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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
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
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
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
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
The polychrome multicolor turquoise topic - Page 3 - Identifying . . . Inspired by this recent topic from @Bmpdvm Clear, “Robins egg blue” turquoise opinions i thought why not open a topic about polychrome turquoise? It’s some of my favorite type of turquoise and there’s not a whole lot i c hellip;
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
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
When did Bisbee become scarce? - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise . . . I imagine there was a time when Bisbee was a lot more common when the mine was still open and people were allowed access to the dumps, but at what point did Bisbee become “rare?” Was there ever a time when it was ubiquitous like other kinds of turquoise?