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Arizona Inspirations: Turquoise & Jewelry Equipment

Turquoise has a big history within the Sonoran desert region, existing in large deposits and mines, and being heavily used as currency and being exalted by some of the most prominent Native American cultures in the region. I mentioned turquoise in my other posts deriving biome, structure, and item inspiration from my home of Arizona and the larger Sonora desert region, but I wanted to ensure that the idea of a Turquoise ore/gem was discussed in the proper category. I mentioned that turquoise could be introduced as a new resource found within adobe pueblo ruins, via chests or archeology, or generated as ore with the badlands and my other proposed Sonoran inspired biomes, blue mesa/petrified forest and desert shrublands. Among Sonoran Native American cultures, the Zuni have a rich history with turquoise: mining it, using it as currency, crafting intricate jewelry, and applying spiritual importance. This can potentially set up turquoise as tiled mosaic themed decorative block, a trim material, a jewelry based armor set, a substitute trade currency, or a magical resource with connections to life,the sky, earth, and rain. I know blocks like prismarine and oxidized copper have turquoise adjacent hues so any potential implementation would likely skew more towards the light blue spectrum of turquoise to differentiate perhaps with greater saturation and smoothness as well.

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    Also as turquoise has so prolifically been used in jewelry across history, I think there is great potential in adding jewelry, beyond trims, like circlets, necklaces, rings, or arm/leg bands that, unlike mods, don't have their own slots but can be placed within the traditional armor slots. While jewelry offers very little to no armor, it could offer some stat boost or potion like effect to the player. These could come from the current assortment of status effects or introduce entirely new effects or bonus that the player decides to trade defense for. Beyond turquoise, many gems have had perceived mystical properties throughout many cultures and history. Minecraft itself already recognizes the magical properties of gems/metals through the use of lapis in enchanting, gold in golden apples, carrots, and dandelions, emeralds in totems of undying, and every metal/gem capable of activating a beacon. The jewelry equipment mechanic can be extended to other gems or gem like materials such as lapis, diamond, emeralds, quartz, amethyst, resin, and echo shards each with specific effects and strengths based of world history and rarity within Minecraft. This would give gems increased uses and add to the more magical and fantastical aspect of Minecraft. My proposed concept of ancient petroglyphs could also be another example of this type of functionality