Turquoise
Four different examples of worked turquoise. Turquoise (hydrated copper aluminum phosphate) is perhaps one of the most valuable non-transparent minerals. It has been used in jewellery by the ancients Egyptians
Picture No
10703739
Media ID
47586630
Size
2809px x 3605px
(3.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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