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the only gem named after the road it took to get famous
name originmeans Turkish, though it came from Persia and Egypt
copper trickits blue is literally oxidized copper minerals
pharaoh approvedTutankhamun's burial mask is inlaid with it
mood ringit fades and greens from skin oils and sunlight
first mined gemEgyptians dug it over 6,000 years ago