Egyptian?

Hello dear friends,

I told you I’m in contact with a real concho belt expert to better understand my concho belt.

Yes, it’s Don Richards, who wrote this book:

He’s asked me via email, well, actually us, for kind support.

Here are his attached photos:




I feel it’s a huge honor to support Don, I’m happy to forward his request to you experts here.

I will send him the link to this discussion, so he can follow.

Thanks a lot from my side.

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Nice! I can’t tell if real turquoise or not, but what strikes me is how uniform the color is on them. Perhaps enhanced turquoise?

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I wondered if they are dyed. Can’t tell from the pics if it’s actual turquoise.

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None of these have that very uniform color …

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He’d really need to have this tested. If this is Turquoise at all, it’s been so heavily treated and dyed it’s impossible to see the natural color texture and other identifying characteristics of the stone. To be safe I wouldn’t characterize it as “turquoise” until i were sure.

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Looks quite different.


(Tucson Gem Show 2023)

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