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Turquoise and copper

Do turquoise and other green stones tend to show up near copper deposits? Gongula Spring (talk) 00:35, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you check out the Turquoise article, you can see that the answer is yes. But the deposits may not be worth mining. Copper is not super rare and is found in living organisms, and sediments in small amounts. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:45, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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