Green Turquoise Jewelry

Green Turquoise Jewelry<br /><br />Green is the currently fashionable color for fine jewelry and fashionable jewelry accessories. Green is the color; turquoise is the stone. Maybe. Natural turquoise occurs in colors ranging from blue to green, often with a black matrix or black veining. A known natural green turquoise is Broken Arrow turquoise, sourced from the Otteson familys Nevada mine. Its different from other domestic turquoise sources in that the turquoise isnt turquoise colored, its green.<br /><br />Some green turquoise gets its green from color treatments of howlite and magnesite, both white stones with a black matrix. In their natural state, howlite and magnesite closely resemble authentic white turquoise. When dyed, the stones take on a green color that is indistinguishable from natural green turquoise color by the casual observer.<br /><br />There are tests to determine whether green turquoise is natural or dyed. The tests, however, are destructive. Whether green turquoise is natural or color treated, the stones are interesting natural lapidary sources for turquoise jewelry.<br /><br />The necklace of green turquoise shown in the photo is fashioned from stones sold as green turquoise. It is at the discretion of viewers to decide whether the green color is real or fashioned from alternative stones and man made treatments, or whether the source of the green even matters. I like the lovely green color however it got there! Do you?<br /><br />Published by Lorraine Yapps Cohen<br /><br />I design jewelry free from the constraints of textbook techniques and write non fiction free from the rigors of technical expression. Chemist by training, creative by spirit, conservative in values, crazy a. You can find turquoise in a necklace, bracelet or ring.