Native American Jewelry Turquoise
...The Value of Turquoise
Native American jewelry turquoise...want to know what to look for when buying and what makes a stone valuable?
Visit Turquoise Buffalo Gallery. They have an excellent page all about Native American jewelry turquoise. There are also pictures of various types, demonstrating at least three grades of quality, with the $/carat listed.
Excerpt from their "Value of Turquoise" Page...
"...The information presented here will help you learn what makes a piece of turquoise from a particular mine more valuable than another stone from that same mine. Much has been written about the value of turquoise from various mines with the assumption that all the stones from each mine are of equal value..."
Info snippet: Did you know... the color of the turquoise has nothing to do with the quality???
The information on Turquoise Buffalo Gallery page will help you "learn what makes a piece of turquoise from a particular mine more valuable than another stone from the same mine." It also discusses "things that determine the value of turquoise (such) as hardness, rarity of the stone and "zat". (Making you curious?) And, finally, it discusses the differences between natural and treated turquoise.
Navajo:
Turquoise talismans bring good fortune and insure the favor of the gods. They are potent in affairs of the heart; protects the wearer against contagious diseases; emblem of the medicine man's powers.Hopi:
Turquoise brings good luck in the hunt; thrown into the river with a prayer to the rain god, it's supposed to induce rain; found at the end of a rainbow; turquoise is said to have stolen its color from the sky. Apache:
A small turquoise bead attached to a gun or bow makes the weapon shoot accurately.
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