Editing Turquoise (section)

== History ==
Turquoise mining in New Mexico's [[Cerrillos Hills State Park|Cerrillos Hills]] began with Native Americans, later attracting brief European interest in the late 1800s. Prices peaked in 1890, then collapsed by 1912, ending large-scale operations.<ref>https://www.cerrilloshills.org/history/turquoise-mining-history</ref> During [[Mohammad Khodabanda]] reign (1578-1587), accumulated turquoise dust from fifty years of mining in [[Safavid Iran]] was squandered lavishly, reflecting royal excess amid economic hardship, political discord, and rising factionalism among the qezelbash elite.<ref>{{cite book |last=Munshi |first=Eskandar Beg |author-link=Iskandar Beg Munshi |date=1629 |title=History of Shah 'Abbas the Great (Tārīkh-e ‘Ālamārā-ye ‘Abbāsī) / Roger M. Savory, translator |edition= |url=https://archive.org/details/monshi-shah-abbas-english/Monshi_Shah-Abbas_English/page/341/mode/1up |access-date=May 10, 2025|page=341}}</ref>