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- How to ID Lander Blue? - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise People
These were acquired in a collection from the 1980’s I was told they may be Lander Blue, but I’m no expert and would appreciate some solid opinions from this group, or advice to where I can get confirmation, please? Best regards, Curt
- Who is Quoc Turquoise? Hallmark QT
I have noticed a ton of listings on eBay, Etsy etc for “genuine” Navajo pieces with the hallmark QT 925 - mostly offered for way less than “real” identifiable pieces eg “Beautiful QT Sterling QUAC (New Mexico)” “coral, turquoise, onyx inlay” etc Many listings say the pieces are from Quoc Turquoise Inc - but I can’t find anything to say whether these pieces were made by
- 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
- Damele Turquoise vs Variscite
The small mine, outside Austin NV, produced turquoise, faucite and variscite, sometime from the same vein Turquoise and variscite are closely related but chemically different
- Turquoise - Real vs. Fake - Turquoise People
Turquoise is a soft material, 4 – 5 on the mohs scale, which means most turquoise can be scratched with a penny So, it is very common for a turquoise dealer to stabilize the stone There are many different techniques used for stabilizing turquoise, some even have a patent Basically what is done is turquoise is introduced to a foreign substance that is going to harden and deepen the color
- Help identifying RLB and picto - Identifying Discovering - Turquoise . . .
Hello all! New here👋🏻 I recently purchased this sterling turquoise coral bolo tie It was described as a piece by Robert Leekity RLB However, I just can’t find any info on that artist The other RLB stamp I find is for Robert Bernice Leekya But then there’s also the picto underneath?! Hoping someone knows SOMEthing! Thanks a bunch!
- Squash blossom turquoise necklace - Value Opinions - Turquoise People
Aside from the turquoise, the silverwork is very unusual, to the extent that I’m puzzled about the origins of the urn-like (headdress?) appliques and the floaty leaves on the naja, not fixed in place as you’d expect It almost looks like it was gussied up (added onto) from a more typical necklace, versus being made originally as it appears now
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