Please don’t think to horribly of me, I did as much research as I possibly could about Turquoise but with all the information out there I am finding it difficult to understand what is true, fake, wrong, or outdated information. Can anyone please tell me if this is really turquoise and if so maybe where it “might” have come from? I’ll include many high resolution images in natural lighting that I can. Some characteristics of the stone are that it is moderately brittle, has a few different colors of “matrix” or host rock im not sure. It varies all the way from robins egg blue to blue to blue green, to a “turquoise greenish” with host rock or matrix going from brown to red to dark brown. Also contains what looks to me to be mica? Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to look and give their very valuable opinion, I truly appreciate it.
From your pictures I would say chrysocolla.
But just my opinion
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Thank you very much for your input @markyboy57 that makes sense. I was kind of hoping @Jason might share his opinion about it
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Yep. Chrysocolla, or Chrysocolla with Malachite, and definitely not Turquoise. I get the sense this isn’t the answer you had hoped for, but you’ve got a positive ID now. If you plan on cutting it, use a respirator as Malachite often contains metals like lead and arsenic, and the powder created in cutting can be toxic.
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