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Of course, because not a single stone of granite is similar in appearance nor identical to any other cut or piece, there are some very special types. Costa Esmeralda, which is also known as Costa Smeralda in some circles and companies, is one of these granite varieties. Gorgeously pale green in its color, each piece of Costa Esmeralda granite is found in boulder quarries located in the nations of Italy and Iran. It must be mined in these faraway lands, as much of the current supply of Costa Esmeralda is found in the Middle East.
The ore company leases out claims to a few turquoise mines only infrequently. Calendaria turquoise is a good quality stone of high blue color with an intermittent black or brown, non-webbed matrix. The high-grade Candelaria is a translucent dark blue with a redish brown spiderweb matrix.lock Turquoise is manufactured in blocks and is made to look like turquoise. It may be all plastic polymer or it may have crushed or powdered turquoise or other stone mixed with resin or polymer. Block Turquoise sometimes has swirls or blobs of dark dye added to simulate the look of matrix.