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Just come back from Mexico where i bought a pendant that i was told was Mayan Caliza. It is a beautiful turqouize colour with white whirls/cloud shapes in it. Can anyone tell me more about this stone?

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I had a look around for you and it looks like it is a form of fossil. I find this fascinating and would like to see more about this myself.

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Thanks for that. Thats more info than i got when i googled it.I just found pages of marble/granite kitchen worktops etc !!

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try mindat.org

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sorry oops I sent a link as I thought you understood spanish sorry. I will translate the meaning for you. The link worked ok from my end might be browser problems then. no idea anyway.
here it is
anyhow the word
caliza means Limestone and mayans used a lot of limestone in carving buildings amulets etc the culture at edzna mexico. ther eis also monuments in uxmal
has three types of components: grains, headquarters and cement.
some pendants i have heard of being limeston at BC 200-200 A.D Nayarit,Colima,Jalisco for instance also. mainly frogs and toads.
hope that is ok.
oh and maya blue azal maya is present in , , Jaina, and even in some Colonial Convents.

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It is a very beautiful stone and I have a worry stone I was given made from this. I like to keep it in my bedroom.