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Identifying Your Navajo, Hopi, Zuni Jewelry, Plus Maker Zuni and Navajo turquoise cluster pins Very similar, but do show slight differences The Zuni pride themselves on stone work and they do not like to show lots of matrix, the Navajo piece shows lots of matrix Also, remember the silver, the Zuni piece (on the left) has that nice open design, the Navajo piece has the heavier silver look
An old timer from Globe Az - 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! 😁
Cleaning Turquoise and silver jewlery There are many ways to clean your silver and turquoise on the internet but not all of them are safe In cleaning turquoise jewelry several factors come into play 1st is the type of piece you are working with Is it a piece of history that the patina (aging or tarnish) is part of its character, history and value If so use no chemicals, only a soft towel and water In this case even a tooth
Large turquoise nugget…what to do? Going through a lot of stuff during this cold wet weather, I found a lot of interesting things I had forgotten about One was this cut turquoise nugget It was given to me years ago, and I always wondered what to do with it - maybe have a Navajo jeweler make me a pendant? Since it was pretty dirty, I got out an old toothbrush and went over it with warm water Once finished, I was taking
Snow Horse, the craftsmanship, and some history - Show Tell . . . —This will be a rather lengthy post indeed, but I’m hopeful that at least a few will see it through— After a somewhat exhaustive search throughout Turquoise People, I could find no reference, (question, statement, or otherwise) to a craftsman that was known as Snow Horse My family shared some moments in time with this artist, and I would like to share some of that history, as well as a
A Discussion about Chinese 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 Some of the high-grade Chinese turquoise resembles and is thought to be equal to many of the better known or classic American Southwestern mines” (Durango Silver Company)
Help? Squash Blossom Necklace - Turquoise People Hi Bob This is a production work squash blossom, most likely from the early to mid 70’s Typically a workshop or trading company would provide turquoise and silver for several squash blossoms to a Native craftsperson, and the craftsperson would receive a set price for each squash set for labor
Need Assistance Identifying Necklace and Makers Mark Hi :wave: 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…
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When did Bisbee become scarce? - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise . . . I have heard rumours that the Morenci mine dumped tons of material on top of where they were finding Morenci turquoise to keep the workers out of it A couple of hundred pounds of turquoise to a mining operations that produces169 45 million metric tons per annum of copper is peanuts You can still visit the mine in Bisbee, they run tours I believe