Transparent Turquoise Crystals are extremely rare, and small. In fact, a lot of people question the existence of transparent turquoise crystals. But there are indeed formations of transparent turquoise crystals found in several locations around the world. One of the first finds was in the US State of Virginia in 1912. For many years this was the only known location where transparent turquoise had been found. But today there are several locations around the world where this rare mineral specimen has been located..
As you can see to the left, the crystals are very, very small, averaging around 1 mm in size, and since they are on the side of the host rock formation, it is extremely difficult to get them under a microscope for imaging..
Thanks to Robert James and the ISG for the pictures of this rare type of Turquoise.
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