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Turquoise is a bluish-green, non-transparent mineral and is a hydrous phosphate of aluminum and copper. As it is rare and valuable when further graded, it is prized as an ornamental stone and gem. Even though it differs from diamonds, rubies and emerald, it has gained wide respectability over the world as a gemstone. [...]

Turquoise jewelry is said to be favored because it can act like a good luck charm for those who wear it. In ancient Egypt, turquoise was found to adorn graves of the dead in 3,000 B.C., perhaps to ward off evil spirits looking to feast on the dead souls. Likewise in Persia, the gem is [...]