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Treatment of turquoise is important for the trade, especially commercial jewelry, because over 80% of all turquoise mined requires some form of treatment to increase hardness and/or maintain its color. In this video we see examples of both treated and natural turquoise from the same mine. Can you tell the difference? #turquoise #number8 #stabilizedturquoise #treatedturquoise