I saw this ring in a lot at shop goodwill.com. Any ideas on what type of turquoise it might be? I wonder if this is a situation where the stone might be better than the setting it’s in …
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Which ring are you referring to? Do any have hallmarks (including pictographs)? The light blue I really don’t see anything that would indicate a specific mine. The spiderwebbed one looks like Chinese Hubei turquoise to me. Let me repeat that without provenance identification is an educated guess at best. Nice rings.
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Agree with Islandmomma. I also wonder if it could be, wait for it…spider web Kingman?
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@Emily Ring in the lower right corner - this is only a guess ~ it looks like Egyptian Desert Web turquoise to me. It’s a beautiful turquoise cab.
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That’s a possibility. Shop good will pictures are not usually the best quality so maybe @Emily will post some better ones when the ring arrives. I am posting several for comparison. The ring and pendant were identified by the artists and the cuff was the consensus of several well versed turquoise people. Mine all seem to have a reddish brown matrix.
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@Islandmomma Absolutely gorgeous turquoise in your photos. As a bona fide “ring person”, I’m seriously admiring your turquoise ring 
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Yes I was referring to the webbed one. It seems like the setting is rather non descript, but the stone seems pretty attractive.
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I’m not sure I’m going to bid on it. I’ve been pretty disappointed with shop goodwill lately.
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That one is by Calvin Martinez with his usual ingot. It’s definitely a finger full. Thank you 
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I agree with you. I used to get some good deals on Shopgoodwill but now that they have been “discovered” people spend ridiculous amounts on things. I have actually seen comparable items for sale at better prices.
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@Emily and @Islandmomma - agreed, I watch more than I bid to see how pieces go, some final prices are astonishing, some surprising they didn’t sell higher, so it’s an interesting game to watch.
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