Abdu, Y. A.; Hull, S. H.; Fayek, M. And Hawthorne, F. C. (2011) The turquoise-chalcosiderite Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O solid-solution series: A Mössbauer spectroscopy, XRD, EMPA, and FTIR study. American Mineralogist, Volume 96, pages 1433–1442.
Cid-Dressner, H. (1965) Determination and refinement of the crystal structure of turquois, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 • 4H2O. Zeits. Krist., 121, 87–113.
Foord, E.E. and J.E. Taggart, Jr. (1998) A reexamination of the turquoise group: the mineral aheylite, planerite (redefined), turquoise and coeruleolactite. Mineral. Mag., 62, 93–111.
King. J. R (2002) Mineral explained, Turquoise. Geology Today, Vol. 18, No. 3.
Kolitsch, U. and Giester, G. (2000) The crystal structure of faustite and its copper analogue turquoise.
Jagannatha Reddy. B, Ray L. Frost, Matt L. Weier and Wayde N. Martens (2006) Ultraviolet-visible, near infrared and mid infrared reflectance spectroscopy of turquoise.
Liu, X.; Lin, C.; Li, D.; Zhu, L.; Song, S.; Liu, Y.; Shen, C. (2018) Study on Mineralogical and Spectroscopic Characteristics of Turquoise from Hami, Xinjiang. Spectrosc. Spectr. Anal. 38, 1231–1239.
Mousavipak, N. (2020) Physico-chemical characterization of Iranian turquoise: a tentative to trace middle-eastern turquoise-bearing artifacts.
Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1951) Dana’s system of mineralogy, (7th edition), v. II, 946–951.
Schaller W.T. (1912) Crystallized Turquoise from Virginia.
Xueding Wang and Ying Guo (2020) The impact of trace metal cations and absorbed water on colour transition of turquoise.
Zhang, Y.; Shi, G. (2025) Big Data and AI-Enabled Construction of a Novel Gemstone Database: Challenges, Methodologies, and Future Perspectives. Minerals, 15, 1149.