The name of which mineral is of French origin and literally means "Turkish"?

Correct answer: Turquoise

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Player #87342334
Player #87342334
One of my Fave Colors!
Taliyang
Taliyang
Melode, Our tani tribes from north east india also use these beads in our necklace...
Melode
Melode
Native Americansuse a lot of Turquoise in their jewelry,Especially Navaho ,Ute and Pueblo. My parents bought some of the jewelry when we went to Arizona.
Nikil
Nikil
What a bright colour !
2muchfunPisces
2muchfunPisces
Melode, Navajo
Lesego
Lesego
Ahhhh turquoise just soo dreamy am I right 🥴
emerald
emerald
FreshMango, how does one know if its authentic?
M.G
M.G
Player #87342334, yeah ! every one likes this!
Gym
Gym
l love this colour 😍
WaywardChild
WaywardChild
never knew this 😲
Iram
Iram
maybe it's named turquoise because the colour is turquoise!😂😆
CupKate 24
CupKate 24
my fave color
TurtleRox
TurtleRox
zohre I have one Persian turquoise ring which is beautiful and my favorite. It's nice to know that it may have come from Nishapur. Thanks for the information.
zohre
zohre
It is abundant in Nishapur, a beautiful city of Iran and it called persian turquoise.
Larissa
Larissa
Cozzy 25, I'm very sorry for you're loss. 😔 (Also Turquoise is a beautiful color.) 💙
Manu1971
Manu1971
sorry but turquoise doesnt mean turkish in french
Magnezone Plays
Magnezone Plays
Too ez
Calli
Calli
Turqouise is my favorite color
Deborah
Deborah
my favorite color is turquoise
Aisha Jamaal
Aisha Jamaal
precious note 💖
peykansiah
peykansiah
This type of stone was from North-East of Persia so exported via Turkey to France.
SZP
SZP
the picture kinda gave it away. nevertheless tho good question 😁😁
Player #39050241
Player #39050241
Atul Vashisth, nice
Player #39050241
Player #39050241
It's it so hard this game
Olivia
Olivia
a little bit hard 😅
just_crazyy!
just_crazyy!
that was a good one !