| 单词 | spider-web turquoise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspider-web turquoise b. A variety of turquoise characterized by a network of fine dark lines running through it. Also spider-web turquoise. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > turquoise > [noun] > varieties of callais1587 augites1601 agaphite1819 chalchuite1843 spider-web1936 1936 M. Bedinger Navajo Indian Silver Work 18 There is another famous variety, of exceptionally good quality... It is a dark blue with black tracery all through it, which gives it the name of ‘Spider Web’ turquoise. 1968 J. Sinkankas Van Nostrand's Standard Catalog Gems iv. 202 Persian spiderweb is similar except that a network of fine black lines divides the surface of the gem into a mosaic of even patches. 1975 R. Webster Gems in Jewellery xiv. 79 The turquoise and the matrix of dark brown limonite or fawn-coloured sandstone are then cut together to give stones known as turquoise matrix or, if the veins are fine, spider web turquoise. < as lemmas |
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