The second of a new series exploring the precious stones used in TiffanyAndCo’s new TiffanyT collection
. With a fine, waxy texture, the stone is chosen for its colour, reminiscent of swimming pools and Caribbean coves, gauzily filtered through the haze of memory.
Perhaps that’s why, throughout history, it has been so prized by so many. For thousands of years and across countless societies, turquoise has been used as an ornamental stone. Considered one of the first gemstones to be mined for this purpose, turquoise was chosen by rulers from Ancient Egypt to the Aztecs.
One such example is the value placed on turquoise by indigenous Native American tribes such as the Navajo and Apache people. Both groups imbued turquoise with ceremonial and protective qualities, and after discovering rich seams of it embedded in igneous rock, would mine it using stone tools and use the bold-coloured stone to create amulets carried on the person.
While turquoise in jewellery has a history that feels closely linked to individual regions around the world – whether in the American Southwest or in religious pieces from Persia – it also features prominently in one of the great icons of archaeological history of all time. Panels of turquoise, along with lapis lazuli and quartz, line the death mask of Tutankhamun, now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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