@Mel42 Very nice green turquoise squash blossom necklace. Is this a photo from the vendor? Do you have a photo where we can see all the stones straight on? This is only my 2 cents worth: possibly green Royston or turquoise that I’ve heard referred to in general as Nevada Green.
I had read your post about an hour ago but had no idea about the stones, and went back to trying to figure out if some stones i have might be Bisbee or Pilot Mountain. While doing so i saw the stone pictured below on the Durango Silver website.
They showed it (and 2 other ones) in order to “see a variety of matrix patterns and color ranges that the Pilot Mines produce.” It made me think of your squash blossom, so i thought i’d share it
These are my photos. The vendor is local, so he didn’t provide me with photos. I attached another one, I hope it’s a bit better. The stones have a super busy look. Mainly moss green with some forest green, beige matrices, and a couple of the stones have a bit of blue on them.
Thank you for helping me with the identification. I have seen some websites that show pieces with similar stones. Is Durango a reliable source for stone info?
imho they belong to the top most reliable in the business,
(i don’t know them and haven’t dealt with them, but they always seem spot on to me. Plus fwiw they apparently mined the stone i posted themselves at Pilot Mt.)
Awesome! Always good to know. We have sold inventory to a few online retailers, but Durango isn’t one of them.
Thanks for posting an additional photo of the necklace. I’m partial to green turquoise so I really like these stones. Unfortunately, without provenance, it’s pretty much a guess as to the type of turquoise. I’m sticking with my 2 guesses but, I could be completely wrong.
Once again, you’re not going to know what this is, and we here all may disagree, so it is just an educated guessing game. I could probably find you pictures from several different turquoise mines that all look similar to yours - Pilot Mountain, Royston, King’s Manassa, even some older Cerrillos. So not even necessarily Nevada turquoise.
Yes I believe Durango Silver company is one of the excellent websites out there for learning. But… you still can’t go exactly by pictures, because there’s so much variation in each mine.
I absolutely understand that everyone here is providing educated guesses, and I stated so when I asked the question. Often buyers ask us to guess the mine, even knowing that we cannot prove or guarantee the info is accurate. So this is how I use any information I gather about the stones- for educated guesses when the buyers request one. I have no idea why people want us to guess, but it happens all the time. And yes, we have purchased directly from people representing the mines, and were actually pretty surprised at how different stones from the same mine can be. The Kingman mine is the worse for me, as far as identification goes, but again, I am still learning, and this is why I joined this site.
I like green stones too. I have a green turq bracelet in the inventory that I like, and my boss has received no offers on it, so I may try to sell it on my website. It was purchased directly from the artisan by a friend of my boss. She said the artisan told her that it’s Royston and that the retail value in AZ and NM at the time was $1200. I have no idea if it’s true, but here’s a pic of it. It’s by Elouise Kee.
