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| INTRODUCTION BY A Journey’s Lessons In Tigray, Ethiopia, civilians have become the target of conflict...was a big tip! You’d meet different people, and I got an appreciation of what illness was—you knew they...illness and medicine. And helping out in the store, I got a better perspective of the family unit because we...medical school, and it was just by happenstance that I got picked to work on the construction of the Samuel...“Oh, I’m just looking around here.” He says, “You got concrete all over your boots. Why don’t you just |
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| Indigenous peoples mined more than quartz and turquoise. By Steve Voynick Its chemistry was confirmed...poked and pawed and shoved things about, but never got deep into the box. They laughed at what he had collected...inexperience, and sent him on his way. Guess who got the last laugh? All the dealers and collectors who...of the United States. Jackson’s interest in the region began in 1818, when he negotiated the federal acquisition...become popular on a national level, and Clement got in on the ground floor. He established sales and |
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| Setting Up Shop by William A. Kappele Along the Turquoise Trail ..........................................the earth. The state semiprecious gemstone is turquoise, a copper mineral with a pleasing blue color and...where Native Americans have crafted silver-and-turquoise jewelry for centuries. The state precious gemstone...the results are stunning. —Jim Brace-Thompson Turquoise 16 www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem Crystal Habits...CA 92691 or quappelle@cox.net. 29 Along the TURQUOISE TRAIL A Drive through New Mexico’s Mining History |
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| Thunderbolts PARADISE ’Burtis Blue’ A New Strike of Turquoise in Colorado Ancient Greece Fossils, Minerals...minerals by Bob Jones Colorado’s Burtis Blue Turquoise ........... 18 a new strike at cripple creek by...17 9/29/14 4:04 PM COLORADO’S BURTIS BLUE TURQUOISE A New Strike at Cripple Creek Story and Photos...time with a spectacular pocket of gem-quality turquoise at the tiny Florence mine. When I visited the...18 These 2-inch pieces of tumbled Burtis Blue Turquoise are classified as “tricolor” stones because each |
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| nn (Turquoise &the ian Books, wrtant au- Indian Edna Mae Bennett References to turquoise and many... gem has treatment of the fifty years! of turquoise in the culture of the Southwestern Indians, ...a satisfying treatment of the entire matter. Turquoise fulfills that need admirably search, in popular...subject only the admiration she shares with so for turquoise and its re- and in illustration. not many...provide a full view of this subject. us where turquoise is was mined in earlier days; methods of the lapidary; |
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| feel samples of: onyx, calcite, emerald, sulfur, turquoise, garnet, kyanite, diamond, pearl, amethyst, ruby...Roman soldier named Obsius discovered a stone in Ethiopia that closely resembled obsidianus, which was a...thought. Deciding to discover where other gemstones got their names, I found the below interesting facts...know what French word means “Turkish stone?” Turquoise! It got its name because of the route that it took |
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| Peggy Haupt’s Palm Tree Pendant Sterling silver, turquoise è “ROSE ON RED,” p.66 PHOTO: JIM LAWSON Arlene...material like unusually colored jade or botryoidal turquoise. “The hardest part of doing that show for us is...beyond human control, so I just recently/finally got my hands on them. These are simply stunning. When...fretzdesign.com Speaking of Fretz Design, I just got my hot big hands on another set of insert hammers...Kir Collection Knuckle Ring Sterling silver, turquoise PHOTO: COURTESY JEWELERS OF AMERICA Classic Blue |
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| would buy them from him. So he went down to the region of Mt. Taylor, and there he watched this Mexican...mountain lion and buffalo hides. Sometimes we got beaded buckskin shirts and trousers. Those Utes wore...because I got some of it from a Ute one time, and I tried to melt it up, but no matter how hot I got my charcoal...silver money [c. 1890]. From that time on Mr. Hubbell got Mexican silver for us to work. It was softer than...Arizona, to Ganado to teach the Navajo in that region how to make silver more than forty years ago |
