Jewelry

[rockygems123]

@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.

[Kachina624]

@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.

[rockygems123]

@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.

[Kachina624]

@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.

[Kachina624]

@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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@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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@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.

[Kachina624]

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

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

                        would love the poster, but have nowhere to hang 

                         it.