- 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
- 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
- The local Fall Gem and Mineral show 2025 - Show Tell - Turquoise People
We attended our local Fall Gem and Mineral Show again I’ve been going faithfully for the last 20 years I wouldn’t dream of missing it! (There’s a Spring show every year also) So here’s what we came home with Starting at the top, going clockwise: Two from Tyrone, two from Kingman, two Morenci and the center stone is a really nice #8 A purplish star sapphire and three dinosaur bone
- 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
- Authentic White Turquoise? - Show Tell - Turquoise People
Welcome to Turquoise People I’m sorry, but this is not turquoise It looks like either Magnesite or Howlite, 2 stones which are sometimes dyed to look like turquoise (although these obviously are not dyed) Turquoise has a particular chemical composition, and even though it may be a very pale blue, it is not white
- 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
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