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| his prospecting in a jeep. However, the committee got a burro for him and induced him to enter the sweepstakes...CALENDAR January events on the desert PERSONALITY Turquoise Miner in Nevada 1953 2 3 By NELL MURBARGER...California ANUARY, . Hand inspecting mine run of turquoise stored in barrels at the Blue Gem mine. Reese...Reese River Valley in the background. Turquoise Miner in Nevada . . . Like the yellow gleam of gold nuggets...riffles of a sluice box, there is a fascination to turquoise which quickly lays hold on the miner who digs |
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| Joshua Trees Were Named By DENNIS H. STOVALL Turquoise on the Mojave By JOHN W. HILTON "I Caught a Trout...the Caves, where in later years Indians of the region liked to lie in wait for unlucky teamsters or stray...of a desert evening when the sky changes from turquoise to gold—the Joshuas always are alluring, mysterious...MAGAZINE Prehistoric Indians were working the turquoise deposits in the desert Southwest long before the...where collectors may obtain fair specimens of turquoise gem rock today. Turquose on the Mojave By JOHN |
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| Spessartite 238 Tanzanite 244 Tsavorite 250 Turquoise 258 Chapter 3: Gemstone Jewellery 261 Jewellery...Tourmaline or Padparadscha Sapphire, then you've got a gemstone superstar. In‘general, Peridot is a...fallen by the wayside. Each time she got an ‘expert opinion’, she got more confused. | brought her back...Aquamarine, Ceylon Sapphire, Paraiba Tourmaline and Turquoise. Don't believe me? Just look at the popularity...Amblygonite, Azurmalachite, Blue Opal, Sodalite Turquoise Colourless/White Gems Danburite Diamond Goshenite |
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| Legacy MINERAL HISTORY Traveling New Mexico’s Turquoise Trail ROCK & GEM KIDS Articles and Puzzles ...Scovil photo/ The Arkenstone specimen) Along the Turquoise Trail......................... 38 A drive through... This remained his primary career even after he got involved in digging and selling minerals. He ended...developed a good relationship with her. When she got something good in stock, she’d call me in Scottsdale...consisted of 75 dynamite boxes full of material, and he got more after that. I’m sure you are curious about the |
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| Answering the Questions (Part I) 20 “FINGERPRINTING” TURQUOISE of Provenance By Jim Brace-Thompson By Steve...mine foreman and guards at the Welo opal mines in Ethiopia. Very long hike down to an overlook of the mines...Club and the Mineralogical Society of Arizona, I got to know Jerry very well. He was a meticulous lapidary...He would speak of any part of his work, where he got his ideas, and how he selected his quartz. The only...many mushrooms he made for friends. Jerry’s work got so well known in the southwest that he was a mainstay |
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| for crevicing and sampling 52 WHERE TO FIND TURQUOISE IN AUSTRALIA Ivan Mumme explains 54 GULGONG...the Disc Scale. Unfortunately this meant that I got 'good' signals for all the aluminium screw caps....Ground was fairly bare I spoke to the groundsman and got the 'okay' to take to the area with a rake. The ground...vying for a slice of my wallet, I consider that I got out of there relatively unscathed. But then, still...Thursday through to Monday, more than 500 people 'got down and dirty' chasing the many gemstones on offer |
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| H. Pough 282 Your birthstone may be either turquoise or lapis lazuli The Rise of the Dimosaurs......Artemia, which you'll find in the Great Salt Lake region. For Artemia represents life in its toughest form...History Savages the world over have prized the turquoise, while its fame for beauty and magic resound through...DECEMBER, I94I reay er ap (Above) A VEIN of turquoise cuts through the matrix rock. From Los Cerrillos...Mines in New Mexico — the dawn of civilization, turquoise has played an important role in the lives of primitive |
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| bola ties, women wore squaw dresses to show off turquoise and silver necklaces. The first new friends we...among hedges against a high percentage of loss turquoise and silver Indian jewelry offered one of the best...fashion . Almost overnight , the heavy, silver and turquoise jewelry of the Southwest tribes .. . has become...in 100 years before. In those two short years turquoise treaters became millionaires, and enough machine-made...but the basic esthetic appeal of gold , silver, turquoise, and coral are there awaiting the patina of time |
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| early horses evolve? What do hippopotamuses and a region of your brain have in common? And was the Trojan...questions and trying, and trying again, until we’ve got a vaccine that will slow this beast. EDITORIAL GEMMA...wasn’t until I saw the map and the photographs that I got a real appreciation for the magnitude of the problem...grew into an organoid. The fact that they actually got one that had these really clear, discernible structures...with sleep apnea lost pounds, their tongues also got smaller. And, of all the changes that occurred as |
