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105. Pale Turquoise
HTML Hex for Pale Turquoise is #AFEEEE
Pale Turquoise is a lighter tone of turquoise.
Turquoise is the name of a bluish green color, based on the gem of the same
name. The word turquoise comes from the French for Turkish, as the gem was
originally imported from Turkey. The first recorded use of turquoise as a color
name in English was in 1573
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of
copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl
6
(PO
4
)
4
(OH)
8
་ 4H
2
O. It is
rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental
stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue.
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