Imitation turquoise can refer to certain stones made of natural minerals or to plastic or glass stones that have been dyed to look like true turquoise there are some excellent imitation turquoise stones on the market and to the naked eye it can be difficult to tell some apart from true turquoise.
Stones that look like turquoise.
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Like all things with gemstones and cheaters it is far more profitable to sell something that looks like turquoise.
Something that is much cheaper to produce.
Looks like turquoise but it s not.
They look just like turquoise if you have looked at inexpensive gemstone beads cabochons and tumbled stones your eye has probably been drawn to a sky blue material with a semi gloss polish that looks exactly like turquoise many pieces even have the gray to black veining often seen in genuine turquoise specimens from the bisbee and sleeping beauty mines.
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Throughout history the finest color of turquoise has always been the persian turquoise.
A yellow white brown or green color should be an immediate clue that these might not be turquoise.
An incredible robins egg blue color that is unmistakable for any other gemstone.
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Updated on november 14 2019.