different between turquoise vs ajoite

English

Alternative forms

• Turkies (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French Turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc +? -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??(?).k(w)??z/, /?t??(?).k(w)??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?.k(w)??z/, /?t?.k(w)??s/

Noun

turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)

1. (countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
2. (countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

Synonyms

• (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue

Derived terms

• bone turquoise

Translations

Further reading

• turquoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)

1. Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
2. Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Translations

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}
• augite

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty?.kwaz/

Noun

turquoise f (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (gemstone)

Noun

turquoise m (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (colour)

Adjective

turquoise (invariable)

1. turquoise-colored

Further reading

• “turquoise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• turcquoise

Noun

turquoise f (plural turquoises)

1. turquoise (precious stone)

English

Etymology

Named after the type locality: New Cornelia mine in Ajo, Arizona, USA

Ajo + -ite

Noun

ajoite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A turquoise mineral with triclinic crystals, (K,Na)Cu₇²⁺AlSi₉O₂₄(OH)₆·3H₂O.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Ajoite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “ajoite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.