Hubei turquoise, from Hubei Province in central China.
Standard-High grade, stabilized and unbacked. Cut and polished, it is ready for a silversmith to set.
It would suit a ring or a pendant.
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turquoise cabochon · ref. TC-14c
Hubei Turquoise — Even Blue, Lightning Veins
$35one of one · available
An even, medium sky blue, clear and saturated across the face. Fine dark matrix veins drop from a small greenish-black patch at the top edge and run down the right side like a strike of lightning, while paler threads drift through the lower left. The polish is high and glassy over a low, even dome on a clean oval. The flat back shows the same blue, with olive-brown matrix patches and a thin dark vein.
- Origin
- Hubei
- Weight
- 7.95 ct · 1.59 g
- Size
- 19.9 × 14.9 × 3.9 mmlength × width × depth, dome included
- Shape
- oval
- Backing
- Unbackedthe back is shown in the photographs
- Treatment
- Stabilized
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