Talk:Turquoise

message: The turquoise article is looking great. One problem with the last edit. That hypogene hypothesis looks to me to be in error or perhaps an archaic idea. Everything I've seen is consistent with a truly supergene or secondary origin. Do you have a reference for that? -Vsmith 06:40, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I got it primarily from this abstract which seems fairly current (this month, in fact) and another which I can't seem to find again [Edit: Here's another abstract, for what it's worth]. Turquoise's formation is a debatable subject, it would seem, but all I've tried to do is include all rational views. The abstract is actually proposing a third hypothesis specific to US deposits, but I didn't include it here. If you know the hypogene hypothesis isn't actually a valid one or think I misunderstood something in my digestion of the source(s) (I'm not a geologist! I trust your judgment), feel free to edit it out. -- Hadal 06:59, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hypogene hypothesis?? 

message: At first glance, there are no inline citations, which is why i nominated this article for review. The opening paragraph contains the etymology of the word Turquoise, but this should probably be put in its own section, and (like the rest of the article) should have ample inline citations. What's currently written seems to contradict the etymology given in one of the references. Mlm42 15:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Featured Article Review

message: What does that mean? I tried looking it up on Wictionary and got nothing.--Marhawkman 02:19, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Usually refers to a surface or cavity covered or encrusted with many small well formed crystals. Vsmith 02:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Although, looking at the use in this article, it seems a bit out of place as turquoise almost never occurs as well formed crystals which is implied by drusy - rather it forms coatings or nodular masses on fractures and in open veins. Will remove the word. Vsmith 02:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Drusy"???

message: I just rephrased and rewrote this section a bit. All of the original information is intact. There was a bit of liberal use of dashes and semi-colons. I've left the dashes in the two places that perhaps should really stand out. There were also a couple of misspellings and some sentence spacing issues. I also made more politically correct the use of the word 'Indian' by making it a reference to Native Americans, and made the link to the website into an inline cited reference for consistency with the rest of the article. 
This article is really impressive by the way! I just came by to dispute that assertation of a colleague that all pre-B.C. turquoise came from Egypt. The information here is marvelous. --Daydreamer302000 12:02, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: One more thing, somebody (possibly me) needs to decide what spellings are going to be standard for the article. I have changed gemmologist to 'gemologist'. The word 'color' is used in several places, but 'colour' is used throughout the article. Aluminum/Aluminium? I'll probably get around to making this consistent a bit later, so if anyone has an opinion on this, now would be the time. --Daydreamer30200013:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well guys, the debate on how to handle the spelling of various English words is still alive and strong here on WikiPedia, and very obviously, unsettled. Guess I will just leave things as-is for the time being as far as that is concerned. --Daydreamer302000 10:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

text: I have to agree. I've been researching this topic a bit now. I do think the statement is correct as worded in the article (notice the recent change), however most of the sites I've found that agree with the sentiment, and in fact agree with the entire Valuation section afterwords, are commercial sites. There was one website that based its information of non-commercial literature. But this would mean someone is going to have to do some footwork. Any volunteers? --Daydreamer302000 15:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Treatments Section 

message: Hey everyone, for school we have to look @ stuff about our birthstones and mine's turquoise (December), so yeah :P
Have fun on whatever you are doing :D  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.54.132 (talk) 20:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  For School 

message: Why was this article moved from turquoise to Turquenite (an artificial imitation to outright fraudulent material).  There was no discussion about it at all and the too are not the same.--Kevmin (talk) 00:27, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: New user confusion? or just vandalism - same user just tried to remove this section. Anyway moved it back and redirected turquenite to howlite w/ ref at howlite. Vsmith (talk) 04:55, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: unwarrented move

message: The footnoted link to a Geology Today story is dead.  Assuming that that story did indeed say, "This may have arisen from a misconception: turquoise does not occur in Turkey but was traded at Turkish bazaars to Venetian merchants who brought it to Europe," I would suggest that the author may know his geology but not his history.  In the 14th century, when the term originated, the labels "turquois" and "turkish" were applied indiscriminately by Europeans to the entire Muslim world, not specifically to the region which now makes the nation of Turkey. (The Turks themselves didn't use the term at all, and didn't begin to refer to themselves as such until the late 18th century (see, eg, Bernard Lewis).)  It would have been perfectly natural for French importers to refer to the stones as "turquoise" while knowing full well they came from Persia.  There's no need to assume any misconception nor imagine any "Turkish bazaars". Iglew (talk) 05:39, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: dead link

message: In the line "The other is the Sleeping Beauty Mine found near Globe," the word Globe is a link to the page on globes.  Is globe meant to be a place?  24.159.5.238 (talk) 01:12, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Globe, Arizona --- fixed. Vsmith (talk) 01:19, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Globe?

message: "Patrick Star eats krabby patties during 2am" is below the intro paragraph, but it seems to be invisible in the edit page. Someone who is a higher level wiki wizard than myself should go look at it. Thanks :)
148.85.233.22 (talk) 05:01, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You were seeing a cached vandalized version. In the future, just add ?action=purge at the end of the address line and press enter. Materialscientist (talk) 05:12, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Someone please fix vandalism 

message: "Large-scale turquoise mining is not profitable today, but the deposits are sporadically quarried by Bedouin peoples using homemade gunpowder." - from gunpowder turquoise collapse (destroyed). Vyacheslav84 (talk) 02:21, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gunpowder on the Sinai 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: 81.11.231.144 (talk) 09:13, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ipa? 

message: Substituted at 09:22, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Hello, reading ...In Western culture, turquoise is also the traditional birthstone for those born in the month of December..., and coming acros this book: book  by George Frederick Kunz (page 23) states the natal stone for Gemini (May 21-June 21) is turquoise:The heav'n-blue Turquoise should adornAll those who in July are bornFor thus they'll be exempt and freeFrom love's doubt and ancietyNo other gem than Turquoise on her breastCan to the loving, doubting bring to rest... Lotje (talk) 12:42, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Natal stones; birth stones, sentiments and superstitions associated with precious stones'' (1920)