When you marry with a marriage license, you grant the State jurisdiction over your marriage. When you marry with a marriage license, your marriage is a creature of the State. It is a corporation of the State! Therefore, they have jurisdiction over your marriage including the fruit of your marriage.
Turquoise is found in its natural state in places with dry climates around the world. It can be mined in the U.S., Mexico, Iran, Chile, China, and Tibet. While the characteristics of each stone are very similar, different mines produce slight variations of turquoise.
The substance has been known by many names, but the word turquoise, which dates to the 17th century, is derived from the French turques for Turks, because the mineral was first brought to Europe from Turkey, from mines in the historical Khorasan Province of Persia.