Lee Yazzie buckle with gem grade Lone Mountain. Photo Arland Ben. Lone Mountain has a treasured history. It is one of the seven classic...

Lone Mountain Nugget Necklace,292grams. Probably mined in the 70's. The Stories of Turquoise continue. History is always expanding as new...

In Part Two we continue our tour of the turquoise market held every year at the Native Treasures show held in Santa Fe during Indian...

For many years the Native Treasures show at the Eldorado Hotel has been an important part of Indian Market week in Santa Fe. For several...

In Part Three of our Update on Chinese Turquoise we see a range of different looks from the Yungai Temple Mine which is now closed and...

In Part Two of our update on Chinese turquoise we learn of the development of the Yungai Turquoise Park located at the site of the old...

Pictured is a butterfly pin made by Danny Lopacki with gem grade dark and red web Chinese turquoise. As a follow up to our interview with...

Northern Lights turquoise bead necklace by Danny Lopacki. Photo by Arland Ben. In Part Two we visit Danny's jewelry and lapidary studio.

Allan's Butterfly by Danny Lopacki with Yungai Temple Mine turquoise, Hubei, China. Photo Arland Ben. Danny Lopacki is known to readers...

Gem grade Bisbee in a Don Supplee gold ring. Regular viewers of the Blog know of a recurring theme in the videos and posts: natural...

What is beauty? We know but it is difficult to capture in words. For the Navajo it is nizhoni the centerpiece of hozho, balance and...

For many turquoise lovers green is their favorite color. In this video Mike shows some examples of high grade green. Pictured is a deep...

In conjunction with the article A Photo Visit to Indian Mountain this video tells more of the Indian Mountain story and we see some high...

Bob Brucia, in his book, Turquoise, Jewel of the Southwest, lists the seven classic Nevada turquoise mines as Lander Blue, Lone Mountain,...

In this video Mike shows some beautiful turquoise with excellent provenance of ownership.

In this update we learn more about Pilot Mountain and see some truly unique turquoise.

Bolo ties are an important part of Indian jewelry. Although rather recent in their development they are a favorite of many. In this video...

Turquoise has been important in the ceremonies of southwest Native Americans since earliest times and is important in Native American...

Photo Arland Ben Bisbee Arizona is considered one of the most highly mineralized locations on Earth. The geology of Bisbee turquoise is...

Most turquoise from Arizona has come as a byproduct from large copper mines. There have been few well known smaller turquoise mines....