In this excellent interview I learned more about Turquoise than anywhere else, ever before... It's fantastic how Mr Best immediately picks out suitable specimens and explains everything about it to us. Great Teacher. Thank you very much👏👏👏
It was delightful to listen to this gentleman, Jeff Best, who has years of experience working with Turquoise. His calm and composed manner of talking speaks volumes about his knowledge and wisdom. Thanks for sharing the interview, Dave.
Thank you for this video! I had the great honor of meeting Jeff (and Richard) this past weekend at the 2022 Tucson Gem show. I bought several pieces from Jeff and he was just as gracious as this video shows. He spent a lot of time with me, gave me great info, answered all my questions and I cherish the time I spent with him! I cant wait to set the beautiful pieces I bought from him.
Great awesome and very informative turquoise video Lapidary dave.! A++++ Video. I really enjoy watching your productions. Keep up the great work and thank you Dave...
Nice interview with Jeff. We met him yesterday at the Vista gem show, his knowledge about turquoise is vast & even gave us a few cutting tips! We picked up some stones & can’t wait to create some jewelry!! Thanks Jeff
I think that was the best turquoise commentary I ever heard. Thank you for getting that knowledge saved forever. Excellent video Dave, Jeff is a wealth of knowledge!
Thank you Dave for this video I had driven through Tucson looking for raw stones and found a place that had barrels of raw stones,quite possibly this was the owner on your show as this was back in 80's OMG! finding you is like hitting the lottery! Thanks again love your videos.
I would gladly do that do you have any ideas for what I should talk to him about it would be a waste for me just to have him explain turquoise again but maybe anything specific?
I worked at the Sleeping Beauty mine for 6 years in the 70s for Leonard Hardy. And also Pinto Valley (Castle Dome). Loved every minute of it! I was a cat skinner / haul truck operator and a picker. I had the privilege of finding a 64 pound super high grade mostly spiderweb nugget at Pinto Valley in what we called the C pit. Mr. Hardy made a trip out to the mine to actually see the area where the nugget came from and we met him and talked with him about getting more of it. He made a promise to the guys on our 3 crews that whoever would pull another 50 pounds of the same stuff he would give a 14k gold and turquoise watch cuff like the one he was wearing that day. (Someone was brave enough to ask him what it was worth and he said it cost him $5400.00 including the watch to have made.). Of course that spurred us to being all assholes and elbows over the next week or so trying to mine more of it. I was able to find and pull two more 5 gallon buckets out and another young man picked another bucket. Hardy was like a big kid when he saw it was such a high grade that it needed no stabilization. Each bucket weighed around 55 pounds. I worked the Pinto Valley mine another year or so before they moved the operation to Sleeping Beauty. Never saw much more of the spider web come out of PV much less of that quality. I have the watch cuff. That is a story in itself. ;0)
Holy smokes thank you so much for sharing such a fantastic story that was such a great time in turquoise history. If you don’t mind, can you send me a picture of the cuff to my phone number 772-284-4459 if it’s too much trouble, don’t worry about it. The story is so amazing you must have 1000 of those stories. Thank you for sharing my friend I deeply appreciate you.
It sure is I think I’m gonna go back and buy that little piece it was pretty cheap I wish he had that type of Kingman around his booth with the pyrite I would buy a couple pans for sure thank you so much for watching he definitely is a knowledgeable man and a super kind man too
Thank you for saying TIBET IS NOT A CHINA..!! Tibetan loves turquoise and it is big part of Tibetan traditional jewelry 😀 thank you for beautiful video!
Thank you so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it it was a pleasure to get to know this guy he really loves what he does and he loves to talk about it
@@lapidarydave It was so nice to listen to. More knowledge about turquoise is always a good thing.Thanks again for the referral for Highland Park trim saw. They contacted me today, so I made sure to remind them again, that Dave sent me, and his video convinced me about their product. Thanks Dave, Vanessa
Learned a lot. I thought sleeping beauty closed. Why good mtrl is so expensive. I like the green Kingman. Did a repair of a vintage 1967( googled the artist) native Amer spring cuff bracelet, of green kingman & mother of pearl. Over 2Toz of 925. Felt great bringing it back to life. I color matched missing pcs of MP & Turquoise very well. Proud achievement.
Thank you so much for watching I really appreciate it he’s definitely an awesome person and super kind feel free to give him a call anytime his contact information is in the description section of the video
Thank you for watching my friend I really appreciate it this dude was a pleasure to talk to High I have his contact info somewhere in the description section I believe feel free to give them a call for the same or better prices than they had at Tucson in this video if you do contact him please let him know that you watch my video and that lapidary Dave Sends his love
Thank you so much for watching my friend it really means a lot to me he’s an awesome dude I hope I get to spend some more time with him sometime in the future his show ends on the 17th or other shows are going till the 25th it’s really weird that they’re doing that
Rock licker!😄 What a gem, I feel lucky to have heard him talk. Thanks Dave. (I have an archeologist friend possibly getting some turquoise for me there right now. Hes from ZRS fossils & minerals. Woo;) )
Thank you so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it Jeff is the coolest I’m having a great time here in Tucson but I’m totally sunburnt to a crisp
thanks for the video Dave! love to see what is going on! wish these guys would make videos of their set ups. Thw would sell alot more than on their website. If they would just pan over there bins and post it, they would make a killing! thanks again-wish i was there! have fun!
