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Turquoise (Stabilised) 6mm Round Beads

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 14mm Coin beads

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 18x25mm Puffy Oval beads

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Turquoise Beads

NATURAL TURQUOISE BEADS

(Stabilised)

Legend

It’s name means “Turkish Stone” and comes from European markets in the Middle Ages, who received it from Turkish traders who brought it from Persia.  It was used for beads by the Egyptians as early as 5500bc and has been used in amulets in Europe and Asia for thousands of years and is important in Native American jewellery.  The Navajo and Hopi in Arizona value Turquoise as an attractor of prosperity and fertility of the soil and treasure it as a powerful success and good luck stone.

Properties

Supposed to be a stone of communication, making one more eloquent, loving, creative and honest.  Also considered a stone of friendship.

Description

These beads are Stabilised Turquoise, sky blue with included matrix creating “spiderweb” patterning.  Sold as temporary strung 40cm (approx) strands.

8mm round Turquoise Beads

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 8mm Round Beads

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 4mm Round Beads

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£2.28

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 6mm Rondelle beads

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£3.01

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 10mm Round Beads

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£4.76

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18x25mm Turquoise Oval Beads

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 12mm Coin beads

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£3.18

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 13x18mm Oval beads

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£4.78

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 14mm Cushion beads

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£4.52

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 10mm Rondelle beads

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£4.08

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 15x20mm Oval beads

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£4.97

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 10x14mm Pillow beads

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£4.26

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 12mm Round Beads

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£6.12

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There are five kinds of turquoise on the market:

1) NATURAL TURQUOISE.  So hard and beautiful that it is simply mined, cut and polished.  Less than 3% of all turquoise on the market worldwide is natural.

2) STABILISED TURQUOISE.  Softer natural Turquoise infused under pressure with a clear epoxy resin which permanently hardens the rock.  Most of the Turquoise on the market is stabilised.

3) RECONSTITUTED.  Low grade “chalk” Turquoise is ground into powder, saturated with epoxy resin, dyed and compressed into blocks for cutting.

4) OTHER STONE - DYED.  Alternative stones (like Howlite) are dyed to look like Turquoise.  Colours tend to look artificial.

4) IMITATION.  Plastic or glass which has been dyed to look like turquoise.

15x20mm Turquoise Rectangle Beads

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Turquoise (Stabilised) 15x20mm Rectangle beads

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£5.60

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