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| Bob Jones Field Trip Little Hatch et Mountains Turquoise 20 Run to the border for a wealth of collecting...VISIT US ON THE INTERNET An up-and-coming jeweler got her start at Quartzsite; by Lynn Varon Project: ...Show and found some beautiful blue-green Chinese turquoise cabs. The stones were squares roughly ¾ inch on...- YAG - Quartz OPAL · SPECTROLITE - LAPIS · TURQUOISE ROUGH CHRYSOPRASE 771 Boston Post Rd East, # 180...topazes were fairly common from this stark mountain region at one time. Certainly the most commonly seen gem |
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| ......................................... 17 Turquoise ................................................ D I Turquoise by Luke Hudgins, age 7 via SCFMS Newsletter 11–12/2014 think that turquoise is special...vanishing in localities that have been serving turquoise for thousands of years. The places in the United...oxidizes (which is reacting with oxygen in the air). Turquoise is special because it’s rare. It oxidizes from...can be valuable, but you can enjoy it raw, too. Turquoise is amazing. 17 THE BACKBENDER'S GAZETTE M |
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| No. 3 / 2022 Emerald from Chitral, Pakistan Turquoise from Xinjiang, China Emerald Jewels from St Peter’s...Botcharnikov 254 Gemmological Characteristics of Turquoise from Hami, Xinjiang, China By Yanhan Wu, Quanli... 216 Gem Notes 234 Emerald from the Chitral Region, Pakistan: A New Deposit Emerald with BertranditePhlogopite...cinnabar inclusions have been documented in opal from Ethiopia. Their dendritic habit suggests relatively fast...expansive region over which those deposits occur. Figure 4: This 15.8 ct opal from Ethiopia was examined |
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| Containing the Demons, Controlling the Winds 178 Turquoise: The Balancing Stone 183 Zircon: The Renegade...and United States. In Germany, the Idar-Oberstein region was once famous for good quality agate, often formed...Indeed, many writers assert the Celtic god Ambres got his name from this apparently magical substance....of relative peace and prosperity reigned in the region. 16 Gemlore Amber has always been precious...children. (Goiter was especially common in this region due to iodine deficiencies in the water, and amber |
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| Meaning of Gran Quivira 28 6 Indian Treasure 32 7 Turquoise Has Played a Part 36 8 Quest for the Blue Mountains...way back in 1540, had been the first to enter the region hoping to strike it rich. But he failed, as did...Ascending to the high country of Colorado, within the region now called the Four Corners, they went to pros¬...career. In Santa Fe, sometime early in 1798, he got together a large herd of cattle and several wagons...hoped, would wait for him. Back in the capital, he got a rude shock. Governor Chacon, with the failure of |
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| Mammillaria dioica By GEORGE OLIN 19 They Learned About Turquoise By BETTY WOODS 20 Desert Quiz—a test of your decert...and There on the Desert 33 Briefs from the Desert region 37 El Morro By CRISTEL HASTINGS 38 Prize announcement...Instant flight became necessary. The women quickly got together what few belongings they could carry on...finding our way and moving the herd. By then we had got away from the soldiers but were in the Ute country...my family died I buried with them much silver, turquoise and blankets, as is our custom. Now all I have |
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| very elegant setting. Opening remarks by Lavinsky got the day off on a high note. The day-long series of...very risky journey “Into the Wild” of the Congo region of Africa, where bribery and armed road officials...species from the amazing copper deposits of this region have reached the mineral market thanks to the nerve...there would be not need for an remember where I got the stuff, but I remember that I cut it to shape...Kingston, Ontario, who put me onto faceting. Brad got me interested in faceting, but did not teach me. |
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| vivianites because he lived in a sufficiently dry region (or a sufficiently humid one), or at a high Rocky...2m Edition (Continues on page 2) Cerrillos Turquoise - Past and Present Vivien Gornitz vgornitz@giss...the Cerrillos district is best known for its turquoise. Cerrillos was long presumed to be the main source...source of the large quantities of turquoise found at Chaco Canyon, a major Anasazi site, located approximately...Santa Fe in northwestern New Mexico. Much of this turquoise may have been transported south, deep into Mexico |
