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The history of Turquoise is quite remarkable and an interesting fact of global history. Turquoise was first discovered in Egypt about 6000 B.C., it was coveted by spiritual leaders, healers and the leaders of the first great organized government of mankind. Nomadic Traders took Turquoise to distant lands to introduce and trade it to other [...]
Striking and mod, Tibetan Turquoise barrel and heishi bead necklace by Nattarika Hartman. This rare necklace is made of graduated, stabilized, blue and red matrix Tibetan Turquoise heishi and barrel beads. These beads have not been dyed, this is the natural color. The Turquoise these beads were made from resembles highgrade Bisbee Turquoise. This is [...]
White TurquoiseThis is a stone of many discussions.Dillon Hartman has just finished a White Turquoise Video that we think you will like and invite you to view it now.Dillon explains what white Turquoise is and what it is not. He shows you good examples of White Buffalo Turquoise and informs you of the difference between [...]
Durango Silver Company specializes in Turquoise Necklaces Silver with quality American Turquoise and quality Silver Craftsmanship. Handmade designer Turquoise Necklaces in Silver are, without a doubt, above and beyond the typical production Turquoise Jewelry found elsewhere. Durango Silver Company takes great pride in every individual piece of Jewelry we produce, we invite you to look [...]
Durango Silver Company has just created a new website called Turquoise News which is located at TurquoiseNews.com. This will become a great site for important Turquoise Information, videos and more for the public to educate themselves on this wonderful and historic gemstone.We have several websites that are focused on specific subjects such as RoytstonTurquoise.com, BisbeeTurquoise.com, [...]
Durango Silver Company finds new markets worldwideDurnago Silver Company has been working in the global marketplace since the 1990's when John Hartman landed a contract with Marsay Company of Tokyo. Ultimately John retooled his company to produce 23,000 pieces of American Turquoise Jewelry items to applied onto Sterling Silver Zippo lighter cases. It was [...]
How do people find Turquoise in the desert?Many years ago the Spaniards came up from the south in search of gold. They brought trade items with them and they knew what the native peoples liked. They also brough samples of gold to show the natives what they would trade for. The natives would go out [...]
Turquoise is the #1 specialty of Durango Silver Company, we have been in the this business for over 40 years and we are the leading authorities of American Turquoise in the United States. We have been collecting, mining and cutting Turquoise since the 1960's and have several of our own mines in Nevada. In [...]
We have just created a great new page on Turquoise Properties. This page gives you a lot of great information regarding the physical properties of Turquoise and a lot of good interesting information for your education on Turquoise.Turquoise is one of the very first gemstones found by mankind over 7,500 years ago. It was found [...]
Turquoise has been one of the most desirable and popular gemstones since the times of the Egyptian pharaohs and Anasazi Indians. Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)84H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a [...]