Turquoise, the robin's egg blue gemstone worn by Pharaohs and Aztec Kings, is probably one of the oldest gemstones known.
Yet, only its prized blue color, a color so distinctive that its name is used to describe any color that resembles it,
results in its being used as a gemstone.
The name turquoise may have come from the word Turquie, French for Turkey, because of the early belief that the mineral
came from that country (the turquoise most likely came from Alimersai Mountain in Persia (now Iran) or the Sinai Peninsula
in Egypt, two of the world's oldest known turquoise mining areas.)
Another possibility could be the name came from the
French description of the gemstone, "pierre turquin" meaning dark blue stone.
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