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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
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
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Cleaning Turquoise and silver jewlery Turquoise and malachite will absorb liguids if the turquoise is not “stablilzed” (Impregnated with plastic resins) and can be damaged by cleaners For these stones it is best to use a soft toothbrush and warm water to clean and dry immediately The same goes for shell material
An old timer from Globe Az - Introductions Chat - Turquoise People Hi, My name is Richard and resided in Globe AZ from 1973 through 1979 During that time I had the privilege of working at LW Hardy Turquoise Co Inc on his concessions beginning at Pinto Valley (Castle Dome) and ending my tenure at the Sleeping Beauty mine I started as a picker and worked up to a cat skinner and heavy equipment operator I must have dug tons of turq out of those mines! 😁
Yellow Turquoise Examples - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise People Recently, there was some discussion about Yellow Turquoise Finally came across my Yellow Turquoise beads purchased from Thunderbird Supply in the 1980’s They said it was found near some Arizona Turquoise mines, but a form of jasper and hematite What is marketed as Yellow Turquoise is actually a form of jasper or serpentine, often with hematite Some are selling dyed howlite as Yellow
Morenci Jacla - Show Tell - Turquoise People The turquoise doesn’t look old, but it is hard to tell The shell seems older, again hard to determine The white shell and larger coral flats Pieces like those worked on modern lapidary would be much smoother and finer worked Yours looked hand filed or stone ground I think you have a marriage of older and newer pieces, which is not uncommon
Who is Quoc Turquoise? Hallmark QT I have noticed a ton of listings on eBay, Etsy etc for “genuine” Navajo pieces with the hallmark QT 925 - mostly offered for way less than “real” identifiable pieces eg “Beautiful QT Sterling QUAC (New Mexico)” “coral, turquoise, onyx inlay” etc Many listings say the pieces are from Quoc Turquoise Inc - but I can’t find anything to say whether these pieces were made by
Need Assistance Identifying Necklace and Makers Mark Hi 👋 New member here I inherited my grandmother’s turquoise collection from my Mother when she passed I have close to 10 items I am interested if anyone can help me identify this necklace and makers mark - TEX(X)?
Dry Creek Turquoise? - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise People Oh, my!! Your squash blossom necklace other jewelry is stunning! I can definitely see a difference between your Dry Creek turquoise the stone in my ring I agree, my ring isn’t Dry Creek turquoise Thanks so much for posting these beauties