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Collector's Turquoise

Kachina624 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:09:20 GMT

This is my idea of what constitutes a beautiful turquoise stone. It's a gorgeous shade of blue, has interesting matrix evenly distributed and as a plus, seems to have a lot of pyrite or "fools gold" incorporated in the stone. I think that makes it interesting. A collector will pay a lot for this specimen.

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KathyM23 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:12:28 GMT

@Kachina624 Beautiful and interesting stone. Nature creates amazing gems.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:15:54 GMT

Oh My! Such a lovely stone.

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SharkE — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:00:21 GMT

Don't care for it. Too messy LOL

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Shanus — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:02:03 GMT

A gorgeous specimen and also my choice of color and matrix @Kachina624 .

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luvmybeetle — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:22:40 GMT

That is one beautiful stone.

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Enufstuff — Mon, 01 May 2023 00:05:59 GMT

@Kachina624 That is a beautiful piece. Great collector's piece.

At that size, it would be a lovely paperweight on

my desk.

Next weekend is the 58th Annual Gem & Mineral

show. Each year I usually find a little something

for my crystal and mineral collection or a piece

of jewelry.

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colleena — Mon, 01 May 2023 01:55:19 GMT

@Kachina624 Absolutely beautiful.

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 01 May 2023 02:16:43 GMT

@Kachina624 Very rich looking...stunning. Is this a piece in your collection?

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Kachina624 — Mon, 01 May 2023 03:30:56 GMT

@phoenixbrd No, but I wish....

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rockygems123 — Mon, 01 May 2023 03:34:55 GMT

@Kachina624 . Agree 100%. Royston is one of my if not my most favorite turquoise. That is a beautiful stunning vibrant color piece.

I've found this recently, color not as vibrant but love the colorations.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 01 May 2023 03:55:47 GMT

@rockygems123 The Royston Mine is really just a hillside they bulldoze and pick up stones. It's even open periodically for the public to go in and dig around. As a result much if what comes out is not stabilized. Your ring looks like a blue turquoise that was not stabilized and has changed color due to environmental factors. They do get stones of every color out of Royston.

I have a bangle with about 15 unstabilized Royston stones and no two look alike.

I was able to buy some nice unset stones from a "miner" who took them from Royston. I could have gone on that trip but decided that ship has sailed for me. Easier to let youngsters muck around in the mud and just buy stones.

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rockygems123 — Mon, 01 May 2023 19:23:51 GMT

@Kachina624.

That is fascinating about Royston and that sometimes open at the site. I'll look into that!

And your 15 stone bangle must be a beauty. Would love to see it.

I don't often keep many pieces but had to with this one, very unusual with the angles. Not the greatest of pics taken right now at Jiffy Lube ha.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 01 May 2023 20:06:41 GMT

@rockygems123 I love the contemporary vibe to your bracelets. We don't see nearly enough of the more modern style of turquoise jewelry, which I prefer.

We had a "family silversmith" now deceased, who did contemporary jewelry. His name was George Henriquez and I, and my mom and dad all bought as much of his work as we could afford.

The rings on the right are George's work, the green one was mom's, the blue one was dad's. By the way, the stone on the thumb is the prized Lander Blue and the big index finger ring is Number 8 turquoise. I bought the stones and had these two made.

I think this may be Royston although it wasn't identified when I bought it. The change in color is often found in Royston.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 01 May 2023 20:16:06 GMT

@rockygems123 By the way, the Royston Mine is owned by the Otteson family in Tonapah, Nevada. They have a store in town where they sell stones and jewelry. I'm sure you could call there and get information.

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Enufstuff — Tue, 02 May 2023 01:35:08 GMT

@rockygems123 That ring is gorgeous. I like vintage rings best.

Last year, I heard that Royston has become very

pricey and very desirable by collectors.

I have a ring, pendant and bracelet, all

vintage pieces that look to be Royston.

The sellers didn't identify the turquoise.

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Enufstuff — Tue, 02 May 2023 01:48:46 GMT

@Kachina624 Your rings are beautiful. A few years ago, I bought earrings, a necklace and a bracelet with Number 8 turquoise. They were newly made pieces. I mostly like vintage

pieces. Last year, I bought a vintage pin from a lady on Etsy who told me it is

Lander blue. It looks like it, but I'm not an expert.

For a while, I was going crazy, buying turquoise from many different mines. I had to stop buying, it was addictive.

When covid shut everything down, I worked on a large jigsaw

puzzle that my son had given me for Christmas. It is the map of the USA showing the location of all the turquoise mines. It also shows examples of the different stones, next to the location.

It came from the Southwest Indian Foundation catalog.

You have probably seen the postcards with this map of mines.

When a friend went to Arizona, I had her pick up one of those for me.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 02 May 2023 02:11:15 GMT

@Enufstuff I have a copy of that map but it's in poster form, quite large so I never hung it anywhere. Fun to look at though. Yes, turquoise collecting can be quite addicting.

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Enufstuff — Tue, 02 May 2023 02:22:56 GMT

@Kachina624 In my collection are pieces of white buffalo which was mined by the Otteson family in Tonopah.

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Enufstuff — Tue, 02 May 2023 02:25:02 GMT

@Kachina624 Oh wow! A poster is better than a postcard. I

would love the poster, but have nowhere to hang

it.