I definitely agree but I imagine that before they saw it work like when Me and Frank posted a video and people started calling it might’ve seem like something that couldn’t have been real now they definitely know they’ve been getting orders from me and Frank’s video
Thank you so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it Jeff best is absolutely the man is a very kind gentleman I’m so happy that I got to film our Turquoise conversation
That was a kickass interview, I learned so much, I'm definitely ordering from this guy and as Dave would say, what a blessing lol. Thanks for the video Dave, I already booked marked their website during yesterdays live stream, they got a ton of stuff and a bunch more other types of stone to choose from at very reasonable prices. I've been searching forever for a mineral wholesaler and these people are the best that I've come across so far.
That’s totally awesome my friend I’m so happy that you enjoyed the video and that you plan on reaching out to them and picking up some material if you don’t mind can you speak to Jeff or Richard let them know that you saw the video it’s always fun when folks can see the results of my work I sometimes think that people don’t even believe that folks ever watch the videos that I make :)
You could call him and ask him if you could send him a picture it’s almost impossible to tell 100% to a picture but he does know more than probably anybody I’ve ever met If you do talk to him let him know that you saw the video please
Wow! What an education. Thank you and if you bump into Mr. Best please thank him again. I have stayed away from cutting/buying rough turquoise because I know so little about it. Thanks to you I'm learning.
Dave I met Jeff yesterday, Apr 14th, but didn’t realize with whom I was talking. He has a wealth of knowledge and is very willing to share with others. Now I want to go back and pick his brain a little....just a little. Also, the booth that sold the tall lamps made from agate or onyx was very interesting. Mentioned that I stopped because of your video on the 22nd Street show and they were pleased to be on RUclips!
Dude that’s so awesome you should definitely go back and chat with him he’s a five-star gentleman and a five-star educator for sure if you do let me know I’ll join you over there also I really wanna thank you for letting people know that you recognizing through my videos it’s always such a pleasure when vendors know that the videos actually help there’s a lot of people who are really close minded about me filming and more than you know that it’s educational content And that it helps in one way or another really opens that door for more videos
Quite a bit of the Sleeping Beauty turquoise is stabilized with a proprietary process called the Zachary process which is not plastic and is very hard to detect. Millions of carets have been processed over the years. Check it out!
They pressurize the turquoise in a copper solution, it makes it less porous and also makes the color more intense. Samples that have Zachariah stabilization have more calcium than natural turquoise
Hiya Dave, what a pleasant fellow that guy was. Awesome video Dave, I really enjoyed watching this video and listening to Jeff Best, I know someone who's last name is Best, I wonder if they are related. 😉 I hope you have a awesome blessed day. Cya! 😸🐟out!
Thanks so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it I’ve personally never met anyone with the last name best but there’s got to be quite a few out there he said that it’s a Dutch name
Thanks for watching brother I love your channel we should collaborate on some thing I can send you something that I get here in Tucson and you can cut it and cab on your new flat lap
12:25 Thats true that the word Turquoise comes from Turkey but Turkey has no turquoise mine (also Iraq doesn't have turquoise mine). The name comes because the Turkish traders were bringing the Persian turquoise from Iran to Europe during the middle ages. I am very surprised Jeff didnt know this even though he is the godfather of turquoise in the US.
I know there’s so many different kinds of turquoise variation that even pros forget the lore sometime Where if someone specialized in one particular mine maybe they would be able to remember more easily either way this dude is surrounded by hundreds of different Types I don’t blame him for not remembering he does a good job at what he does I absolutely love Persian and Iranian Turquoise some of my favorite in the whole world
I have some but it’s the highest grade of quality and I don’t want to cut it to sell it. I want to cut it to put into jewelry although I have a friend that sells it for $300 a pound in the average quality. I will probably get some in the future and start cutting that to sell.
Brother, I love you thank you you rock kid, That Jeff Best is s true gentleman I tried to call Richard, Jeff picks up, wr talk, he teferd me to the El Cajon Gem and Mineral Society to join the club thats his group of friends and he belongs to the society himself, its rhe next town over from me the meet close by they have classes on Saturday its $30 to join and classes are less then $10 on Saturday You are the fucking best I plan on meeting you ad well in the future. My entire life is going to change the direction O have bern researching for 6 months damb thank God I started watching your videos those gentleman are wholesalers in the next town over no ficking way man that shit rocks bro thank 100 timed thank you..
