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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
- Real vs. Fake - Turquoise People
Working in a pawn shop that serves the Navajo Zuni Indian Reservations, which is the Heart of Turquoise Country, allows us to see hundreds of pieces of jewelry with stones (fake real) in one working day Plus, this is where the majority of Navajo Zuni turquoise art is made That means Gallup is a main stop on the turquoise dealers trail, selling these pieces of blue gold to the trading
- 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! 😁
- Morenci Jacla - Show Tell - Turquoise People
She also said the turquoise, snail, coral and spiney oyster were handmade IMG_8079 3024×4032 1 29 MB She said it was a very nice jacla and bet I would receive a lot of compliments on it
- 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
- Lander Blue (yes again!) - Show Tell - Turquoise People
Hi all! This topic has been beat to death on this forum, but one more example I spent a good amount of time taking in fabulous vintage turquoise jewelry (gorgeous Bisbee!) at the gallery at Cameron Trading post several days ago I was suprised to see Merlin Olson (previously owner of Old Adobe Traders in Santa Ynez, CA) He has since retired and now runs the Gallery I knew him from years ago
- Sleeping Beauty W Pyrite Cabochons - Identifying Discovering . . .
I made these cabs in the 1980’s My Navajo mentor said the material was Sleeping Beauty with Pyrite They have been tucked away in my “treasure box” of cabs and findings from that time Handled very little Maybe these will help other ID Turquoise stones with Pyrite They look like Sleeping Beauty to me What do you think? Sorry for the blurry photo
- 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
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