Glad I found this video, thanks Mike. There’s something incredibly alluring for me about this wonderful gemstone. Of course it really comes down mostly to the colour(s). I might try to see if I can buy just one small stone just to marvel in its natural occurrence. Do you know of any trustworthy websites that I could look for one?

Subhanalloh sangat cantik warnanya batu berwalitas saya belum punya

Masa alloh cantik cantik nya batu nya sangat ber walitas saya belum punya batu seperti ini

Thank you. So helpful. Makes me scared that I could ever hope to find real, good turquoise! :(

Subhanaloh antik nya indah sekali saya belum punya

Appreciate your work friend

The great "Starburst" hoax. Some people love money more than truth

Bisbee- would you say Mr. John Hartman and Mr. Dillon Hartman at Durango Silver Turquoise have/has Bisbee High Grade Available.

Thanks again Mike!

Thanks for the information on Starburst, Mike.

Is all iranian turquoise treated these days ? I bought a dark teal coloured turquoise with pyrite in it..someone told me it's a dead stone because it's dark in colour..may be someone applied something like oil on it so its damaged now and i should not wear it, is it correct what i was told ?

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#8 gem grade is awesome. Blows all these away.

Thank you for wonderful explanations and showing those beautiful gems! Have you ever heard about Silver Bell Turquoise", is this a "subspecies"?

We have treated Neyshabur turquoise also , why you say, they arent!?😮 and now Iran has 4 active mine to product turquoise!

Their website seems to be empty

Looove persian turquoise with pyrite

The stones displayed in the video : what is the average price of the spiderweb and the ajami turquoise in dollars , give me atleast a guess

Ayyy that’s Bob Brucia! I recently talked to him about a ring I bought at an auction with a possible Lander Blue cabochon in it. It’s likely from the Number #8 Mine though.

So it means we people will only get look a likes. So......can you explain if there really is purple turquois? I only ran across one litlle mention of it being a lavendar n it was because a mineral called something "ite". Magenitite maby or close.

Very informative

Where has this market

I enjoyed seeing Deanna. I did business with her for many years.

I didn't catch Deana last name or company, anybody happen to know it? Ernie M. and Mike are fantastic.

Deanna, I love the glasses.

That Lander Blue was yummy. 💙

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Would you please do a video on greasy turquoise and beads ?

I am Iranian, living in Europe and Turquoise is my favorite gemstone and it is also the national gemstone of Iran. I specially like the variation which is blue-green with light brown veins or spots running through it. It is very common in jewelries made in Iran. Unfortunately, I cannot really find any jewelry made with the American Turquoise having the same color. Maybe cause it is graded lower in the western countries and found undesirable.

there are black web tarquiose with quarts inclusion on vintage rings. I wonder where they could be from

Thanks Mike we never stop learning.

Aha you're in Santa Fe would mail you samples when I get a ground address EBABCOCK

For those of us with the bug who can’t get out there for whatever reason, thank you!!!

Thank you for all you share with us. 👍

I disagree with some of your scoring which reflects the differences in personal preferences for the variable beauty of turquoise. #3 has a better matrix pattern than #4. The rich blue color in #4 is stunning, but limited. I would give #3 a comparable score as #s 4 & 5 given the wonderful contrast between the blue and matrix.

Was there any mining of turquoise by the Pueblo dwellers after 1692?

Do you have a video showing off your turquoise collection?

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I do prefer the scientific scale used on Instagram: A+ = Killer, Wow, Price? Amazing, (various emojis 3+ minimum or 10+ fire emojis) That’s pretty much standard mineralogical terminology - hope this helps 😁😁🧐

Hello Sir, Who & Where do you see Godber B. Red and Dark Web? Are they rare and gem grade & Why?

Very interesting. Another great video. Thanks. 🙂

It's nice to see your attempts to disclose the somewhat history of Turquoise , however, you are a little naive about the facts. Dowell Ward borrowed funds from Phil Woodard for a Cat to strip the turquoise and he paid the loan back via the turquoise sold at IJS in Gallup. After his death the note reappeared and some dispicables from Gallup and Zuni tricked FAYE with the note and stole a truck and trailer of her Stabilized #8 and hid it in Gallup, later selling it to some Arizonians for big money as Natural ! this fiasco turned into a Huge Money Fraud Law Suit wherein , those sellers Lost and are still trying to recover from their Fraud ! Truth is 95% of #8 is Stabilized as is 95% of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise , especially the Current "My grandfather stored SB in his building for 50 years and I've found it just recently in Mexico just across the border from Tucson ", . There's way more Mexican Sleeping Beauty than anyone knows .That's just the Facts believe it or not . Best thing a buyer can do is deal with those who have proven Integrity . If you live long enough , you may know as much as i learned in 54 years for mining , cutting, selling and manufacturing jewelry with many Native American Artists ,using Natural turquoise 99% of the time ! Keep up the wonderful promotion of the Native American Culture !

Could you consider a episode on the natural nugget beads before shaping heishi or before spanish silver as you just said some on it

Lousy sound cant hear you. But great book so much info is trapped on paper conquistadores take any back to spain?

YOU ARE GUESSING TIME FRAMES OF NATIVE AMERICANS HISTORY BOOKS LIE ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN TIMELINES ACOMA PUEBLO ARE CARBO DATED 30000 YEARS AGO AT SKY CITY

It is surprising to me that recent research on meso american (aztec) artifacts showed no turquoise imported from from the northern mines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enLTeqSBj86pfsUº

Great video and historic perspective. 🙂

I love my late 80s C Turquoise. Since then MAGNASITE gets color & stabilized

Thanks Mike, It would be interesting to see some Black web No.8 or some Blue Star , which was the original name of this mine.