Turquoise info needed.

One of my ex work colleagues as asked me if I can make her some earrings
to go with a bracelet and necklace she bought whilst on holiday.

It is supposedly turquoise and silver. Since she was wearing it I did
not get chance to handle it.

It has large turquoise beads of about 5/8ths in length.

The thing that struck me is that none of the beads had any veining in
them. All the turquoise beads I have , have got the veining. The only
total blue ones I have seen are small cabochons.

Are there large beads with no veining. I am not knowledgeable about
turquoise.
Shirley
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Shirley Shone

Large turquoise beads without veining would be very expensive. Often the more
veining, the less the price....and the other way around.
~~
Sooz
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"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

I bought some clean (no veining) faceted turquoise beads about 1/2" x 5/16"
at Tucson a couple of years ago. I'm pretty sure they were $24 for a 16"
strand.

Georgia

"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message
...
Large turquoise beads without veining would be very expensive. Often the
more
veining, the less the price....and the other way around.
~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry."
John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

There is a mine that produces Sleeping Beauty turquoise, which is
electrically treated and solid blue. Spendy too. Two drop shapes are
8x13mm are $50. A 20" strand of natural shaped nuggets 8mm is $60.

Tina


"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
...
One of my ex work colleagues as asked me if I can make her some earrings
to go with a bracelet and necklace she bought whilst on holiday.

It is supposedly turquoise and silver. Since she was wearing it I did
not get chance to handle it.

It has large turquoise beads of about 5/8ths in length.

The thing that struck me is that none of the beads had any veining in
them. All the turquoise beads I have , have got the veining. The only
total blue ones I have seen are small cabochons.

Are there large beads with no veining. I am not knowledgeable about
turquoise.
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone

Thanks for all the info.
I cannot help wondering if she has got something that has been dyed
turquoise. I cannot really seeing her spending
mega bucks on jewellery. I will try and have a closer look at it
Shirley




In article 1067047256.550368@prawn, Christina Peterson
writes
There is a mine that produces Sleeping Beauty turquoise, which is
electrically treated and solid blue. Spendy too. Two drop shapes are
8x13mm are $50. A 20" strand of natural shaped nuggets 8mm is $60.

Tina


"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
...
One of my ex work colleagues as asked me if I can make her some earrings
to go with a bracelet and necklace she bought whilst on holiday.

It is supposedly turquoise and silver. Since she was wearing it I did
not get chance to handle it.

It has large turquoise beads of about 5/8ths in length.

The thing that struck me is that none of the beads had any veining in
them. All the turquoise beads I have , have got the veining. The only
total blue ones I have seen are small cabochons.

Are there large beads with no veining. I am not knowledgeable about
turquoise.
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone




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Shirley Shone