Turquoise free form

[IAMZIM]

In my spare time, I started working a piece of turquoise I found when I was living in Utah. It's hard to get a nice shiny polish, lol! I also had to stop because I think some of the sand goes all the way through it...it's a really pretty blue though!

 

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[hvacker]

A lot of turquoise is soft and needs to be stabilized. You might look into it.
It's a process of soaking in resin. At least that's what my wife does. There might
be other ways also.
I's nice to find a really hard turquoise like Tyrone but they are more scarce.

Then there's plastic turquoise from China.

 

[Ditlihi]

Very nice!

 

[Eu_citzen]

hvacker is right. Nice stone either way! As a purist, I'd prefer a untreated any day!

 

[hvacker]

hvacker is right. Nice stone either way! As a purist, I'd prefer a untreated any day!

I would also. The good stuff is pricey but probably worth it if your going to work the stone.
The stones called buffalo turquoise ( some don't consider it to be turquoise) probably can't
be cabbed w/o stabilizing. It's really soft.

 

[IAMZIM]

A lot of turquoise is soft and needs to be stabilized. You might look into it.
It's a process of soaking in resin. At least that's what my wife does. There might
be other ways also.
I's nice to find a really hard turquoise like Tyrone but they are more scarce.

Then there's plastic turquoise from China.

So kind of like opals, didn't know that, thanks for letting me know! It seems ok, so far, but I will watch it....

 

[Eu_citzen]

So kind of like opals, didn't know that, thanks for letting me know! It seems ok, so far, but I will watch it....

Opals are surprisingly resistant and do usually not need to be stabilized. Although a few locales produce rough prone to cracking.

 

[diggingthe1]

That zam polish works great for polishing turquoise. I sure love that shade of blue.