How Do You Spot Fake Turquoise Jewelry?
For at least 8,000 years, people have coveted turquoise. In early times, different cultures believed turquoise brought luck. Due to the high demand, turquoise was heavily mined leading to the decrease of high quality gemstones. Different enhancements used on low quality stones make them difficult to tell from the real thing. Follow these steps to spot fake turquoise jewelry. Ask where the jewelry comes from. Today, turquoise is mined in Iran, China, Tibet and the southwestern United States. Some of the most desired today is the sky blue turquoise mined in Iran. Fake turquoise can come from anywhere. Look at the vibrant colors of real turquoise, which ranges from a light sky blue to a gray-green color. You want to see a uniform color throughout the stone. Fake or low-quality turquoise is a pale, chalky stone injected with dye. Turquoise comes from a process of millions of years where water leaks over rocks with high mineral content of copper, iron and aluminum. Study the quality of the
