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Collecting Turquoise Jewelry: Beauty and History of the Southwest in Blue and Silver

The natural cool colors of turquoise justdesert southwest. There are many famous
seem to make it a gem that is easy toAmerican turquoise mines spread throughout
appreciate and enjoy. From the Ancientthe Southwestern US, chiefly in Nevada,
Egyptians and early Chinese civilizations toArizona and New Mexico, but also in Colorado
the Native American tribes, mankind aroundand California. American turquoise comes in a
the world has treasured turquoise forwide diversity of blues and greens - there
centuries as the ancient stone of the earthare many colors and patterns to choose from.
and sky. It really is no wonder thatThe bulk of the production from each mine
turquoise seems to hold some raw, primitivetends to have certain characteristics, so the
quality, as turquoise was one of the firstcollector will seek to purchase gems with
gemstones ever worked by mankind - it hasthose specific traits to show the best
been treasured for thousands of years. It isexamples of each mine. As an example,
soft enough to be shaped, polished andcertain mines in Nevada are well known for
fashioned into jewelry with simple tools -their spider web patterned turquoise, and the
hence its use from the earliest times ofcollector may seek turquoise from that mine
man's  civilization.which shows that pattern in its most
attractive  forms.
Handcrafted turquoise jewelry just seems to
have an enduring natural beauty and a raw,Probably more than any other gem, turquoise
primitive quality. Although a bright bluehas been subject to the ups and downs of the
shade comes to mind for most people,fads of fashion. This has been true for over
turquoise actually comes in a wide range ofa century in the US, with the first surge in
colors from a bright green, to greenish bluedemand coming in the early 1890s. Those of us
to bright royal blue shades. Not too cheap,who are old enough, we remember when
but not overly expensive - natural turquoiseturquoise was really in vogue and popular
is  an  affordable  souvenir of mother earth.during the 1960s and 1970s. At that time,
the strong demand caused a huge increase in
Starting a collection of turquoise jewelry isturquoise prices, and much turquoise was
actually very easy, and the desirablemined in Nevada. The popularity of Turquoise
attributes of this beautiful gem just seem tofell off somewhat in the 1980s, but it has
grow on you as your collection expands.been consistently increasing in popularity in
Turquoise is an investment that does not needrecent years and is poised for another
to be locked away in a vault, because you cancomeback. Many fashion magazines have
enjoy your jewelry as you wear it. The tidesfeatured turquoise jewelry recently.
of fashion have turned in recent years, andWell-known entertainment personalities once
the beautiful blues and greens of turquoiseagain regularly feature turquoise to
are again coming back into the mainstream.accessorize their wardrobes. Both Lapidary
Trend setting magazines once again regularlyJournal and Rock and Gem magazines have done
feature turquoise and well-knownspecial "turquoise feature" issues within
entertainment personalities use it torecent years. There has been a "run" on rough
accessorize their wardrobes. Most people whoturquoise the last couple years in at the
collect turquoise jewelry organize theirfamous Tucson gem shows. Prices for rough are
collections  around  one  of  two  concepts:increasing - in fact its quite difficult to
buy high quality natural rough turquoise.
1) The first is to collect the work of famousEvery day more and more people are coming to
jewelry artists. Certain artists are partialappreciate the enduring beauty of fine
to specific recognizable styles and patterns,turquoise. While it is true that fashion
which then become the hallmark of their work.trends will come and go, fine quality always
endures and never goes out of style. Natural,
Some collectors specialize only in the worksgem-grade turquoise will always stay
of well-known Native American artists, oftenbeautiful to look at and be exciting to wear.
trying to specialize in a few particular
artists, and collecting several examples ofTo learn more about Natural American
their work. Others will also include the workturquoise, take a look at our turquoise
of Anglo artists who have been trained in theinformation  center:
ways of making Indian style jewelry. These
other artists are also of interest, as someIf you would like to see some of our
have become very successful in their craft.beautiful turquoise jewelry and purchase some
It is also true that while most turquoise isturquoise directly from the mine owner, take
mounted in Indian style silver jewelry, therea  look  at  our  turquoise  jewelry:
is also some very beautiful turquoise jewelry
made  in  very  classy  contemporary  styles.Chris Ralph writes on small scale mining and
prospecting for the ICMJ Mining Journal. He
2) The second concept is to collect the gemsis a rock hound and prospector and owns his
of specific American turquoise Mines of theown turquoise mines in Nevada.



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