- How to ID Lander Blue? - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise People
These were acquired in a collection from the 1980’s I was told they may be Lander Blue, but I’m no expert and would appreciate some solid opinions from this group, or advice to where I can get confirmation, please? Best regards, Curt
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- A Discussion about Chinese Turquoise
A quick introduction: According to Durango Silver Company, "Chinese turquoise accounts for over 60% of the stones sold in the United States, due to the scarcity of American turquoise Chinese turquoise can be just as beautiful as American turquoise, “In fact, China seemed to produce the highest amount of spiderweb turquoise thus far
- Turquoise - Real vs. Fake - Turquoise People
Turquoise is a soft material, 4 – 5 on the mohs scale, which means most turquoise can be scratched with a penny So, it is very common for a turquoise dealer to stabilize the stone There are many different techniques used for stabilizing turquoise, some even have a patent Basically what is done is turquoise is introduced to a foreign substance that is going to harden and deepen the color
- Looking for information about the Blue Bird Turquoise mine in Nevada
I have some cabs from the Bluebird turquoise mine that I purchased from Jason back n the 1990s: By the way, your map and information shows the Nevada mine in the Reese River Wilderness in the Toyiabe range My husband used to pack into a that area with our horses…maybe we need to go in search of the Blue Bird mine (Ha!)
- Damele Turquoise vs Variscite
The small mine, outside Austin NV, produced turquoise, faucite and variscite, sometime from the same vein Turquoise and variscite are closely related but chemically different
- Thunder Creek Turquoise - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise People
About a month ago I saw posts from Thunderbird Supply about a “new” turquoise they had It is called Thunder Creek and is beautiful I did some searching and could not find it for sale elsewhere Thunderbird only has …
- I ought to know by now - composite? - Real vs. Fake - Turquoise People
Found this in a local antique store, with a dealer from whom I’ve gotten some native jewelry The ring is obviously brand new The stone looks odd to me - the veining seems real, but is this some sort of composite stone?
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