Jewelry

[grandma r]

Yes, I do. It gave each piece a unique character.

[Cardamom]

I agree. My favorite turquoise is the green color with matrixing. I'm so grateful I bought some years ago. It was actually quite inexpensive! I have some pretty chunky pieces and I even have a stand that is 100"" and I can wrap it multiple times. Out of all my jewelry it's my turquoise that gets me the most compliments.

[violann]

I prefer it, and I don't care for pristine turquoise stones. It's nice that there's a type of turquoise for every taste.

[Pagan]

I love the matrix but only in the larger pieces.

The teeny weeny stuff QVC sells is better suited to SB type plain turquoise so all the stones in a particular piece match and look balanced.

The slightest hint of matrix can skew the look of a piece when it's set with tiny stones, especially multiple stones.

[stevieb]

I miss VARIETY! I'd love to see a MIXTURE of turquoise made available here, including more green turquoise. I'm fully sick of hearing about Sleeping Beauty and about the mine being closed!

[Sooner]

There is lots of turquoise out there with matrix! If you have Native American gatherings in your area, lots of times there are vendors there with jewelry A LOT of southwest museums have jewelry online. Sometimes you find good sales on it, but the museum shops have the real deal. Look around it is out there.

I thought most of the non-matrix stuff was Persian or not USA turquoise. Maybe they make little stones out of it or importing the raw ore. . .

[Pagan]

It feels like we've had a hundred years of Sleeping Beauty now on QVC.

It's high time the prince came along and woke her up.

[stevieb]

Outside the box, I know, but what I'd really love to see is more of a mixture of turquoise that isn't virtually all set of the SW ilk... Again, it gets down to variety. I love some of the SW pieces, but would also enjoy turquoise in other formats.

[Bird mama]

I like turquoise with natural matrix. When Jay King came out with some squirrely turquoise with fake matrix (some technique his friend Marty created), that was a turn off.

[bonnielu]

I like the matrix... I think it is more interesting. I do wonder how anyone can tell if the single color is real and not dyed. Or if the single color is ""really"" Sleeping Beauty. Getting confusing out there.