Ehhhh think these might be fake turquoises

[AC]

Hi @Chaparral, I believe it is just super heavy stabilizing solution on real turquoise. There is a post about it here some where, let me find it.

Stabilized Turquoise?

I think you have all the information you could ask for now! Lol. I’ll put my two cents in. I feel like I learned a lot about stabilization while on my trip to Arizona. I noticed that a lot of the turquoise I found in the ground was soft enough to break in my hand if I applied enough pressure, and some just crumbled to dust just by picking it up. I was told that what makes some big name turquoise so expensive and desirable, is not just aways the colors and amazing patterns, It’s the hardness and…