The name of the turquoise craft is "Tropical Stone", which is named for its resemblance to pine balls and its color is near pine. Its English name is Turquoise, which means Turkish stone. But Turkey does not produce turquoise. It is said that the turquoise produced by ancient Persian was named after the Turkish transport to Europe.
Turquoise is a phosphate mineral aggregate of copper and aluminum, with the most distinctive features of opaque azure blue. There are also light blue, blue green, green, light green, yellow green, gray green, pale and other colors. Turquoise texture is not very uniform, the color is deep and shallow, and even contains light stripes, spots and brownish black iron wire. After the polished high-quality products are like glazed porcelain, it is called “porcelain turquoiseâ€.
Turquoise is usually classified by origin, color, luster, texture, structure and structure, and many classifications are more or less extended to the quality level of turquoise and thus have a hierarchical meaning.
Classified by color:
A, blue turquoise: blue, opaque block, sometimes dark blue;
B, light blue turquoise: light blue, opaque block;
C, blue-green turquoise: blue-green, opaque block;
D, green turquoise: green, opaque block;
E, yellow-green turquoise: yellow-green, opaque block;
F, light green turquoise: light green, opaque block.
In order to improve the appearance and color of some poor quality natural turquoise, improve durability and make it easy to be polished and not easily broken, waxing, injection molding and other methods are usually used to modify natural turquoise. This practice is generally recognized by the jewelry industry, after all, the quality of turquoise is too small. The main ingredients of the modified turquoise are still natural, but have undergone a upgrading process. There are several common methods of upgrading: wax injection - because turquoise is a kind of gemstone with low density, wax injection can fill the tiny pores on the surface, avoiding the pollution of turquoise in wearing. This is turquoise processing. A very old craft, after the wax, the turquoise color will naturally become deeper and more ornamental, and the color texture will become clearer and more beautiful. The turquoise of this process is mostly used for jewelry inlay.
Turquoise is a high-quality jade material. It was called the jewel of heaven in the Qing Dynasty in China. Turquoise differs in color depending on the elements it contains. The oxides are blue when they contain copper and green when they contain iron. Among them, blue, dark blue is opaque or slightly transparent, the color is uniform, the gloss is soft, and the quality of the brown-free iron wire is the best.
High-quality turquoise is mainly used to make curved face, chest, earrings and so on. For general quality, it is used to make necklaces, bracelets and costumes of various styles. Larger blocks are used to engrave handicrafts, and more are good and beautiful, such as Buddha statues, immortals, cranes, fairies, landscape pavilions, flowers and birds, fish, and beasts. The statue of "Li Shizhen collecting medicine" in the Hubei Hall of the Great Hall of the People is carved from turquoise.
In China, two pieces of turquoise 28cm long fish-shaped ornaments were unearthed from the site of Yangshao Culture (6500-4400 years ago) in Dahe Village, Zhengzhou, Henan Province. In our Tibetan culture, Tibetans believe that turquoise is the embodiment of God and also symbolizes power and status, thus becoming the most fashionable sacred ornament. Turquoise was used to decorate the crown of the first Tibetan king and was also used as a offering for the altar. In the history of ancient Persia, turquoise is considered to be a mysterious sinister object, and is made into a talisman. Turquoise ornaments have been found in many ancient Persian tombs. The ancient Indians used turquoise as a holy stone. They thought that wearing turquoise ornaments could be blessed by the gods, and it also symbolized "trust and trust". It also brought good luck and good luck to expedition people. Stone. In the West, turquoise is still the birthstone of December in the modern birthstone, which is the constellation stone of Aquarius, symbolizing success and victory.
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