Thank you so much for your kindness and for your appreciation it really means the world to me it’s my pleasure and honor to help anybody anyway I can and there’s nothing better than reading what you just sent me I would love to meet you one day as well next time you talk to Jeff tell him that I said hi please :)
Dave you had some stacking rings tiny silver and small turquoise stones during this werks many videos I am trying to go back through and now cant seem to find who that wasyou got them from, today picked up that harbor freight 4 inch tile cutter messing with it now too slong with the single container tumbler they didnt have any material fir tge tumblers they said thry haf a shipment due yesterday might have it, well zero cane in Im just going on Ebay or Amazon to pick it up its easier Thank you again your the bomb I cant believe how much I have learned in sucj a short time I been watching others like Durango turquoise in Durango they show how to make cabs and do silver traditionsl Navajo style products great to see but they dont give up any what they obviously consider real information on the who what were or hows the way you do, the flat labing videos so many thay you hsve done really get the point across I dont have 1800 buxks fir 3 different tools necessary to do this from cutters grinders and polishers drill ptesses etc. But you have made me think and for now zi got dand paper at different grots up to 1000 and zim starting there dont have snything yet, but zi got enough different interesting tick to play with to learn on even sone that looks like turquoise in the rough. I AM SO EXCITED I can hardly contain myself right now your the msn dude zim 60 years old snd feel like a teenager again flush with excitement about jusy hav8ng fun snd try to put sonething together t9 make a few bucks gonba do it together with a female friend trying to get on her feet I am very m6ch like you I got to help people its fron the heart no one on this beautiful girls life had contributed to hetting on her feet they fir from what I see give poir advise thrn beat her down and kick her when she get down on the ground, i can help the only way I know how do it mysrlf from the heart freely giving showing love with no expectations or taking afvantage3ad zi have witnessed others all do, whrn she cries when shes alone upset doesnt want anyone to aee her werk or down just put my best foot forward be a real driend sge is going yo3do this with me to learn I will help her learn how to start a businesd and how to sell, stop playing around and get busy yea slowly get a routine in her life patient with real heart like if she was my old daughter actually you know why, people helped me many times in life inextrodanary ways tjis 9ne came along not a woundes bird that came out later over time but if being an angel is the job now, then an angel I will be, on guard for sure but I do better myself when I am not doing things just for myself I need purpose to push myself not to lah or slack off the tone is now to grab my own dreams Im not try8ng to get rich to survive and that I know how to do, i alreary haf a computer business for 6 years back in NJ I have made shit hapoem my entire life, well I didnt loose me yet in this struggle now I woke up from my own slumber thay I was ready yo wuit on life, hell no man I still got it, a little less capable in the finances but like the video with Jeff Best I almosy didnt watch it due to the politica that had dragged me down for a long time, but I chose the video that changed my worls in 8 minutes the pieces ate falling into place that I need to by trying not giving up jusy a little ectra attention stay focused and trying is the real effort one must have mor to give up, i wanted to say I was a radio Deejay at my highs hool radio station in the 70's. Wanted to way we have many of the aqmw interest I been playing guitqr have played bass aim2 drums q little keyboards I wqnt to build a studio my reason for getting bqck on my feet iw to do that this being my tool to assist in That ita multiple paths at once a little of this a little of that with real effort and trying
When I first walked up to the skies to check out what they had they were talking about you and how excited they were they film them he totally broke the ice and might’ve been the reason why they even agreed to chat with me I’ve been buying cutting Turquoise for over a decade and I bought what I believe or dyed howlite or magnesite Beads from the 22nd St. show 😭😭😭😭
that's awesome!! they're some cool old timers and def deserve the exposure!! LOL damn dude. I might've bought them from the same vendor.. they weren't marked as "Howlite dyed turquoise" It just straight up said turquoise.. i wasn't suspicious of anything until after watching your video, then realized its 100% dyed howlite. fml
Definitely I’ve never heard of pyrite inside of Kingman I know sometimes the added into some materials when it’s stabilized but in this case it’s natural very cool
Hello, how are you? I hope you can help me with this question since I am from Chile, how many mineral and fossil fairs are held in Tucson? Why is the gem city show different from the Gem & Mineral Show?
Hello my friend there are a few gem shows throughout the year here in Tucson however the Tucson gem and mineral show that happens in January and February which got rescheduled for April is the largest in the entire world all nations all nationalities all cultures of people come to Tucson from around the world to sell and buy goods from every corner of the planet
So it is the same Gem & Mineral Show only that the date was rescheduled, there are some places that are dedicated to wholesale but only traders can enter, but there are others that are open to the public, I would like to enter all places hahaha, but is there any way to enter all places? And thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question.
