Good evening!
I bought this really chunky old row bracelet a while ago, and I’m wondering what kind of turquoise it is? Also I can’t find a comparable one this size, it’s 73 grams! I thought it might fit me but it doesn’t so I’m putting it in a pile of things I’m sending to Garland’s for trade towards a Victor Coochwytewa collar 
Just wondering if the turquoise is identifiable.
Thanks!
Really cool cuff! Without provenance it is only guesswork as to where your turquoise originated. I personally wouldn’t even want to hazard a guess on your stones, especially since they appear to possibly have had some color change from being handled over the years
Garland’s often has pieces on their site with unidentified turquoise so I don’t think will be an issue for them.
Wow!! Thank you so much, yes that’s exactly it!
It may look like it, but no one can say it’s exactly that turquoise unless you have good provenance. If your stones have had color change over the years they may have never been that green to start with.
It’s a really nice bracelet, I love the heft of it. But I’m here to echo Zia that we can’t ID the mine for certain, but only make educated guesses. In fact, I feel reasonably confident that it’s not Carico Lake, though I could be wrong. As Zia said, your cuff looks to be natural turquoise and have had some color change over time (from absorbing skin oils, soaps, lotions, etc). Turquoise that changes color often gets this “greasy green” appearance (considered a good thing!), but that’s different than turquoise from mines that often come out if the ground looking green, of which Carico Lake is one.
I’m sure Garlands would love to have this bracelet, and will have no problem selling it. A stone ID is not necessary, and it’s better to say nothing than to hazard a guess. Most vintage jewelry sold by reputable sellers such as Garlands does not have a specific mine in the listing.
Age I think is sometime 50’s-70’s. A Victor Coochwytewa collar necklace sounds really incredible and worth trading up for!
One of the difficulties in identifying the likely origin of the turquoise is that it looks like it’s been treated with oil immersion, which does darken the stone, especially in the more porous areas, but leaves blotchy lighter areas in places where the stone is denser and less porous exactly as you see them in the examples of the stones set in your bracelet. This is typically NOT from natural exposure or skin oils, but from deliberate immersion in something like warmed baby oil to attempt to deepen color. This could have been done before or even after the stones were set. If you plan on reselling this bracelet, it would be incorrect to characterize these stones as “natural”.
Thanks everybody for your help! I was thinking the same about the color change. And agreed, I don’t think Garland’s will mind 
If it fit me, they wouldn’t be getting it! 
