This was on my Iran trip that I manage to lay my hands on the Turquoise Crystal. For a long time I was wanting to get a good quality Turquoise, but was not able to find a genuine one. It's a small one but I am happy I could find a genuine one. Most of what you get in the market in the name of Turquoise is Howlite Crystal. Howlite is also a good crystal but it cannot match Turquoise.
Turquoise is a crystal that hold highest regard in the ancient times, It is perhaps one of the oldest stone. This one goes back to around 5000 to 6000 BC. with impressive metaphysical properties. Turquoise also known as the "Horseman stone" because it provides protection from falls. Turquoise is a copper and iron based crystal and the color of the crystal depends on the content of both. You will find Turquoise color varying between green an blue. In the olden times it was also believed that if there was any danger approaching to the wearer of Turquoise the Crystal would change it's color from blue to green.....
Turquoise has been a popular crystal with the Egyptians. It seems Egyptians used crystals very widely since most of the crystals have story line with them. They believed that Turquoise crystal linked the earth and sky and made a powerful love charm....
On the metaphysical side Turquoise helps in releasing negative emotions and it also helps in settling disturbed vibrations. It helps you dive deep within and explore your deepest inner-self. Turquoise is more of a spiritual crystal, it helps one come to a state of wholeness, when I say this it does not mean it does some magic to you, but it brings alignment in your vibrations and clears of negative energies around you which enables you to move in the right direction of your life path. Turquoise is a powerful healing crystal with strong spiritual attunements that helps balance male/female energies and clairvoyant abilities.
Turquoise is a bluish green color crystal so associated with the Throat Chakra, hence very good to wear a Turquoise necklace as it brings a lot of calmness and stability in speech and expression. It is also used on the Third eye Chakra during meditation enhancing intuition.
Turquoise is majorly found in the region of Iran, Egypt, China, Mexico, Afghanistan, Peru, Russia.
People believe that Turquoise is easily available but in real it is not. Majority of what you see as Turquoise in market is a dyed Howlite crystal which gives an almost similar look of a Turquoise. A Turquoise is very expensive so if anyone is willing to sell you for a lesser price then it definitely is not a Turquoise. The most simplest way to recognize a genuine Turquoise is take some acetone on a cotton bud and rub it on the crystal, if it is a dyed Howlite immediately the color will start coming out. This test can be done for almost all the crystals where you have doubt if they are dyed and fake, but this test will not work for heat treated crystals like Citrine.
If a Turquoise crystal comes to you it means brilliant success and happiness is coming your way, fortune is favoring you and on the other hand it can also mean some danger is coming your way. For me it was a sign of a danger. Soon after I got it I had a major health condition with my back.
To sum it up all Turquoise is an excellent healer and a protector Crystal.
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yes, acetone is very useful ;-)
even wholesalers can scam retailers by mixing howlite with real turquoise to increase profits. When my kid was young, she got many free crystals from dealers - I think they were amazed she was so well-behaved... with so many breakable objects around!! lol
I mean, was also a valuable learning experience to have both the real and the fake of some crystals, to learn to tell the difference. eg my kid was excited to see the diff between, say, tanzanite and blue glass - easy to see with a loupe.
It is fun to experiment with them. You know one other technique that I use is also to check them with my pendulums. When it's glass or any dead material then the pendulum has almost no or very little reaction. These days Crystals are a booming business and there are people who put some superstitious beliefs over it to make good business, like if you keep this Crystal you will get money and all those things. It's quite disappointing to see that people even buy into all these kind of talks.
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