Comments on: Understanding Turquoise http://ganoksin.com/blog/leonidsurpin/2009/10/19/understanding-turquoise/ Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones) Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hope http://ganoksin.com/blog/leonidsurpin/2009/10/19/understanding-turquoise/#comment-11 Hope Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:16:46 +0000 http://leonidsurpin.ganoksin.com/blogs/?p=13#comment-11 thanks for writing that, I did not even realise that a translucent, crystalline turquoise existed! thanks for writing that, I did not even realise that a translucent, crystalline turquoise existed!

]]> By: Deb http://ganoksin.com/blog/leonidsurpin/2009/10/19/understanding-turquoise/#comment-10 Deb Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:38:36 +0000 http://leonidsurpin.ganoksin.com/blogs/?p=13#comment-10 OMG, now I do know what real turquoise is, and how truley amazing. The crystalline form is . It also shows how bastardized gem quality minerals truley are and I have to wonder what happens to the crystals when they do come across them where do they go? I have always loved "turquoise" and have often asked the person selling questions , but it was always simplified into millions of years of copper patina. Now I know this isn't the case. And how stupid I feel being the science freak I was in school , to not stop and realize the tiniest shift creates something toitally different and it does always come down to the molecular structure . THANK YOU, for reminding me of this. Can I have the crown? roflmreo. I'll be drooling over that for a while. OMG, now I do know what real turquoise is, and how truley amazing. The crystalline form is . It also shows how bastardized gem quality minerals truley are and I have to wonder what happens to the crystals when they do come across them where do they go? I have always loved “turquoise” and have often asked the person selling questions , but it was always simplified into millions of years of copper patina. Now I know this isn’t the case. And how stupid I feel being the science freak I was in school , to not stop and realize the tiniest shift creates something toitally different and it does always come down to the molecular structure . THANK YOU, for reminding me of this. Can I have the crown? roflmreo. I’ll be drooling over that for a while.

]]> By: Susan Ellenton http://ganoksin.com/blog/leonidsurpin/2009/10/19/understanding-turquoise/#comment-9 Susan Ellenton Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:23:39 +0000 http://leonidsurpin.ganoksin.com/blogs/?p=13#comment-9 Thank you for sharing your knowledge of turquoise. Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your knowledge of turquoise. Fascinating!

]]> By: Vicki Kataja http://ganoksin.com/blog/leonidsurpin/2009/10/19/understanding-turquoise/#comment-8 Vicki Kataja Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:57:06 +0000 http://leonidsurpin.ganoksin.com/blogs/?p=13#comment-8 Hi Leonid, I have always liked a nice spiderweb Turquoise stone. I find it more interesting than robin's egg blue with no matrix. There are so many beads on the market now, that are dyed magnesite, how would a person tell the difference? The only way I would know is if they are too perfect for a very cheap price. Thanks for posting on this stone, it's one of my favorites. The pic of the crystal is fabulous! Vicki Hi Leonid,

I have always liked a nice spiderweb Turquoise stone. I find it more interesting than robin’s egg blue with no matrix. There are so many beads on the market now, that are dyed magnesite, how would a person tell the difference? The only way I would know is if they are too perfect for a very cheap price.

Thanks for posting on this stone, it’s one of my favorites. The pic of the crystal is fabulous!

Vicki

]]> By: Jane Walker http://ganoksin.com/blog/leonidsurpin/2009/10/19/understanding-turquoise/#comment-7 Jane Walker Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:04:12 +0000 http://leonidsurpin.ganoksin.com/blogs/?p=13#comment-7 Thank you Leonid! The Tiffany story is beautiful. I know enough to know how little I know, and for that reason have always avoided buying purported 'turquoise'. But ... 50 odd years ago, I was given a little gold and turquoise brooch - and the 5mm stone is the pure blue of an equatorial sky. Thank you Leonid! The Tiffany story is beautiful. I know enough to know how little I know, and for that reason have always avoided buying purported ‘turquoise’. But … 50 odd years ago, I was given a little gold and turquoise brooch – and the 5mm stone is the pure blue of an equatorial sky.

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