Acho que ele definitivamente conseguiu fazer bons negócios ele é um cara muito bom e vende um produto muito bom a preços acessíveis, muito obrigado por assistir, meu amigo
Are you trying to buy Turquoise that I bought from Jeff in this video and cut or are you trying to buy rough Turquoise from Jeff? If you’re looking to buy rough from Jeff the information is in the description section of the video If you’re looking to buy finished pieces for me you can message me via #LapidaryDave on Instagram or Facebook
Hola mi amigo estoy bien la feria esta bien estoy tratando de no gastar mucho dinero que no tengo el sol hace mucho calor estoy completamente quemado por el sol lo cual es bueno para mi piel de gringo gracias por ver el video mi amigo
I’m sure Jeff best would say that it’s there somewhere maybe if you find it you can be the first to name it if it has a good name and it’s catchy you could easily create a market for it and when you’re a millionaire you can hire me I need a job LOL
@@lapidarydave ha, aka yooperlite. There is lots of chrysocolla in the area but no turquoise. Obviously something to do with how the copper formation was created. I just don’t know what. Probably a research paper out there on the topic..
I wish I could spend everyday hearing his knowledge about turquoise 😮
One of the best interviews about Turquoise. I watched it 4 times!
thank you femme
In this excellent interview I learned more about Turquoise than anywhere else, ever before... It's fantastic how Mr Best immediately picks out suitable specimens and explains everything about it to us. Great Teacher. Thank you very much👏👏👏
He sure is he’s been in the business for 67 years and he knows exactly how to explain it to Knucklehead like me
It was delightful to listen to this gentleman, Jeff Best, who has years of experience working with Turquoise. His calm and composed manner of talking speaks volumes about his knowledge and wisdom. Thanks for sharing the interview, Dave.
I ordered some turquoise from Jeff and Richard ! Spoke with Richard himself and he was very helpful and a pleasure to do business with 👍👍👍
Finally someone explained turqouise to me!
This is a person who knows what he is taking about!!!
Thank you for this video! I had the great honor of meeting Jeff (and Richard) this past weekend at the 2022 Tucson Gem show. I bought several pieces from Jeff and he was just as gracious as this video shows. He spent a lot of time with me, gave me great info, answered all my questions and I cherish the time I spent with him! I cant wait to set the beautiful pieces I bought from him.
Great awesome and very informative turquoise video Lapidary dave.! A++++ Video. I really enjoy watching your productions. Keep up the great work and thank you Dave...
Thank you so much for washing my friend I really appreciate your kindness I couldn’t of done it without Jeff best
Thank you for the excellent schooling
We love the Tucson Gem show. Surprised to see someone else with our last name.
Nice interview with Jeff. We met him yesterday at the Vista gem show, his knowledge about turquoise is vast & even gave us a few cutting tips! We picked up some stones & can’t wait to create some jewelry!! Thanks Jeff
I watched this 5 times !!! EXCELLENT video !!!!! Everything i ever wanted to know about turquoise !!! THANKS DAVE !!!!
thanks a lot for watching my friend:)
What a learning experience! He was so gracious! Love turquoise!
He sure was I can’t thank him enough thank you so much for watching my friend
Priceless interview. Thank you both.
I think that was the best turquoise commentary I ever heard. Thank you for getting that knowledge saved forever. Excellent video Dave, Jeff is a wealth of knowledge!
What a fantastic video Dave!!! I just couldn’t look away the entire time! Mr. Best was simply the BEST! Thank you so much-
Thank you Dave for this video I had driven through Tucson looking for raw stones and found a place that had barrels of raw stones,quite possibly this was the owner on your show as this was back in 80's OMG! finding you is like hitting the lottery! Thanks again love your videos.
Thank you so much for your kindness:)
This seller is a wealth of information, and very patient.
he’s awesome
Man just put on a master class
Please one more interview with Mr Best. Mr Best is the best teacher ~~ Thank you for your wonderful video !!🎉❤
I would gladly do that do you have any ideas for what I should talk to him about it would be a waste for me just to have him explain turquoise again but maybe anything specific?
Thanks! That was the real deal.
I worked at the Sleeping Beauty mine for 6 years in the 70s for Leonard Hardy. And also Pinto Valley (Castle Dome). Loved every minute of it! I was a cat skinner / haul truck operator and a picker.
I had the privilege of finding a 64 pound super high grade mostly spiderweb nugget at Pinto Valley in what we called the C pit. Mr. Hardy made a trip out to the mine to actually see the area where the nugget came from and we met him and talked with him about getting more of it. He made a promise to the guys on our 3 crews that whoever would pull another 50 pounds of the same stuff he would give a 14k gold and turquoise watch cuff like the one he was wearing that day. (Someone was brave enough to ask him what it was worth and he said it cost him $5400.00 including the watch to have made.). Of course that spurred us to being all assholes and elbows over the next week or so trying to mine more of it.
