Turquoise stone has had many aims since ancient times. Turquoise was employed in the past as a symbol of wealth and in any society, few people could occupy it and use this precious stone. Turquoise stone had other uses over time. These days, turquoise is used as a symbol of strength, calmness, positive thinking, and purity.
Turquoise stones have been used in many stories. It can be indicated that many of the stories revolved around the events in which the turquoise stone played a major role. Turquoise stone has various uses in modern times, and this precious and gorgeous stone is used everywhere in the world.
The turquoise stone is the color of the sky. When Native Americans first found turquoise in the mines, they saw a wide blue sky inside that covered the entire sky of their land.
The importance of turquoise in American culture is elevated because the turquoise blue color for the inhabitants of that area is a symbol of life-giving water and the greenery in it is a symbol of earth and life.
They used stone to make jewelry so that they could increase their courage and have the ability to confront and resist evil. In a way, it can be said that the people of this region at that historical moment considered turquoise as a symbol of courage, positive thoughts and great energy.
becoming more serious associated with animals. Native Americans protected their relatives by carving turquoise in the shape of animals and placing it on their heads in their homes.
This issue was so critical among them that it confirmed the importance of using turquoise on battlefields.
The warriors in that area used turquoise in all their weapons.
They placed this stone on their armor to defend them from evils, problems, and, most importantly, enemies.
There are many mines in the southwestern United States to produce this stone; Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Nevada are important centers for the production of this gem in this country, but at current,
Arizona is the biggest producer of this stone in the United States. Nevada is another US state that occupies a massive share of the turquoise used in the jewelry industry, with 120 mines. Naturally, artificial American turquoise is equally popular in the United States these days, which has made many people working in this field complain.
Turquoise was first discovered in ancient Egypt nearly 5,000 years ago. The great approval of Cleopatra to turquoise led to the more massive use of turquoise in Middle Eastern culture. For this reason, this precious stone has been used as a symbol of wealth for a long time.
In addition to Egypt, this stone was also enormously popular in Turkey and Iran. In Iran, for example, they used this stone in the architecture of their palaces. In addition, it was used in many Iranian ornaments and decorative accessories, and also turquoise jewels can be found in these works. Despite a long time,
turquoise in Middle Eastern culture is still highly valued. Neyshabur turquoise stone, which is one of the most desired types of turquoise stones, can be included in the list of the most expensive turquoise in the world due to its high quality.
In Greece, likewise, turquoise is a symbol of purity and is therefore worn by religious people. In Turkey, turquoise is reminiscent of the Silk Road and trade with Europe in ancient times.
Turquoise is as important in Tibetan culture as turquoise is in Middle Eastern culture. Turquoise bracelets, pendants, and all kinds of jewelry made of turquoise were very popular in Tibetan culture, and the leaders of Buddhist sects used this precious stone a lot. In Tibetan culture, turquoise has been a symbol of mindfulness and wisdom. Turquoise was used in Tibet as a symbol of the life cycle from beginning to death.
In Tibetan culture, turquoise has a special admiration and has been carried with everyone throughout their lives. It was also traded as a common currency and a precious stone that was even more expensive than gold. The Tibetans are supposed to have discovered and extracted turquoise at the same time as the Egyptians in ancient times.
The turquoise stone is currently used in fashion. Not unexpectedly, in some areas, people still attribute various properties to turquoise stone and consider it as a stone for calming the heart and the nerves. Furthermore, in some beliefs and thoughts, turquoise strengthens the heart, respiratory system, eyes, blood circulation, throat, stomach, and liver. It is announced that if a person is ill or something unpleasant is waiting for him, the color of turquoise will change.
In conclusion, it should be remarked that the use of turquoise stone requires particular care and maintenance. Due to the properties of the turquoise gem, it should be very perceptive in its maintenance, and special attention should be paid because this gem loses its original color if exposed to intense light or high heat, and may gradually turn green. And this is one of the properties of the turquoise gem. If the turquoise stone is exposed to chemicals, it will be damaged and weakened, and will no longer have the unique and active properties of the original ones. To take advantage of the properties of turquoise, you should keep away from chemicals, especially fats and oils, so as not to reduce its quality.
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