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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2987670, member: 2844&quot;]I agree, 9ct, late 1890s and Persian turquoise.</p><p>These brooches often have Persian turquoise cabs, sometimes a little opal cab or a ruby or sapphire.</p><p><br /></p><p>For centuries Persia was the world leader in turquoise. Persian turquoise has the greatest variety in colour of all turquoise regions, but this specific colour has always been sought after most.</p><p>We call it turquoise, after Turkey, because European traders used to think the stones they bought in Turkey were mined locally. They were of course imported to Turkey from Persia. In Indonesia turquoise is called &#039;pirus&#039;, which means Persian.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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