I was able to find and pull two more 5 gallon buckets out and another young man picked another bucket. Hardy was like a big kid when he saw it was such a high grade that it needed no stabilization. Each bucket weighed around 55 pounds. I worked the Pinto Valley mine another year or so before they moved the operation to Sleeping Beauty. Never saw much more of the spider web come out of PV much less of that quality.
I have the watch cuff. That is a story in itself. ;0)
Holy smokes thank you so much for sharing such a fantastic story that was such a great time in turquoise history. If you don’t mind, can you send me a picture of the cuff to my phone number 772-284-4459 if it’s too much trouble, don’t worry about it. The story is so amazing you must have 1000 of those stories. Thank you for sharing my friend I deeply appreciate you.
Wow this gentleman guy Jeff is so knowledgeable. Amazing xx
Thank you so much for this great interview!
Lots of knowledge…what a nice man!! ✨🌟💫 That Kingman and the pyrite is gorgeous 🤤.
It sure is I think I’m gonna go back and buy that little piece it was pretty cheap I wish he had that type of Kingman around his booth with the pyrite I would buy a couple pans for sure thank you so much for watching he definitely is a knowledgeable man and a super kind man too
Thank you for saying TIBET IS NOT A CHINA..!! Tibetan loves turquoise and it is big part of Tibetan traditional jewelry 😀 thank you for beautiful video!
Great video, Dave! I love that he is willing to share all this information.
Me too it’s definitely kind of rare that people will do long format interviews like that Jeff is a quality person With a turquoise heart
What a wonderful wealth of knowledge that man shared. Great interview Dave. Thanks for taking the time.
Thank you so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it it was a pleasure to get to know this guy he really loves what he does and he loves to talk about it
@@lapidarydave It was so nice to listen to. More knowledge about turquoise is always a good thing.Thanks again for the referral for Highland Park trim saw. They contacted me today, so I made sure to remind them again, that Dave sent me, and his video convinced me about their product. Thanks Dave, Vanessa
Learned a lot. I thought sleeping beauty closed. Why good mtrl is so expensive. I like the green Kingman. Did a repair of a vintage 1967( googled the artist) native Amer spring cuff bracelet, of green kingman & mother of pearl. Over 2Toz of 925. Felt great bringing it back to life. I color matched missing pcs of MP & Turquoise very well. Proud achievement.
It’s expensive be it’s rare or mined out or closed to public I love the green turq too :) that’s awesome you got to fix a piece of history
The level of knowledge some people have on turqoise is astonishing.
it’s a obsession for a lot of us
I WILL finish watching after supper. Loving the info. Thank you, 🙃🙂
I love this guy!!!!!! Thanks for sharing with all of us!
I love him to thank you so much for watching
A wonderfully person. Love his knowledge and his kindness.
Absolutely he’s totally an awesome day I am sad that the showing today there’s still about a week of other shows the keno ended today
What a blessing of a teaching session. He is so generous with his knowledge. Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for watching I really appreciate it he’s definitely an awesome person and super kind feel free to give him a call anytime his contact information is in the description section of the video
I really enjoyed this conversation about turquoise. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for watching my friend I really appreciate it this dude was a pleasure to talk to High I have his contact info somewhere in the description section I believe feel free to give them a call for the same or better prices than they had at Tucson in this video if you do contact him please let him know that you watch my video and that lapidary Dave Sends his love
I love that blue blue eastern piece
Big Fun! Mr. Best is a wonderful teacher!
Definitely he’s an awesome dude super kind and definitely is made out of Turquoise Bashan
What a fabulous explanation of the compilation & formation of Turquoise! Thank you Jeff & Dave!
Thank you so much for watching my friend it really means a lot to me he’s an awesome dude I hope I get to spend some more time with him sometime in the future his show ends on the 17th or other shows are going till the 25th it’s really weird that they’re doing that
Rock licker!😄
What a gem, I feel lucky to have heard him talk. Thanks Dave.
(I have an archeologist friend possibly getting some turquoise for me there right now. Hes from ZRS fossils & minerals. Woo;) )
Totally awesome I hope you enjoy the Turquoise she get from them it’s really nice
Wow!!! Awesome interview with Jeff!!! Thank you Dave, for sharing his knowledge! Hope you're having a great time in Tucson!
Thank you so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it Jeff is the coolest I’m having a great time here in Tucson but I’m totally sunburnt to a crisp
thanks for the video Dave! love to see what is going on! wish these guys would make videos of their set ups. Thw would sell alot more than on their website. If they would just pan over there bins and post it, they would make a killing! thanks again-wish i was there! have fun!
I definitely agree but I imagine that before they saw it work like when Me and Frank posted a video and people started calling it might’ve seem like something that couldn’t have been real now they definitely know they’ve been getting orders from me and Frank’s video
This is so awesome, he is so amazing man
I love terqueise beautiful stone
Thanks dave for your awesome videos!
Absolutely beautiful stone... Turquoise ... that's ma lucky stone. I hve some from mashad mine, iran.
