A quick introduction: According to Durango Silver Company, "Chinese turquoise accounts for over 60% of the stones sold in the United States, due to the scarcity of American turquoise. Chinese turquoise can be just as beautiful as American turquoise, “In fact, China seemed to produce the highest amount of spiderweb turquoise thus far.
Turquoise and variscite are closely related but chemically different. Variscite, does not contain copper which gives turquoise its characteristic blue green color.
How to ID Lander Blue? - Identifying & Discovering - Turquoise People
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!
Help identifying RLB and picto - Identifying & Discovering - Turquoise ...
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 ...
I agree with @StevesTrail, most likely Kingman, although it does remind me of some Nevada stones that I’ve seen like Blue Diamond. But being that Kingman is the most prolific American (although it’s possible that these are even Chinese turquoise) mine out there I would probably go with that. The one thing I will say is that it is NOT Lander Blue. Lander Blue to me has a very distinctly ...
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.