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Blue-green has many names: aqua, teal, turquoise, cerulean, aquamarine and cyan are but a few of the names applied to this popular color. In fact, the Crayola color "Cerulean" ranked second behind "Blue" as the most popular color. It's associated with open communication and clarity of thought, and as a blue color, tends to promote relaxation and harmony.

Turquoise is an obvious gemstone in jewelry, but apatite, indicolite (blue-green tourmaline), chrysoprase, aquamarine, blue topaz, amazonite and blue opal are also beautiful stones. Turquoise is a porous mineral so it is common for it to be soaked in wax or impregnated with polymer plastic to stabilize the material against wear. Some turquoise may be dyed to enhance its color, especially to contrast with a dark matrix from a host rock. The higher quality - and more expensive - turquoise are not dyed and may or may not include matrix, depending on the source. Aquamarine is commonly heated to remove yellow color and enhance the bright blue tones. Most blue topaz in bead form results from irradiating and heating white topaz and has been found to be a safe and permanent treatment method.

Swarovski crystal colors "aquamarine", "light turquoise" and "blue zircon" are good blue-green colors, and blue-green is very popular for lampwork glass and sea glass. Darker hues of blue-green work well for dyed pearls; the lighter shades can make the pearls seem washed out or plastic in appearance.

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Not Quite Geode
Feathered
Bohemia
Mosaic
Currency
Pumping Strong
Aeronautics
Quiet Wisdom
Orchid
Gaea
Inner Eye
Succulent
Sea Song
Mythical Creature
Lagoon
Hold On
Drop
Action
Head is to Heart
Verb #3
Sand & Sea
Baggage #2
Action as Stillness
Savor the Moment
Same But Different
Power of Love #2
Good Advice
Underwater
Southwest Beauty
The Best Four Letters
Spot Check
Blue & Gray
Start of School
Party Glass
Peace & Love
Water Stones
Tipon
Thoughtful
Mid-life Musings
Waterfall
Indigo
Fluid Fluorite
Aventurine & Amazonite
Cephalopod
Tethys Bounty
Four Corners
Along the Avenue
Leeward Islands
The Grand Canyon State
Rougher Stuff
The C & C
Delicious #4
Fluorite No. 3 Bovary
Party Girl
Hypotrochoid #3
Data Types
Gem Drops (GE1)
Gem Drops (GE2)
Resourceful
Happy
Mardi Gras
Monterey
Reef & Shallows
Zephyr
Squirrel
Where & Whereafter
Lovelies
Holiday
Casual Friday
Pretty Package
Peach Tree
Earth Angel
Neuron
Variety
Earth Day Pt.2
Cowbell
Cargo
Open Range
Lake Havasu
Aquamarine
County Fair
Relation
Seaside
Naiad
Dia de los Muertos

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