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Mike Ryan
Dec 21, 2020
Turquoise = Victory
Persian turquoise has long been a part of turquoise in America. Among the first turquoise known in the west came from the famous gem...
Mike Ryan
Dec 16, 2020
Mike Ryan
Dec 15, 2020
Mike Ryan
Dec 15, 2020
Mike Ryan
Dec 3, 2020
A Story of Provenance
Number 8. Left 296 carats, 5.5cm by 8.5cm. Right 322 carats, 6cm by 9cm. Provenance - a record of ownership of a work of art or an...
Mike Ryan
Nov 5, 2020
Early Turquoise Mining in New Mexico. Part Two. The Holy Grail of Turquoise.
During the period covered in Part One, The Great American Turquoise Rush, 1890-1910 there were many companies competing in the turquoise...
Mike Ryan
Nov 2, 2020
Early Turquoise Mining in New Mexico. Part One.
The first turquoise mine to be documented by a Euro American was Mount Chalchuhuitl located in the Cerrillos Hills south of Santa Fe. It...
Mike Ryan
Oct 27, 2020
The Phantom Blue. A Turquoise Fable.
The Phantom Blue: A Turquoise Fable. By Bob Brucia and Mike Ryan II. It was in 1988 when Mike Ryan and I first heard the story about a...
Mike Ryan
Aug 22, 2020
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