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Definition of Turquoise
1. Noun. A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate. "Blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone"
2. Noun. A shade of blue tinged with green.
Generic synonyms: Blue, Blueness
Definition of Turquoise
1. n. A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.
2. a. Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
Definition of Turquoise
1. Noun. A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone. ¹
2. Noun. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone. ¹
3. Adjective. Made of '''turquoise''' (''the gemstone''). ¹
4. Adjective. Having a pale greenish-blue colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turquoise
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turquoise
Literary usage of Turquoise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Here the turquoise occurs in narrow seams in a breccia ted trachyte-porphyry.
... These terms still survive, for turquoise of fine colour is sometimes said ..."
2. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"The name turquoise may be derived from "Turkey" through the French, or may be a
corruption of ... It is probable that turquoise was always prized as a gem. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The specific gravity of turquoise is about 2'75, and its hardness below 6 ...
The turquoise has always been associated with curious superstitions, ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Persian turquoise has the chemical composition represented by the formula ...
An analysis by Hermann of a blue oriental turquoise gave 28'9 of phosphoric ..."
5. A Book of Precious Stones: The Identification of Gems and Gem Minerals, and by Julius Wodiska (1909)
"turquoise is a French word, meaning a Turkish stone, also the feminine of Turkish.
turquoise is an amorphous stone occurring in kidney-shaped nodules and ..."
6. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"It is interesting to note that turquoise was hardly known in the United States in
... In 1908 the production of turquoise in the United States came from New ..."
7. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1899)
"BY WILLIAM P. BLAKE, FGS [Read before the Ari/una Archaeological Association,
December, iPt,S ] Recent explorations for turquoise at turquoise Mountain in ..."
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