Very interesting! Thanks for a great interview.
Love this video. Thanks Dave
Thank you so much for watching brother I really appreciate it it was a blast filming it was such a nice guy
Great interview LD. Jeff Best is THE MAN. So much knowledge.
Thank you so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it Jeff best is absolutely the man is a very kind gentleman I’m so happy that I got to film our Turquoise conversation
That was a kickass interview, I learned so much, I'm definitely ordering from this guy and as Dave would say, what a blessing lol. Thanks for the video Dave, I already booked marked their website during yesterdays live stream, they got a ton of stuff and a bunch more other types of stone to choose from at very reasonable prices. I've been searching forever for a mineral wholesaler and these people are the best that I've come across so far.
That’s totally awesome my friend I’m so happy that you enjoyed the video and that you plan on reaching out to them and picking up some material if you don’t mind can you speak to Jeff or Richard let them know that you saw the video it’s always fun when folks can see the results of my work I sometimes think that people don’t even believe that folks ever watch the videos that I make :)
@@lapidarydave Of course I already planned on it my friend. :)
Great interview. Thx!
I am from India. Awesome stuff
Terrific info, so much knowledge! I wish I could show this man my material, I am sure he would tell me in a second if I had turquoise.
You could call him and ask him if you could send him a picture it’s almost impossible to tell 100% to a picture but he does know more than probably anybody I’ve ever met
If you do talk to him let him know that you saw the video please
Did you touch it to your tongue?
@@chadatchison145 I sure did lol and put it back in the bucket ☢️
@@lapidarydave I would send him a picture for sure.
@@chadatchison145 I sure did and its sticky
Wow! What an education. Thank you and if you bump into Mr. Best please thank him again.
I have stayed away from cutting/buying rough turquoise because I know so little about it. Thanks to you I'm learning.
I will definitely thank him again but in the meantime thank you for watching I really appreciate it it was a lot of fun to film
This is awesome! People like Jeff are the best resource to learn about this kinda shit. People know so much!
I totally agree my friend he is absolutely awesome and a treasure to everyone that wants to learn Turquoise
Great interview! 👍
R.I.P. Jeff :(
Your best video to date. thanks for putting this out Dave
Thanks for watching my friend I really appreciate it :) this dude was a blast to chat with and had some the best priced material at the show
Definitely enjoyed this video Dave thanks!
Thank you so much for watching I really appreciate it I can’t wait to see Jeff best again
That was fantastic, thank you💙💚
Thank you so much for watching I really appreciate it
My gosh.... Turquoise heaven!! I would love to go here one day. Too many fake Turquoise nowadays. I want the real deal.
knowledgeable man! thank you for sharing
My pleasure my friend thanks for watching
Thank u for showing the varities 👍🙏
thank you for watching my friend
Great interview. I learned a lot! Thanks!
Awesome thank you so much for watching I really appreciate it Jeff best is one-of-a-kind for sure
I needed this video!
Thank you so much for watching:)
Loving these feature videos Dave! Awesome!
Thank you so much I appreciate you watching I’m super thankful to have a chat with Jeff best
Love your video jeff
Thanks for watching my friend
👍👍👍knowledgeable & friendly...helpful; what a nice person you interviewed
He definitely has all of those things I really appreciate who he is and what he’s doin He lives in breaths Turquoise
@@lapidarydave Yes, Mr. Best is the *Turquoise* best! Had to say that!!!
Carlin, Nevada? Very nice... 😁
Great video 🌻🌻🌻🌻
Thank you so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it it was a lot of fun chatting with Jeff best he’s awesome
Freakin awesome!
Thank you so much my friend for watching Jeff best is absolutely freaking awesome
Dave I met Jeff yesterday, Apr 14th, but didn’t realize with whom I was talking. He has a wealth of knowledge and is very willing to share with others. Now I want to go back and pick his brain a little....just a little. Also, the booth that sold the tall lamps made from agate or onyx was very interesting. Mentioned that I stopped because of your video on the 22nd Street show and they were pleased to be on RUclips!
Dude that’s so awesome you should definitely go back and chat with him he’s a five-star gentleman and a five-star educator for sure if you do let me know I’ll join you over there also I really wanna thank you for letting people know that you recognizing through my videos it’s always such a pleasure when vendors know that the videos actually help there’s a lot of people who are really close minded about me filming and more than you know that it’s educational content And that it helps in one way or another really opens that door for more videos
Wow didn't know turquoise spoke yet.
Quite a bit of the Sleeping Beauty turquoise is stabilized with a proprietary process called the Zachary process which is not plastic and is very hard to detect. Millions of carets have been processed over the years. Check it out!
