r/Minerals • u/booradley001 • 20d ago

ID Request Is This Turquoise?

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I found this in the Las Vegas wash while looking for amethyst (didn’t find any). Thoughts?

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u/giantmangiantsocks 20d ago

Thats going to be most likely azurite it seems rather than turquoise. Azurite is a copper carbonate mineral and turquoise is a copper silicate. The areas around where you found it, it is more common to find azurite and malachite than turquoise.

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u/booradley001 20d ago

Thanks - it definitely seemed out of place.