Types of Turquoise

[fernwood]

Sharing this reference I found.
A little history on various turquoise mines and specimen photos.

The Turquoise Mines | Sunwest Silver

[StevesTrail]

Thanks @fernwood . Helped to ID my “likely” Blue Moon turquoise pendant.

[Ziacat]

I’ve tried to look at this site in the past, and it won’t let me open it. It wants me to put in my email address, and I’m always hesitant to do that for fear I will be bombarded with emails. Did either of you have that trouble?

[StevesTrail]

Not yet @Ziacat . I did get a spam last night from #docuscan at irs dot gov”. Have no idea how they get an email. I think it’s when a false ad in FB marketplace or Craigslist is opened.

[Ziacat]

Thanks, I’ll prob give it try later.

I swear my phone literally listens to me talk…

[fernwood]

No problems. I did get a pop up to sign up for a mailing list, but I just closed it.

[Stracci]

Thanks @fernwood
That’s was a good source. I didn’t have any problems reading it, and it didn’t ask for email.
It just made me want to buy more stones!

[StevesTrail]

You are not imagining it @Ziacat . We have tracked our phone conversations with key words and like magic we get ads for key word items. Some say the phones can even listen when not being used. I think it was the Israelis that came up with the program first. The wonders of technology.

[fernwood]

I am using a laptop with enhanced security features. Maybe that makes a difference.

[Ziacat]

Okay this is really weird. I have tried to get into that site many times, and the pop-up email wouldn’t close out for me, granted this is all on my phone (and sometimes my tablet, I don’t have the site on my laptop because it’s very slow right now). I decided I’d try it again quickly, and now there’s no email pop up. My phone knew I was getting mad at it?

Anyway, it looks like a really interesting site and when I have time later today I’m going to look at it more closely. There’s some turquoise on there I had never heard of, or at least hadn’t seen very much. Thanks for the link!

[chamekke]

Hi @Ziacat, you could try reading it through the website 12 ft (known as 12 Foot Ladder). This website strips away pop-ups, ads and banners and lets you read a webpage without a lot of the clutter and advertising distracdtions.

1. Go to the 12 ft webpage at https://12ft.io/
2. Paste the link https://sunwesthandmade.com/turquoise into the field
3. Click ‘Clean Webpage’

You’ll have to scroll down a bit (it transforms the navigation bar at the top so that it takes up a lot of space), but it gives you the page without pop-ups. At least, it worked for me.

[vita77]

Thank You! Very valuable and important post​:pray:

[Bmpdvm]

I got a pop up when I initially, but selected the “close” option. Then the site was fine😊. I don’t think it asked for my email…just to allow cookies. In my experience most site work fine without allowing their cookies.

[Ziacat]

Watching reruns of Person of Interest. Ahead of it’s time.