Definitely will check it out I wonder what they using to stabilize it with thank you for the info
They pressurize the turquoise in a copper solution, it makes it less porous and also makes the color more intense. Samples that have Zachariah stabilization have more calcium than natural turquoise
Thanks for the free Turquoise 101 course haha
Jeff best is awesome I plan on doing a few more interviews with a few other Turquoise dealers before I get out of here in a week or so
Great 💎
Thanks my friend:)
I am from morenci AZ
I learned a lot. I hope some of it sticks to my brain.
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Hiya Dave, what a pleasant fellow that guy was. Awesome video Dave, I really enjoyed watching this video and listening to Jeff Best, I know someone who's last name is Best, I wonder if they are related. 😉 I hope you have a awesome blessed day.
Cya! 😸🐟out!
Thanks so much for watching my friend I really appreciate it I’ve personally never met anyone with the last name best but there’s got to be quite a few out there he said that it’s a Dutch name
@@lapidarydave well there's a lot of them here in Louisiana
I need to buy some asap
Feel free to contact him his info is in description section of this video
Dud epic info. Grate video
Thanks for watching brother I love your channel we should collaborate on some thing I can send you something that I get here in Tucson and you can cut it and cab on your new flat lap
@@lapidarydave that would be cool on the cab. But as for the flat it's old from 1943.
12:25 Thats true that the word Turquoise comes from Turkey but Turkey has no turquoise mine (also Iraq doesn't have turquoise mine).
The name comes because the Turkish traders were bringing the Persian turquoise from Iran to Europe during the middle ages.
I am very surprised Jeff didnt know this even though he is the godfather of turquoise in the US.
I know there’s so many different kinds of turquoise variation that even pros forget the lore sometime Where if someone specialized in one particular mine maybe they would be able to remember more easily either way this dude is surrounded by hundreds of different Types I don’t blame him for not remembering he does a good job at what he does I absolutely love Persian and Iranian Turquoise some of my favorite in the whole world
I wish to see some sleeping beauty turquoise
I have some but it’s the highest grade of quality and I don’t want to cut it to sell it. I want to cut it to put into jewelry although I have a friend that sells it for $300 a pound in the average quality. I will probably get some in the future and start cutting that to sell.
Brother, I love you thank you you rock kid, That Jeff Best is s true gentleman I tried to call Richard, Jeff picks up, wr talk, he teferd me to the El Cajon Gem and Mineral Society to join the club thats his group of friends and he belongs to the society himself, its rhe next town over from me the meet close by they have classes on Saturday its $30 to join and classes are less then $10 on Saturday You are the fucking best I plan on meeting you ad well in the future. My entire life is going to change the direction O have bern researching for 6 months damb thank God I started watching your videos those gentleman are wholesalers in the next town over no ficking way man that shit rocks bro thank 100 timed thank you..
Thank you so much for your kindness and for your appreciation it really means the world to me it’s my pleasure and honor to help anybody anyway I can and there’s nothing better than reading what you just sent me I would love to meet you one day as well next time you talk to Jeff tell him that I said hi please :)
Dave you had some stacking rings tiny silver and small turquoise stones during this werks many videos I am trying to go back through and now cant seem to find who that wasyou got them from, today picked up that harbor freight 4 inch tile cutter messing with it now too slong with the single container tumbler they didnt have any material fir tge tumblers they said thry haf a shipment due yesterday might have it, well zero cane in Im just going on Ebay or Amazon to pick it up its easier Thank you again your the bomb I cant believe how much I have learned in sucj a short time I been watching others like Durango turquoise in Durango they show how to make cabs and do silver traditionsl Navajo style products great to see but they dont give up any what they obviously consider real information on the who what were or hows the way you do, the flat labing videos so many thay you hsve done really get the point across I dont have 1800 buxks fir 3 different tools necessary to do this from cutters grinders and polishers drill ptesses etc. But you have made me think and for now zi got dand paper at different grots up to 1000 and zim starting there dont have snything yet, but zi got enough different interesting tick to play with to learn on even sone that looks like turquoise in the rough. I AM SO EXCITED I can hardly contain myself right now your the msn dude zim 60 years old snd feel like a teenager again flush with excitement about jusy hav8ng fun snd try to put sonething together t9 make a few bucks gonba do it together with a female friend trying to get on her feet I am very m6ch like you I got to help people its fron the heart no one on this beautiful girls life had contributed to hetting on her feet they fir from what I see give poir advise thrn beat her down and kick her when she get down on the ground, i can help the only way I know how do it mysrlf from the heart freely giving showing love with no expectations or taking afvantage3ad zi have witnessed others all do, whrn she cries when shes alone upset doesnt want anyone to aee her werk or down just put my best foot forward be a real driend sge is going yo3do this with me to learn I will help her learn how to start a businesd and how to sell, stop playing around and get busy yea slowly get a routine in her life patient with real heart like if she was my old daughter actually you know