Earrings in Turquoise

Earrings in Turquoise

10 commandments Indian Wisdom in 3D

10 commandments Indian Wisdom in 3D

Turquoise and Coral pendants in display with 20 pieces

Beautiful Turkoois- and Coral Pendants with simple setting for it. At very low prices. Often the stone is worth more here than meets the complete hanger
SKU
5680

Blood or red coral is the common name given to Corallium rubrum and a number of related species of marine koraal.Het distinguishing feature of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink skeleton, which is used for the making of jewelery   Finding places: Red corals grow on a rocky seabed with low sedimentation, mostly in dark environments - either in the depths or in dark caves and gorges. The original species is C. rubrum (formerly Gorgonia nobilis), found mainly in the Mediterranean. It grows at a depth of 10 to 300 meters below sea level, although the shallower of these habitats have been largely depleted by harvesting. In the underwater caves of Alghero, Sardinia (the "Riviera del Corallo") it grows at a depth from -4 to -35 meters. The same species is also found in Atlantic locations near the Strait of Gibraltar and the Cape Verde Islands. Other Corallium species are native to the western Pacific, particularly around Japan (Corallium japonicum) and Taiwan, which occur at a depth of 350-1500 meters below sea level in areas with strong currents. Coral as a gemstone. The hard red coral skeleton of branches is naturally mat but can be polished to a glass-like luster. It shows a series of warm reddish pink color from light pink to dark red, the word coral is also used to describe such colors. Because of its intense and permanent color and gloss. Bloedkoraal has a relative density of 3.86 and a hardness of 3.5 on the Mohs scale. Because of its softness and opacity, coral is usually cabouchon shaped, or used to make beads.   Coral Trade. At the beginning of the 1st millennium, there was considerable trade in coral between the Mediterranean and India, where it was highly valued as a substance that was supposed to endow mysterious and sacred properties. Pliny the Elder notes that before the big question came from India, the Gauls used it to decorate their weapons and helmets. Under the Romans, were branches of coral hung around the necks of children to protect them from danger, and coral was attributed many medicinal virtues. The belief in coral's potency as a protector remained for a long time and even in the early 20th century in Italy, it was worn as a protection against the evil eye, and by women as a cure for infertility. Timmersgems buys since 1978. Corals are among the largest Coral Homes in Italy and since 2003 also in Taiwan!   Facts. 1.In Hindu astrology red coral is associated with the planet Mars or Graha - Mangala and used to vote favorably Mars. It must be worn on the ring finger. 2. A branch of red coral plays an important role in the social arm of the city of Alghero, Italy. 3. Used in Marken, Volendam and Middelburg as costume jewelery
 
Blood Coral
The mineral turquoise is a hydrated copper-aluminum-phosphate with the chemical formula CuAl6 (PO4) 4 (OH) 8 · 4 (H 2 O). The green, yellow, gray, light blue, but typical blue green turquoise has a wasglans a pale blue and white stripe color. The crystal system is triclinic and the cleavage is perfect according to the crystal surface [001] as well [010]; moreover it almost comes only forms cryptocrystalline for so fission in practice to observe. The average density is 2.7 and the hardness is from 5 to 6. Turquoise is not radioactive. The mineral turquoise is named after Turkey, the country through which it passed when the mineral first reached Europe; otherwise it is not known to be in Turkey. The color turquoise is named after this mineral. Turquoise is primarily found as a secondary mineral in copper ores. The type of location is the deposition Nishapur in Iran. Also in the Sinai and the mineral was mined in Serabit el-Khadim is a temple dedicated to the Egyptian "Lady Torquoise" (the goddess Hathor). Turquoise is used as a gemstone. During the Ottoman Empire was turquoise exported as precious minerals, especially to Persia. Currently turquoise is mined in Mexico, the United States, China and Iran. Imitation Turquoise was made for the first time in 1972 in France, but the properties of these imitation different from those of the natural varieties. Yet the best-selling turquoise now synthetic.

 
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