I just bought myself some Christmas presents…….can anyone decode the markings on the back? I have had one person give a good guess about it but wondering if anyone else has some other ideas. Might be Anglo made?
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They are beautiful 
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They are beautiful! Totally the style that I love.
Could that possibly say blue gem, and then something after it?
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Thanks for the verification. The other person said blue gem turquoise with a spider like marking and 76 at the bottom.
When I first looked at it, I saw faint spaghetti.
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Hahaha, I didn’t see spaghetti but now I do!
Yes, looks like blue gem then a few initials, and looks kinda like a spider with 76 after it.
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that was me. 
still looks like “blue gem turq” and 76 at the bottom, with some spidery looking thing in between.
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Love that blueish green color, very beautiful rings.
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@JW great rings. Love these tests on marks. So is the consensus was that the turquoise is “blue gem” turquoise? And the pictograph is the spidery mark.
There are a few older post on here to read about this Nevada turquoise. Off to review those to learn.
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i think we were deciphering the engraving on the back, not the origin of the stone. not everything engraved on things is accurate… 
it might be correct - who knows.
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Update. I was not sure bout the ring on the left due to the type of silver dots surrounding it. A Native artist on another site confirmed this was a technique used in the 1970s.
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I really like them, not only the turquoise, but also the settings. I love that soft sheen of the silver.
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So I posted this thread a while back. I just got another ring in that I think is the same artist. Similar style, marked from 1970s, double strand for ring etc. I can see that the engraved name says Joe but not sure if the last name is Wells, Kelly or something else. Any insights? Sorry the back image isn’t any better.
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OMGosh! I love your ring (and the other 2 you started this thread with)!
It does look like Joe Wells 74 to me.
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Now next question……there was evidently a band of people (not Native, Anglo) that made jewelry in Pagosa Springs in the 1970s. Someone said he thought this might be where these rings are from. ???
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The ring on the left has the most beautiful color.