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Cloud Mountain turquoise comes from a mine in the Hubei Province in central China that has been the most prolific mine in Asia. The Mohs hardness ranges from a 4 to 5.5. The qualities of turquoise that come from Hubei range from very soft material, needing to be treated to make it usable, to an attractive green spider web, to a very hard and ...
1 day ago · One of the most notable mines is the Zhushan turquoise mine, situated in the city of Shiyan. The Zhushan mine has been in operation for centuries, yielding turquoise of exceptional quality and beauty. The process of turquoise mining in Hubei involves both traditional and modern techniques.
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Oct 24, 2012 · The mines located in Hubei Province have produced many high-quality (figure 2) and unique turquoise with special patterns (detailed in box A) that were interpreted in Turquoise Grading, National Standard of the People’s Republic of China, GB/T36169-2018 (see He et al., 2018).
Jul 9, 2021 · Photos by Tianting Lei. Zhushan County in China’s Hubei Province is the world’s most abundant source of commercial gem-grade turquoise (F. Xu, “Study on turquoise in Shiyan City, Hubei Province,” Shanghai Art & Crafts, No. 3, 2017, pp. 30–32). It produces turquoise with special patterns, including “raindrop,” “Tang tricolor ...
Hubei: Chinese Turquoise American Turquoise is usually defined by where it is mined, such as Kingman or Sleeping Beauty. Hubei Turquoise has historically been referred to as simply “Chinese Turquoise”, even though it comes from many different locations. For over 2000 years Turquoise has been mined in China and is used in many carvings and works of art dating back to the earliest dynasties ...
Bao Canyon Chinese turquoise from the famous Hubei Province. Distinct color includes greens, browns and muted blues. Bamboo Mountain In Chinese, this mine is referred to as the Zhuxi mine, located in the Hubei province of China. This mine closed prior to 1995. Most Bamboo Mountain turquoise is various shades of green although blue material does exist. Black bridge This stabilized variscite is ...
China. has been a significant source of turquoise for decades. One area of Zhushan County in Hubei Province has produced some attractive mate-rial (e.g., figure 1), but it has been overshadowed by more productive turquoise deposits in nearby Yun County (Tu, 2000). Chinese turquoise is also known from the city of Ma’anshan in Anhui Province ...
