![]() This creamy, white stone has either a brown or black matrix that resembles the patterns found in dry creek beds or crackled antique pottery. What is commonly sold and known as white ''turquoise'' is actually a white magnesite. Yellow "turquoise" is wonderful for earthy and fall-themed jewelry. Yellow ''turquoise'' has a subtle blend of gold, green, brown and black colors of quartz and jasper gemstones that many times will come from the same mines as turquoise. Great examples of this are the varieties of dyed jasper, known in the industry as African ''turquoise'', that have an exotic blend of green base colors and dark matrix, making it an affordable turquoise substitute in jewelry. Most of the time, chalk turquoise will have a matrix pattern, often resembling subtle crackles.Īt Fire Mountain Gems and Beads, if a stone resembles turquoise in appearance, but is not true turquoise, it will appear in quotation marks ("turquoise"). Chalk turquoise beads are popular for jewelry because of their hardness and bright colors. This form of natural turquoise has a white chalk-like consistency and has the same chemical composition as turquoise with one exception: it does not contain copper-the element that causes the blue color of naturally occurring blue turquoise. ![]() ![]() It is typically dyed lively shades of blue, apple green, lime green and fuchsia pink. With a permanent color and nice matrix, stabilized turquoise is a beautiful value.Ī lot of people ask us, "What is chalk turquoise?" Usually from China, porous white turquoise that is stabilized and dyed is often referred to as chalk turquoise. The stone is chemically treated by adding an epoxy resin for increased hardness and enhanced color. Stabilized turquoise is widely available and a popular choice for use in jewelry designs. Sleeping Beauty turquoise, from the Sleeping Beauty mines in Arizona, is the most prized in the world and often exhibits a vivid blue color commonly known as a "Persian color." Many Sleeping Beauty stones are treated with the trademarked Zachery process.
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