why, people helped me many times in life inextrodanary ways tjis 9ne came along not a woundes bird that came out later over time but if being an angel is the job now, then an angel I will be, on guard for sure but I do better myself when I am not doing things just for myself I need purpose to push myself not to lah or slack off the tone is now to grab my own dreams Im not try8ng to get rich to survive and that I know how to do, i alreary haf a computer business for 6 years back in NJ I have made shit hapoem my entire life, well I didnt loose me yet in this struggle now I woke up from my own slumber thay I was ready yo wuit on life, hell no man I still got it, a little less capable in the finances but like the video with Jeff Best I almosy didnt watch it due to the politica that had dragged me down for a long time, but I chose the video that changed my worls in 8 minutes the pieces ate falling into place that I need to by trying not giving up jusy a little ectra attention stay focused and trying is the real effort one must have mor to give up, i wanted to say I was a radio Deejay at my highs hool radio station in the 70's. Wanted to way we have many of the aqmw interest I been playing guitqr have played bass aim2 drums q little keyboards I wqnt to build a studio my reason for getting bqck on my feet iw to do that this being my tool to assist in That ita multiple paths at once a little of this a little of that with real effort and trying
Yo! I remember these guys.. that was an awesome booth for turquoise!! And.. fuck me I bought some dyed howlite 😅
When I first walked up to the skies to check out what they had they were talking about you and how excited they were they film them he totally broke the ice and might’ve been the reason why they even agreed to chat with me
I’ve been buying cutting Turquoise for over a decade and I bought what I believe or dyed howlite or magnesite Beads from the 22nd St. show 😭😭😭😭
that's awesome!! they're some cool old timers and def deserve the exposure!!
LOL damn dude. I might've bought them from the same vendor.. they weren't marked as "Howlite dyed turquoise" It just straight up said turquoise.. i wasn't suspicious of anything until after watching your video, then realized its 100% dyed howlite. fml
Great interview - why did you cut off the last portion??
What stone that looks like turquoise. But seems to have Silica in it. Because of the hardness. We can't figure it out! Thanks!
Kingman with pyrite? I am a huge fan for the metal mixed into other minerals.
Definitely I’ve never heard of pyrite inside of Kingman I know sometimes the added into some materials when it’s stabilized but in this case it’s natural very cool
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Hello, how are you? I hope you can help me with this question since I am from Chile, how many mineral and fossil fairs are held in Tucson? Why is the gem city show different from the Gem & Mineral Show?
Hello my friend there are a few gem shows throughout the year here in Tucson however the Tucson gem and mineral show that happens in January and February which got rescheduled for April is the largest in the entire world all nations all nationalities all cultures of people come to Tucson from around the world to sell and buy goods from every corner of the planet
So it is the same Gem & Mineral Show only that the date was rescheduled, there are some places that are dedicated to wholesale but only traders can enter, but there are others that are open to the public, I would like to enter all places hahaha, but is there any way to enter all places?
And thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question.
I wish you show the price tags on the items
everything sold from Jeff best that is by way to see their soles 12 14 16 or $18 ounce
What was the price for sleeping beauty unstabalized in the start?
I’m not sure but feel free to hit up the miners gallery with contact info in description below :) let him know you watched the video
hey man, where was this guys booth, kino?
Kino space E23
Tem conseguido fazer bons negócios
Acho que ele definitivamente conseguiu fazer bons negócios ele é um cara muito bom e vende um produto muito bom a preços acessíveis, muito obrigado por assistir, meu amigo
Hi where can i buy these cases which are holding the gems thanks
On Amazon for sure I’m not sure what they are called but they are pretty cheap
We bought them at WalMart.
Ian from Cherokee NC and I would like to get some of your turquoise. How can I get a hold of y’all?
Are you trying to buy Turquoise that I bought from Jeff in this video and cut or are you trying to buy rough Turquoise from Jeff? If you’re looking to buy rough from Jeff the information is in the description section of the video If you’re looking to buy finished pieces for me you can message me via #LapidaryDave on Instagram or Facebook
Fala meu amigo Deve, como está a feira ai
Hola mi amigo estoy bien la feria esta bien estoy tratando de no gastar mucho dinero que no tengo el sol hace mucho calor estoy completamente quemado por el sol lo cual es bueno para mi piel de gringo gracias por ver el video mi amigo
Does he have an actual store?
Somewhere in San Diego
I have wondered why no turquoise was associated with the copper mining in Michigan.
I’m sure Jeff best would say that it’s there somewhere maybe if you find it you can be the first to name it if it has a good name and it’s catchy you could easily create a market for it and when you’re a millionaire you can hire me I need a job LOL
@@lapidarydave ha, aka yooperlite. There is lots of chrysocolla in the area but no turquoise. Obviously something to do with how the copper formation was created. I just don’t know what. Probably a research paper out there on the topic..
Please get one of these fluffy things for the microphone, that would improve the sound quality a lot outside.
That would definitely help
Where's this at I wanna buy some turqoise
tucson gemshow january thru february every year in arizona
@@lapidarydave thank you appreciate it