The most complete list of turquoise classifications, most of these 17 turquoises are unique to China!
Speaking of turquoise, many players know that it is one of the four famous jade. It is named turquoise because it looks like a pine ball and is close to pine. Although many players like turquoise, they don’t know much about turquoise. In fact, there are many types of turquoise. For example, according to the color, there are sky blue, light blue, green blue, etc., according to the grade, according to the texture, and so on. Today we will talk about the classification of turquoise in detail, and classify it according to different characteristics.
First, Classification according to texture
1. Porcelain turquoise
The hardness of porcelain turquoise is relatively high, and the damaged stubble is a kind of shell pattern very similar to the stubble of glass and porcelain, so it is called porcelain turquoise. The hardness is very high, reaching between 5-6, which is almost close to the hardness of jadeite. It is the hardest one in the turquoise family and the top grade in turquoise.
2.Green Turquoise
Turquoise is a kind of turquoise with an excessive color from blue-green to bean green. The porcelain degree is slightly lower than that of porcelain pine, about 5, which can be regarded as a medium-grade turquoise, and its quality is slightly worse than that of porcelain Turquoise.
3. Face Turquoise
Face Turquoise refers to the low hardness, about 4.4 Mohs' degree of hardness, which can be damaged with a knife or hard objects, so it is called Face Turquoise. The color of the noodle pine is generally light blue to white, and the texture is soft. Except for large pieces, the value is generally not high. Of course, the optimized noodle pine is also more common.
3.Wire Turquoise
Because turquoise is mixed with black limonite during the formation process, and it is distributed in a network of fine veins, leaving the surface of the entire turquoise with turtleback patterns and net patterns. Such turquoise is called iron wire turquoise, and the fine veins of limonite are called iron wire. The iron wire and the background color of turquoise form a natural picture, which is very beautiful. There is also a kind of because the fine vein pattern is clay, called mud thread turquoise, mud thread Not strong and worthless.
Second, according to the classification
1. First grade turquoise
The color of the first-grade turquoise is uniform, pure, bright sky blue, very strong gloss, translucent or slightly transparent under strong light, with the texture and luster of glass, fine texture, high density, high hardness, no Only the turquoise with iron sheets and large blocks can be regarded as first-grade turquoise.
2. Second grade turquoise
The second grade turquoise is relatively inferior to the first grade turquoise. Generally, the color is dark blue, green blue or emerald green, and the gloss is relatively strong, but it does not reach the gloss of glass, with a few iron lines or blemishes, and medium lumpiness.
3. Third grade turquoise
Grade 3 turquoise is relatively ordinary, generally light blue or blue-white, poor gloss, stiff texture, low hardness, obvious iron thread, white brain, chaff heart, etc., and the size varies.
Third, according to the place of origin
Turquoise has mineral veins all over the world, and the range is relatively large, such as China, Egypt, South Africa, the United States, Russia, Australia and other regions, and China has the most turquoise distribution.
1. High porcelain, high blue and turquoise
2. The Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, Arizona, USA
3. Rapeseed yellow turquoise
4. Tang Sancai Turquoise (Unique to China)
5. Lemon yellow turquoise (unique to China)
6. Violet turquoise (unique to China)
7. Wulan orchid or net flower turquoise
8. Vegetable green turquoise (unique to China)
9. Bean Turquoise (Unique to China)
10. Watercolor turquoise (unique to China)
11. Hawkeye Turquoise
12. Tiger skin turquoise
13. Blue in the basket (unique to China)
14. Raindrop Turquoise (Unique to China)
15. Green yellow turquoise (unique to China)
16.Sinai Turquoise
17, Green Turquoise
