1000 carats of free turquoise

[inspectorgadget]

Got a jar full of turquoise totaling just over 1000 carats & a couple jars of polished obsidian along with some polished snowflake obsidian too. Was left next to some boxes by the dumpster at my favorite auction house. The largest chunk of turquoise is 177 carats & there are 3 chunks between 155 carats & 160 carats. Not all that valuable but certainly not trash either! Seems to probably be from New Mexico, Arizona & or Nevada

 

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[palidin20603]

How much can you sell it for?

 

[Beachkid23]

Got a jar full of turquoise totaling just over 1000 carats & a couple jars of polished obsidian along with some polished snowflake obsidian too. Was left next to some boxes by the dumpster at my favorite auction house. The largest chunk of turquoise is 177 carats & there are 3 chunks between 155 carats & 160 carats. Not all that valuable but certainly not trash either! Seems to probably be from New Mexico, Arizona & or Nevada <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1013943"/>

Very nice! How do you find out the carat size?

 

[DixieLandMan]

My wife loves turquoise. Those are very pretty.

 

[willis7]

it's by weight

 

[cyberdan]

It has been my experience, the more "robin's egg blue color" the closer you get to Bisbee AZ (real far south) the further north you go (in AZ) the greener it gets. some of those do not look cheap.

 

[diggummup]

You got some nice pieces there! I wish I would of had that when I had one of my turquoise rings restored.

 

[inspectorgadget]

How much can you sell it for?

Seems to vary & I'm no turquoise expert not even close so I don't know how to judge the quality.

Very nice! How do you find out the carat size?

5 carats per gram on turquoise (and many things)

It has been my experience, the more "robin's egg blue color" the closer you get to Bisbee AZ (real far south) the further north you go (in AZ) the greener it gets. some of those do not look cheap.

Ya I was researching the different places the different colors come from. I agree some of this looks like southern Arizona turquoise & some really resembles stuff found in Nevada at least from the pix I looked at that showed different samples from different areas. Kinda hard to tell from just pix of the difference between NM turquoise & Nevada turquoise tho.

 

[austin]

Put it up to your face. If it feels cold, it's real. There are folks who can easily ID the mine. Used to have a book that detailed each known mine, but gave it away. Listen to Cyberdan though. He is right on. You should be able to make some decent money off those stones. especially to a Zuni or Navajo craftsman. Beautiful stuff...

 

[vpnavy]

Nice buy. Thanks for sharing...