G’Mornin! Water web turquoise has been previously discussed, but I found this video by Mike Ryan interesting. I know most of you get his blogs, but some are better than others! Shall we add examples of waterweb turquoise, and if known, include whether it is stabilized or natural.
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Always learning something new - I have a pair of slab earrings that look just like the cab he’s pointing to - I assume they are water web Kingman, but again, without provenance…
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Nice one, i really love water web. Here are my faves:
2 large ones on the bottom are stabilized Turquoise Mountain, top left is stabilized Morenci (i was pleasantly surprised by its waterweb and now the video from your link made me extra happy :)) top right is natural unknown (Neyshabur?)
another pic:
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Yes! Good for you; you’re Morenci waterweb cab is gorgeous! I also have a waterweb cab that was sold to me as Morenci; it has a small mount of pyrite:
This is an older ring that I love, I’m thinking it’s Kingman, but could it be waterweb?
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The Morenci and the unknown cabs are beautiful; the water webbing is very pronounced.
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You have such a nice collection of water web turquoise cabs. Especially that marvelous water web Morenci
. Thanks for sharing them.
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Howdy,
Cool topic. I’ll share one of my Perry Shorty bracelets with a great stone. I originally suspected it was #8 but then after visiting the Turquoise Museum last fall I now think my stone most closely matches their examples of WW Kingman. If anyone has thoughts, chime in. I mean to write Perry to ask but haven’t gotten to it. Pics in sunlight:
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@chicfarmer Oh, my. That is one fine cuff. The silverwork is just fabulous. It sure looks like a water web turquoise to me.
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Here are the pieces of waterweb that I have.
The one farthest left is Bisbee, and the other three are Kingman.
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Your Morenci cab is awesome too! There is something about Morenci blue that i’ve fallen for, it’s such a strong & vivid color. The supposed Kingman is very very nice as well. I’d say it’s waterweb, or at least partially, like the area in the middle.
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Thank you @Ziacat ! They are some of my most favorite turquoise
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Thank you @Patina ! And it’s a pleasure sharing them (:
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@Stracci Gorgeous examples! You just want to dive into the pools of these stones.
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Oh yes @chicfarmer, I remember when you first shared this gorgeous Perry Shorty piece! How ever I don’t remember thinking waterweb! Yours, in my opinion, is exceptional; the lovely blue morphing into the greenish webbing. With waterweb, I think is difficult to delineate the likely type of turquoise. It would be interesting to hear what Perry says!
Wow @Stracci , nice examples! Bisbee??? Again, I certainly would not have guessed Bisbee! As usual it all comes down to the importance of believing your sources.
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I believe it, i have some similar looking Bisbee, only mine are of a much lower grade (mostly hostrock).
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Here’s a few of my water web cuffs. The 1st one is a Roi Jaques Kingman, the 2nd I don’t know and the 3rd is a Turquoise Mountain. They all have seem to have water web and spider webbing.
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I finally took a picture of mine. Wallace Jr and it must have been when silver was inexpensive -86g.
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Nice pieces, @Phoenix7! OK, here’s my question..is there a distinction between webbing produced by host matrix and webbing produces by coloration change in the turquoise itself. I’ve seen both types called waterweb…but in the case of matrix webbing, I call it spiderweb. For example:
Waterweb:
And
But this webbing is from the matrix:
According to my definition, these last two are spiderweb not waterweb. I’m unsure if my thoughts are correct; I’d love to hear other’s opinion. 
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@Bmpdvm My opinion: I believe that there’s a distinction between the two. I consider water web turquoise to be a “puddles of color” look in the turquoise, and not host rock matrix driven. Matrix driven I refer to as spiderweb turquoise.
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I agree, and my subjective understanding is that the “water” in “water web” is not incidental to it. There’s a staring-into-a pool quality, a hint of spatial depth, as compared to matrix webbing, which seems to lay on the same plane as the turquoise. I also feel there’s a “bleeding,” or soft edging, to water web, as compared to other webbing, inc. spiderweb.
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