Man, its ALWAYS a treat when you share your high grade and gem grade thrqhoise collection with us, yhe viewers. I am always so grateful how much youve educated us and countless hours and years of work your put into sharing your knowledge. As a intermediate Diné silversmith, i am ALWAYS faithful to my buyers about wether or not i know where a stone came from, and if jts stabilized or not. Because i at least can sleep at night haha
Great point Mike. Though not all mines produce a gem grade black web or even a spiderweb at all, the gem grade is still the gem grade. Bisbee top grade is different from Royston top grade and top grade Blue Gem is different from Top Grade Fox
Hey, I see your comments a lot in all the turquoise channels I visit. If you don't mind me asking, what got you into turquoise? I fell in love with it when I seen my first navajo mens ring by Kevin Yazzie. He has a punk/metal/native style that I also try to capture in my silversmithing work. His is refined, but mine is still in its beginning stages. Trying to amalgamate the two different styles "punk and native American" is pretty tough.
@@tattoofthesun Fox has long been a staple in Native American jewelry because it was plentiful and not expensive while showing a very nice mid grade look in the natural. There was a lot of Fox treated by Dowell Ward when he had the mine. While I have seen high grade Fox, I have never seen gem grade. Blue Gem was a staple in the trade from the mid thirties until the mid seventies providing hard natural stone with consistent HMG to HG.
@@GeriatricPimp Although I bought my first turquoise during the boom of the 70’s I did not get bit by the bug until I retired from my financial advisor career in 2011 and began collecting. I started the history research in 2014.
Oh wow. I did not know that some people have a problem calling a stone natural if it has been buffed or backed... Well then, I say it's not natural unless it's still in the earth lol (just kidding of course). ✌🏻 great video yet again!
I always start your videos on my phone but transfer them to the tv- many thanks for sharing your knowledge of this stone that steals your heart.
You are welcome.
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Man, its ALWAYS a treat when you share your high grade and gem grade thrqhoise collection with us, yhe viewers. I am always so grateful how much youve educated us and countless hours and years of work your put into sharing your knowledge. As a intermediate Diné silversmith, i am ALWAYS faithful to my buyers about wether or not i know where a stone came from, and if jts stabilized or not. Because i at least can sleep at night haha
@@GeriatricPimp Honesty is the best policy. Good for peace of mind, good for business.
Great point Mike. Though not all mines produce a gem grade black web or even a spiderweb at all, the gem grade is still the gem grade. Bisbee top grade is different from Royston top grade and top grade Blue Gem is different from Top Grade Fox
Hey, I see your comments a lot in all the turquoise channels I visit. If you don't mind me asking, what got you into turquoise? I fell in love with it when I seen my first navajo mens ring by Kevin Yazzie. He has a punk/metal/native style that I also try to capture in my silversmithing work. His is refined, but mine is still in its beginning stages. Trying to amalgamate the two different styles "punk and native American" is pretty tough.
@@tattoofthesun Fox has long been a staple in Native American jewelry because it was plentiful and not expensive while showing a very nice mid grade look in the natural. There was a lot of Fox treated by Dowell Ward when he had the mine. While I have seen high grade Fox, I have never seen gem grade. Blue Gem was a staple in the trade from the mid thirties until the mid seventies providing hard natural stone with consistent HMG to HG.
@@GeriatricPimp Although I bought my first turquoise during the boom of the 70’s I did not get bit by the bug until I retired from my financial advisor career in 2011 and began collecting. I started the history research in 2014.
Oh wow. I did not know that some people have a problem calling a stone natural if it has been buffed or backed... Well then, I say it's not natural unless it's still in the earth lol (just kidding of course). ✌🏻 great video yet again!
Thanks.
Haha I like this socratic-ljke method to questioning the logic.
@@GeriatricPimp What is the question?