1) Aqua 2) Gem 3) Turkois
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1) Beautiful stone 2) Color with Continental origin 3) Colour with Frankish origin 4) Color with Frankish origin 5) Colour 6) Color with French origin 7) Colour with French origin 8) Color 9) Cut mineral 10) Decorative stone 11) French word used in English 12) Gemstone 13) Gemstone mineral 14) Greenish-blue
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The substance has been known by many names, but the word turquoise, which dates to the 16th century, is derived from an Old French word for `Turkish`, because the mineral was first brought to Europe from Turkey, from the mines in historical Khorasan Province of Iran. Pliny the Elder referred to the mineral as callais, the Iranians named it `phi......
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[color] Turquoise z or z is the name of a greenish blue color, based on the gem of the same name. The word turquoise comes from the French for Turkish, as the gem was originally imported from Turkey. The first recorded use of turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573. At right is displayed the X11 color named turquoise. ==Turquoise g...
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[trading platform] Turquoise is an equities and derivatives trading platform (Multilateral trading facility or MTF), created by nine major investment banks in 2008. The aim was to provide dealing services at a 50% discount to traditional exchanges. It is a hybrid system that allows trading both on and off traditional exchanges. The system w...
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blue-green
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• (n.) Alt. of Turquois • (a.) Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
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hydrated copper and aluminum phosphate [CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)84H2O] that is extensively used as a gemstone. It is a secondary mineral deposited from ... [2 related articles]
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Blue-green gemstone widely used, cut en cabochon (see jewel cutting), in 19thC jewellery. Turquoise probably takes its name from the French for Turkey, from where it first reached Europe. The bluer the colour the more prized the gem - the best-quality stones come from north-east Iran.
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greenish-blue precious stoneÂ
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Turquoise (also known as calaite) is a mineral of secondary origin usually found in small veins and stringers. Turquoise is a hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper. It has a blue, or bluish green, colour, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface. It has a relative hardness of 6. Turquoise is susceptible of a...
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The Turquoise was a French Saphir Class minelayer submarine of 669 tons displacement surfaced launched in 1929. The Turquoise was powered by Vickers-Normand 4-cycle diesel engines providing a top speed of 12 knots surfaced and 9 knots submerged and a range of 4000 km surfaced. She carried a complement of 40 and armaments consisted of one 3-inch ant...
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A semiprecious gemstone of bluish-green colour that is made of a copper and aluminium compound with a high water content. Turquoise is named after Turkey, where it was thought to have been discovered. Turquoise has a hardness of 6 on the Mohs Scale
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n] - a blue to gray green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
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noun a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; `blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone`
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Mineral, hydrous basic copper aluminium phosphate, CuAl
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2 O. Blue-green, blue, or green, it is a gemstone. Turquoise is found in Australia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Iran, Turkestan, Mexico, and southwestern US...
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Turquoise is a precious mineral with an opaque blue green colour that in its finest form is quite rare and sort after. It has been used since Egyptian times and was named after the French word which literally means Turkish as they were the first people to bring it to Europe in great numbers in the 16th century.
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(color) turquesa
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an opaque mineral, a basic hydrous copper aluminum phosphate often containing a small amount of iron, sky-blue or greenish-blue in color, cut cabochon as a gem. Cf. · Also calleda greenish blue or bluish green.
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