History of Turquoise Some say that in the thirteenth century, turquoise was named in the mistaken belief that it came from Turkey. That may be true or it may be that the name comes from the Persian word for turquoise, firouze, since Persia has been a major source of this gemstone for thousands of years. In any case, the blue of this gemstone is so vivid and distinct that it has given its name to the color. Turquoise is one of the oldest known gem materials. The Egyptians were mining turquoise in 3,200 BC in the Sinai. The blue of turquoise was thought to have powerful metaphysical properties by many ancient cultures. Montezuma's treasure, now displayed in the British Museum, includes a fantastic carved serpent covered by a mosaic of turquoise. In ancient Mexico, turquoise was reserved for the gods, it would not be worn by mere mortals. The Apache believed that turquoise helped warriors and hunters to aim accurately. The Zuni beleved that it protected them from demons. In Asia it was considered protection against the evil eye. Tibetans carved turquoise into ritual objects as well as wearing it in traditional jewelry. Ancient manuscripts from Persia, India, Afghanstan, and Arabia report that the health of a person wearing turquoise can be assessed by variations in the color of the stone. Turquoise was also thought to promote prosperity. In Europe even today, turquoise rings are given as forget-me-not gifts.
My hometown lies at a mountain area of Hubei province in China. Months ago, during my staying in my hometown, I found it remained so poor. I think there are valuable turquoises there, but perhaps the people of my hometown don’t know how to sell them, or which channel they can choose to sell them, so they can’t be richer and richer. Naturally, I thought of eaby, which is a very good way for intercourse.It is possible for us to train with a lot of foreign jeweller and we will attract some people inside or outside. China even to invest in my hometown. So why not? Now sino-Turquoise store is being opened.
Chinese people extremely cherish the jade, but they know little about Turqoise. By2000, they had never paid great attention to Turs, besause of it’s a little amount of Output, backward technique of processing, and developing economy. However, in recent years, as time passes by, the Chinese jewelry Market is increasingly becoming prosperous, so people are aware of the value of Turquoise's decoration, collection and storing step by step. However, nowadays in respect of Chinese Turquoise Market,firstly because the Chinese government hasn’t been able to organize and administrate effectively,more than two hurdued Mines enterprises and over four hundred processing factories can be found in the whole place where Turquoise are produced in China.Meanwhile most of these enterprises have backward skill of production and processing and a huge amount of resource has been wasted. Secondly all of them aren’t aware of the importance of brand,so Chinese Turquoise hasn’t been well known on international Market.Thirdly the Turquoise market has got out of control,so prompted by the business profits,many people has dumped man-made Turquoise into the market,thus damaging the consumers?interest,and reputation of Chinese Turquoise on international market seriously. Fortunately, more and more people are realizing the serious situation so that they will make great effort to change it .It is believed that a growing number of people will know much about the Chinese Turquoise properly.
WHY WE PRICE OUR TURQUOISE SO LOW?The pay of each worker in the mine is about $80 per month.And they work for 10 hours everyday.It's the truth in a developing country.Maybe it's impossible in your eyes,but it's really true!Our turquoise are all directly form the mine.And our main intention is to let people learn the Chinese Turquoise well.We have got the support of the local turquoise corporation.We assure that every turquoise that we have sold or will sell is selected by the expert,and we'll send some sample of our products to be tested.
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