Today, individuals wear Turquoise more then ever, in fact, Turquoise is one of the top ten gemstones sold worldwide. Having said this most of the Turquoise on the market today is not Natural Turquoise. This is an unfortunate but necessary situation due to the supply and demand for Turquoise Jewelry. Most manufacturers and jewelers making low end Turquoise jewelry are using stabilized Turquoise at best, and a lot of them are using re-constituted or Fake Turquoise. It is even getting hard to find Real Turquoise, whether natural or treated, thus making Natural Turquoise Jewelry ultra rare.

There is only one real meaning of "Natural Turquoise Jewelry", which is jewelry that features natural Turquoise that has not been tampered with in anyway, i.e., no dyes have been added, no epoxy has been added for stabilization, etc. Natural Turquoise Jewelry cannot be easily found in the marketplace today, especially Gem Turquoise Jewelry. The purist who seeks it is advised to buy direct from the mine or from a knowledgeable business which specializes in Natural Turquoise Jewelry. It has been claimed that as little as 2-10 percent of Turquoise that is mined is of sufficient hardness and quality to be used in jewelry without stabilization. Natural Turquoise Jewelry is rare, indeed, much more rare then Diamonds even!

Turquoise is an important gemstone in the United States as it is a historic American heritage. The Native American Indians of the Southwestern United States discovered Natural Turquoise around 200 B.C., it has been a major part of their attire and spiritual beliefs since. They have worshipped Natural Turquoiseand made an industry from this gemstone by creating many types of wearable arts with it in the form of Natural Turquoise Jewelry, Natural Turquoise Beads and many other handcrafted art forms.Natural Turquoise Jewelry has become a part of the American lifestyle, and Turquoise, whether natural or not, is now worn by a large percentage of Americans and is collected by individuals worldwide.

Durango Silver Company has been leaders in the Natural Turquoise Jewelry field for decades. They began collecting, mining and cutting Natural Turquoise in the 1970's and have played a prolific roll in maintaining the integrity and awareness of the importance of quality control of American Natural Turquoise Jewelry. Like many other gemstones, man has found ways to alter inferior materials to supply the great demand for this material. Their are many individuals worldwide that seek Natural Turquoise Jewelryfor its spiritual and medicinal values as well as well as the beauty of the High Quality Turquoise in its natural state.

Ancient Turquoise History - We have created a great informational page on Ancient Turquoise History

American Turquoise - American Turquoise is considered the best Natural Turquoise to use in Jewelrry world wide by many Turquoise collectors. We invite you to view our presentation on American Turquoise

Turquoise Videos - For those of you who enjoy watching videos, we invite you to view our Turquoise Videos

Turquoise Treatments and Grades - This page has some good information on Quality Turquoise And Natural Turquoise Grades, it is an important page if you are interested in real Natural Turquoise Jewelry, quality Turquoise Jewelry and real Turquoise Jewelry.

Quality Turquoise - After you read the Turquoise Treatment and Natural Turquoise Grades page, you will appreciate the Quality Turquoise Presentation page.

Fake and Cheap Turquoise - This is a presentation on Fake Turquoise, fake Turquoise Jewelry is becoming more and more of a problem these days as the availability of authentic Natural Turquoise Jewelry is scarce. This page gives you some good information about and how to detect fake Turquoise.

Natural Turquoise Jewelry Beads

Natural Turquoise Beads have been important have been important to many cultures for over 7,500 years, see below. The Egyptians, Tibetans and the Native American Indians have used Natural Turquoise Beads for Spiritual, Metaphysical and ornamental purposes as well as for their healing powers. Turquoise beads have been high fashion for thousands of years and will continue to be a staple in human adornment for thousands of years to come.

Natural Turquoise Beads are becoming almost impossible to find these days. It is important that you are very educated or buying from a very educated and reputible dealer when looking for these beads. The links below may help you some.

Learn more about Natural Turquoise Jewelry Beads: Natural Turquoise Beads | Browse for Natural Turquoise Bead Jewelry | Watch a Turquoise Bead Video

We hope you have enjoyed our presentation on Natural Turquoise Jewelry and have gained some useful knowledge from it.