TURQUOISEMade by Valentine Riasietchenko

Grade 6z school 1151Teacher Irina M.Uskova

Zelenograd Moscow

Turquoise

• Turquoise is a not transparent blue-green or blue-green stone. It is rare and valued for its unique colour . Turquoise can be of blue-green shades such as dark aquamarine.

In many cultures turquoise was respected for thousands of years as a talisman of luck. In ancient Egypt the emperors had it. In the Persian Empire these stones were worn around the neck or wrist as a protection against unnatural death.

In our time• In our time the stones are not valued for supernatural powers, but for

color with quite a magical effect.

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