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1. Turquoise is a hydrous phosphate of two minerals. One is copper. Which is the other?
2. Which area of the world has been the most important source of turquoise?
3. Turquoise turns a certain colour in Neyshabur, when heated. But what colour?
4. What was called "Country of Turquoise" by the native Monitu?
5. What do Bedouin people use to mine for turquoise in Sinai?
6. Turquoise is found in Sinai in sandstone. But what was it originally overlaid with?
7. Where is the oldest turquoise mine in America believed to be?
8. In the Book of Exodus, who was supposed to have worn a "breastplate of judgment"?
9. Which explorer reportedly found turquoise in present-day Sichuan?
10. The mask of Tutankhamen was also inlaid with turquoise. What year did Howard Carter find Tutankhamen's tomb?
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