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Turquoise is an opaque, hydrated copper aluminium phosphate mineral. It is highly prized for its unique colour, which ranges from robin's egg blue to greenish-blue, often featuring a mottled surface or dark webbing/matrix of copper compounds or host rock (known as spiderweb Turquoise). The name means "Turkish stone," as it historically came to Europe via Türkiye. It possesses a waxy to sub-vitreous lustre. Due to its intense colour and cultural significance, it is a highly valued gem used in traditional and modern jewellery and carvings.
Turquoise is known as the "Stone of Protection, Communication, and Wholeness." It is one of the oldest spiritual talismans, revered for its ability to provide strong spiritual protection and promote physical healing. It stimulates the Throat and Third Eye Chakras, encouraging honest, clear, and wise communication, and fostering spiritual attunement. Turquoise promotes self-realisation, helps dissolve self-sabotage and martyrdom, and instils inner calm. It is believed to change colour to warn its wearer of danger or illness, acting as a supportive ally that attracts good fortune and friendship.
Hardness: 5 to 6 on the Mohs scale (it is a relatively soft stone, sensitive to heat, cosmetics, and oils).
Chakra: Primarily the Throat Chakra (for communication and truth) and the Third Eye Chakra (for wisdom).
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius, Scorpio, and Pisces. It is also a traditional birthstone for December.
Benefits: Provides powerful spiritual and physical protection, enhances wise, clear, and truthful communication, promotes self-realisation, inner calm, and stability, attracts good fortune, friendship, and abundance, and aids in holistic healing and self-acceptance.
Source: USA (Arizona, Nevada), Iran, China, Egypt, Mexico, Australia.
How to use Turquoise
Place it in your home: Keep a piece in a living area or work space to promote truthful communication, harmony, and protection from external negativity.
Meditate with it: Hold the stone or place it on your Throat Chakra during meditation to facilitate the clear expression of your highest truth and wisdom.
Carry it: Keep a piece in your pocket or bag, especially when embarking on travel or new ventures, to draw on its constant energy of protection and good fortune.
Wear it: As jewellery (a necklace or pendant is ideal for the Throat Chakra) for continuous access to its protective, communicative, and calming vibration throughout the day. Practise care due to its softness and porous nature.
Use for inner work: Use the stone when engaged in self-reflection to help recognise patterns of self-sabotage, encouraging you to embrace self-acceptance and live with honourable integrity.
