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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 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 ...

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 ... 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.