4 Blue Turquoise Matrix Button Beads - Large 35mm blue The polished stones are mostly

The polished stones are mostly opaque with an almost waxy lustre and a deep reddish purple colour

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4 Blue Turquoise Matrix Button Beads - Large 35mm blue The polished stones are mostlyPrice is per four of these large turquoise beads each measures 35mm x 11mm heavy! Chinese Turquoise is a soft, opaque gemstone. Ranging from blue green, to yellow green with grey, black or brown veining . Much Chinese turquoise was used for artistic carving and jewellery, which has always been popular in the Orient. In China, Turquoise dates to the thirteenth century A. D. Although most brought from trade with the Persians, Turks, Tibetans, and the