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- Identifying Your Navajo, Hopi, Zuni Jewelry, Plus Maker
The free form shaped stone on the left is usually a Navajo made giveaway Plus, coral and turquoise is found made by both Navajo Zuni artists, but definitely favored to the Navajo Zuni left, Navajo right The Navajo piece is easy to identify, big, heavy, and a nice free form shaped stone
- Identifying Squash Blossom Necklace - Value Opinions - Turquoise People
Production piecework handmade squash, using fairly low quality stabilized turquoise stones Likely Navajo Commercially produced standard bench beads This piece was likely made along with a batch order of several other nearly identical pieces The workmanship is very good, especially for a sqash of this type The silversmith was a professional and it shows in the work 9 Likes Cheryl
- Turquoise pendant hallmarked LL
The turquoise pendant is nice, but pretty generic in terms of the style No telling who made it or where it was made The comment about block lettering stamps is on the money Without provenance, the maker and even country of origin remains anyone’s guess
- Latest Identifying Discovering topics - Turquoise People
Questions about the origins or meanings of your jewelry? Ask here!
- Block turquoise chart - Real vs. Fake - Turquoise People
Block turquoise, sometimes called synthetic turquoise, contains no turquoise at all It is made by combining inert ingredients, dye, and usually a resin to form blocks that can be cut or shaped
- Hello, This is one of my first two questions on this forum. I’m editing . . .
I am new here too, but I recommend remembering that this is just a place to look at and discuss turquoise and turquoise related things Sometimes people want to talk about turquoise, and sometimes they don’t Spend a few hours reading the discussions and you’ll have a better understanding of what people seem to be interested in
- Possible Lander Blue? - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise People
Here’s a link that talks about the turquoise durangosilver com Lander Blue Spiderweb Turquoise Cabochons - Durango Silver Company Learn about the elusive Lander Blue Turquoise and Lander Blue Spiderweb Turquoise cabochons with photo examples of genuine Lander Blue Turquoise from the Mary Louise Lode Claim
- Navajo Pearls Authentic? - Real vs. Fake - Turquoise People
Recently bought this necklace when in Sedona at local market I’m curious on whether it’s machine made or hand made The vendor I bought them from is of Navajo descent I have a feeling they’re machine made Any feedback is appreciated
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