The ancient Egyptians used turquoise in jewelry. Turquoise is greenish-blue or pale sky blue. The name means Turkish stone as it came to Europe by way of Turkey. Turquoise was mined more than 6,000 years ago in Sinai.
Coulonges is situated in the Charente (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 21 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Coulonges is 377 km from Paris).
GuÃ©ret, town and capital of Creuse dÃ©partement, Limousin rÃ©gion, central France. It lies about 45 miles (73 km) northeast of Limoges. The feudal capital of the ancient French province of La Marche, GuÃ©ret grew up around a 7th-century abbey situated in an area of foothills at an elevation of 1,440 feet (440 m).