Basic knowledge of turquoise introduces the function and efficacy of turquoise jewelry.
Turquoise is a kind of high-quality jade material, which was called the jewel in the sky in China in the Qing Dynasty, and was regarded as an auspicious and happy sacred object. The ancients called it "Bidianzi" and "Qinglanggan", while Europeans called it "Turkic Jade" or "Turkic Jade". Turquoise is recognized as the "stone of birth in December" at home and abroad, representing victory and success, and has the reputation of "stone of success".
Turquoise has different colors because it contains different elements. Oxides are blue when they contain copper and green when they contain iron. Most of them are sky blue, light blue, green blue, green and light green. Uniform color, soft luster, no brown iron wire, the best quality.
Color is an important factor affecting the quality of turquoise. Turquoise products are colorful and deeply loved by people all over the world, especially Muslims and people in the western United States. The first batch of ornaments and handicrafts made of turquoise in Chinese mainland sell well all over the world, and all the raw materials are made in China.
Turquoise is delicate and soft in texture, moderate in hardness and charming in color, but quite different in color, hardness and quality. Usually divided into four varieties, namely porcelain pine, pine, bubble (surface) pine and iron pine.
Turquoise is a phosphate minerals aggregate of copper and aluminum, and its opaque blue color is the most distinctive. There are also light blue, blue-green, green, light green, yellow-green, grayish green and light color. Generally, the hardness is 5~6, the density is 2.6~2.9 and the refractive index is about 1.62. Under long-wave ultraviolet light, it can emit light green to blue fluorescence.
The role of turquoise jewelry
High-quality turquoise is mainly used to make curved ring faces, brooches, earrings and so on. General quality is used to make necklaces, bracelets and costumes of various styles. Large pieces are used for carving handicrafts, which mostly show the content of goodness and beauty, such as Buddha statues, immortals, cranes, fairies, landscape pavilions, flowers, birds, insects and fish, people and animals. The statue of "Li Shizhen picking herbs" in Hubei Hall of the Great Hall of the People is a piece of turquoise jewelry.
Turquoise is often embedded in gold, silver and bronze, and the colors reflect each other, which is beautiful and full of national characteristics. Tibetan and Mongolian compatriots especially like precious swords and ornaments inlaid with turquoise. In addition, turquoise chips can be used as pigments. Tibetan doctors also regard turquoise as a medicine, a sacred product to protect themselves.
In ancient times, people associated it with religion. Tibet has a special reverence for turquoise. Mongolian Tibetan areas like to embed turquoise in knives, hats and clothes, and it is still a sacred decorative item in religious ceremonies. Most ancient civilizations advocated turquoise, such as Egypt, Persia, Aztec (ancient Mexican Indian country) and so on. Long-term wear has detoxification and liver-clearing effects on human body.