Blue turquoise
Turquoise is a blue-green mineral that has been used as a precious and ornamental stone since ancient times.
It is almost always opaque or barely translucent and may show a uniform blue colour or brown or black veins.
Its beauty has led to implications in various areas: from the fascinating ancient belief that this stone was capable of instilling courage in battle and signalling infidelity by turning black in the case of adultery, to its use in the world of naturopathy where turquoise is used to diminish the symptoms of stress and nervous tension.
"I cannot therefore consider myself the first admirer of this charismatic stone; turquoise has always had a large number of admirers and I have done no more than join them in rediscovering its innate charm.
It is almost always opaque or barely translucent and may show a uniform blue colour or brown or black veins.
Its beauty has led to implications in various areas: from the fascinating ancient belief that this stone was capable of instilling courage in battle and signalling infidelity by turning black in the case of adultery, to its use in the world of naturopathy where turquoise is used to diminish the symptoms of stress and nervous tension.
"I cannot therefore consider myself the first admirer of this charismatic stone; turquoise has always had a large number of admirers and I have done no more than join them in rediscovering its innate charm.
