify real Turquoise
Shown above is an example of a genuine Chinese Turquoise stone. Chinese Turquoise can be blue or green with a dark brown or black matrix, sometime no matrix at all. Other types of Turquoise are Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, which is a solid sky blue color, and American Turquoise. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is extremely expensive and hard to find. American Turquoise is very rare due to the over mining in the 60′s and 70′s. Jewelry that is made with American Turquoise is usually remade from older pieces. Chinese Turquoise is quite expensive and what is on the market today is usually Chinese Turquoise.
Turquoise that is referred to as simulated is not Turquoise at all but dyed the color of turquoise. Two examples above show simulated Turquoise, this is dyed Howlite and Magnesite, as you can see the color of these stones are weak in value and the streaks are more of a light brown. These fake stones have a different matrix pattern from genuine Turquoise stones.
You will find Turquoise jewelry that claims to be Turquoise and is often priced the same. Real Turquoise stones are not cheap. Know what you’re buying and keep a look out for stones dyed to look like Turquoise.
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