Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. 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. In recent times, turquoise, like most other opaque gems, has been devalued by the introduction of treatments, imitations, and synthetics onto the market.
The substance has been known by many names, but the word turquoise, which dates to the 16th century, is derived from an Old French word for "Turkish", because the mineral was first brought to Europe from Turkey, from the mines in historical Khorasan Province of Persia.Pliny referred to the mineral as callais, the Iranians named it "pirouzeh" and the Aztecs knew it as chalchihuitl.
Even the finest of turquoise is fracturable, reaching a maximum hardness of just under 6, or slightly more than window glass. Characteristically a cryptocrystalline mineral, turquoise almost never forms single crystals and all of its properties are highly variable. Its crystal system is proven to be triclinic via X-ray diffraction testing. With lower hardness comes lower specific gravity (2.60–2.90) and greater porosity: These properties are dependent on grain size. The lustre of turquoise is typically waxy to subvitreous, and transparency is usually opaque, but may be semitranslucent in thin sections. Colour is as variable as the mineral's other properties, ranging from white to a powder blue to a sky blue, and from a blue-green to a yellowish green. The blue is attributed to idiochromatic copper while the green may be the result of either iron impurities (replacing aluminium) or dehydration.
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At a boarding house, a vicious dog gets loose from his chain and chews up a tenant's ass that was teasing him with a piece of raw meat. As a result, the dog is shot to death. Another tenant, a very high strung book editor, is picked on alot. Soon he starts having dreams that the dog has returned and dead chewed up tenants begin popping up everywhere.
Keywords: accidental-death, accidental-murder, animal-attack, animal-bite, apartment, attack-dog, bald-man, bare-chested-male, basement, blond-man
Tormented visions of a beast...
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A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder. McCloud makes a bet with Cavalry troop leader, Lt. Tom Blaine, that he will be the first to unmask the Sidewinder
Keywords: american-indian, cavalry, debt, kidnapping, manhunt, native-american, officer, outlaw, rancher, renegade
Talked to the cat
About ourselves seeing but blind
Shadowed window pane
Mirror designs
Called you on the phone
But I talked with the air
Hotel in Paradise
The House we shared
Embracing
In a dark dusty room
Echoed cathedrals
Alone with the fool
My coat is a memory
My head's in a daze
Turquoise
I desire you
Caught in the doldrums
Caught in the tide
Nine
I adore you
The embraces
in dark dusty rooms
Echoes cathedrals
Alone with my fool
My coat is a memory
My head's in a daze
Turquoise
I desire you
surrender to the undertow
between the fields of Caesar TV
I'm patient humming in your head
swear at me follow me I'll bring you home
she said
"on my shoulders you can lay your weight"
sinking
into the black surrounding come kiss the broken child
it's all made up for you
inviting you to rest in silence
strung out and pitiful
grab the gun that'll take you back to life
a bullet for convenience
another for the servant of habit
I'm vibrant excitement in your waist
take the bait
join me in the dance of life
she said
"on my shoulders you can lay your weight"
sinking
into the black surrounding come kiss the broken child
it's all made up for you
inviting you to rest in silence
strung out and pitiful
grab the gun that'll take you back to life
Your smile beams like sunlight on a gull's wing
And the leaves dance and play after you
Take my hand and hold it as you would a flower
Take care with my heart, oh darling, she's made of glass
Your eyes feel like silence resting on me
And the birds cease to sing when you rise
Ride easy your fairy stallion you have mounted
Take care how you fly, my precious, you might fall down
In the pastel skies a sunset I have wandered
With my eyes and ears and heart strained to the full
I know I tasted the essence in the few days
Your smile beams like sunlight on a gull's wing
And the leaves dance and play after you.
Take my hand and hold it as you would a flower.
Take care with my heart, oh darling, she's made of glass.
Your eyes feel like silence resting on me
And the birds cease to sing when you rise.
Ride easy your fairy stallion you have mounted.
Take care how you fly, my precious, you might fall down.
In the pastel skies the sunset I have wandered
With my eyes and ears and heart strained to the full,
I know I tasted the essence in the few days.
Your eyes beams like sunlight on a gull's wings
And the leaves dance and play after you
Take my hand and hold it as you would a flower
Take care with my heart, oh, darling, she's made of glass
Your eyes feel like sunlight resting on me
And the birds cease to sing when you rise
Ride easy your fairy stallion you have mounted
Take care how you fly, my precious, you might fall down
In the pastel shades of sunlight I have wandered
With my eyes, my ears, my heart strained to the full
I know I've tasted the essence in those few days
Looking for a penny on an empty beach
I've been looking for a lover who has eyes to see
While I'm here, I wanna walk with you
Hold your hand
In the sun
In the sun
In the sun
Turquoise is the color I need to get clean
The forest burns and with it
Something inside me
Looking for a way to leave the world today
But the world is gonna leave us all anyway
While I'm here, I wanna walk with you
And hold your hand
In the sun
In the sun
Turquoise is the color I need to get clean
The forest burns and with it
Something inside me
Together, together, together
In the sun
I need to get clean
I need, I need, I need
Turquoise is the color I need to get clean
The forest burns and with it