I’m a little confused by the looks of it.. Apologies for the lack of background information. Every bit of help will be greatly appreciated.
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Thousand thanks for the reply, dear Steve… it does look like #8 indeed, i thought it was strange the stone was listed as ‘kingman’ then again my experience is very limited
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you can always search here https://www.kingmanturquoise.com/ and look for a possible match.
that light tan matrix kept pointing to #8 as more likely
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Even if she turns out to be actual kingman, I would REALLY love to add this beauty to my collection.
Thank you Steve 
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Just happened to get my hands on this little guy not so long ago, Japan is a mine for the truly dedicated 
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The turquoise is treated. What you’re looking at is not the natural color but a deepened, enhanced hue derived from super saturating the stone with a polymer resin. It’s also possible that a colorant was added to the resin. Looking at examples from the link @Steve posted, this stone could well be treated Kingman as the color profile for example treated Kingman stones is very close to an exact match (see color option #4 under rectangular cabs).
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Thank you mmrogers and Steve, this is extremely helpful. This place is a topnotch mine of knowledge (pun intended).
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