@nanc9354 yes, I gave it to myself for Christmas. It was so unique and modern, and I love it. It’s about 20” overall length, Sonoran gold, and made by Tom Lewis.
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I had the exact same thought. The green was the first thing I noticed which made me think Royston, but after taking a better look at the black matrix my mind went to Chinese.
Pretty collection @BlytheEcho
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@Ziacat so I emailed Andy Marion. He said it’s Kingman turquoise. 
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That’s wild! I would have not guessed that, except Kingman is the most common turquoise out there. That’s why I always tell people on here we are just doing educated guessing 
I’m glad you were able to get hold of him to find out what it is. Thanks for letting us know!
I call Kingman the great imitator, so there ya go!
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@Ziacat today I met a lovely and very knowledgeable gentleman that spent a few hours explaining turquoise and Concho belts We spent A LOT of time on turquoise. I showed him a photo of the dragonfly cuff and he immediately said it was Chinese turquoise and then explained why. He said A.Marion had to be confused or bought it in a lot that was supposed to be Kingman, but it was for sure Chinese. I just laughed and said thank you. So I think you were probably right.
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Thought I’d share this pair of earrings, which I purchased in ‘20 or ‘21, on my first trip to Tubac, AZ. (I completely missed Old Presidio Traders that time 
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These earrings were so unique that I had to have them. The gallery owner told me what the colored stones are, but I can’t remember now, so I emailed Aldrich Studio to see if they could identify them for me. I know opals and the orange is spiny, but now I’m curious if the purple is sugilite. They’re about 1”x1”
EDIT: email confirmed sugilite, red coral, and orange spiny.
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Great start—-no you don’t have too much. 
The earrings that you mentioned have a wonderful look. I agree with @Ziacat that the turquoise in that one piece looks like Chinese. You have some nice pieces.
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@Islandmomma Thank you so much! Well, i have no one to monitor my spending, so i buy what i want, when I want
Yes, I have determined that Mr. Marion had to be mistaken and that is Chinese turquoise in the dragonfly cuff. I love it, no matter what.
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It’s a beautiful cuff with beautiful turquoise. I was trying to look back to see what you said the other stones in that cuff are; are they spiny? I love the long vertical stripes in the big middle one.
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@Ziacat, yes, they are spiny. That middle one with the stripes is just shy of 1.25” long.
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is there such thing as too much jewelry?
Nope 
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