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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Amblygonite, Turquoise, Apatite, Taranakite, Phosphorite, Vauxite, Hydroxylapatite, Whitlockite, Monazite, Whiteite, Bergenite, Tsumebite, Xenotime, Fluorapatite, Cyrilovite, Struvite, Torbernite, Plumbogummite, Beraunite, Pseudomalachite, Vivianite, Robertsite, Hureaulite, Babefphite, Hagendorfite, Minyulite, Santabarbaraite, Pyromorphite, Woodhouseite, Lithiophilite, Variscite, Autunite, Switzerite, Coconinoite, Beryllonite, Triplite, Lulzacite, Bisbee Blue, Sampleite, Saleeite, Brazilianite, Zairite, Phosphogypsum, Samuelsonite, Panethite, Aheylite, Lazulite, Metatorbernite, Phosphophyllite, Hopeite, Wardite, Corkite, Arthurite, Triploidite, Wavellite, Alforsite, Childrenite, Anapaite, Fluellite, Diadochite, Kolbeckite, Scorzalite, Hazenite, Zanazziite, Cacoxenite, Svanbergite, Augelite, Libethenite, Graftonite, Gormanite, Berlinite, Purpurite, Volborthite, Phosphuranylite, Xanthoxenite, Eosphorite, Seamanite, Stercorite, Sincosite, Rashleighite, Segelerite, Nissonite, Althupite, Delvauxite, Jarosewichite, Wagnerite, Brushite, Francolite, Arctite, Fluorcaphite, Vantasselite, Herderite, Aldermanite, Vauquelinite, Alluaudite, Brianite, Natrophilite, Althausite, Ulrichite, Moroxite, Upalite, Odontolite, Archerite. Excerpt: Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6()4(OH)8.4. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue. In recent times, turquoise, like most other opaque gems, has been devalued by the introduction of treatments, imitations, and synthetics onto the market. The substance has been known by many names, but the word turquoise, which dates to the 16th century, is derived from an Old French word for "Turkish," because the mineral...
