FASHION FORWARD WITH TURQUOISE!

In Lust With Turquoise

I've had a total love affair with this precious stone ever since I started making jewelry. I love the warmth and organic nature of it and for some reason it makes me feel protected and safe when I wear it. Turquoise is a beautiful stone in it's natural state, however, it comes in many different shapes, forms and sizes. It's hard to know which one to buy. Once or twice a year, I travel to Arizona and visit some of the Southwestern jewelry stores and bead shops just for inspiration. I am always amazed by the huge selection of turquoise jewelry which is almost always enhanced in settings of 92.5 silver. Silver seems to set this stone off best and showcase the natural beauty of it. I also notice that there are women who completely deck themselves out in turquoise! Tons of rings, necklaces, earrings, belt buckles, ear cuffs and Western hats encrusted with Turquoise. However, turquoise is not just for the rodeo anymore! You have probably noticed that many CELEBRITIES opt for turquoise jewelry because it actually brings out the color of their eyes and makes the face light up! Literally. Who could forget that gorgeous turquoise necklace that Eva Mendez wore last year on the red carpet? What a statement! When I wear turquoise jewelry, I always feel like it totally brightens up my skin tone and brings out the blue in my eyes.

Actor Eva Mendez wearing a vintage Turquoise collar style necklace - so chique!
Stylist Rachel Zoe knew what she was doing

Actor Cynthia Nixon wearing multi strands of turquoise stones

Singer Faith Hill wearing a turquoise pendant necklace
(I am not a fan of the matchy matchy dress but the necklace is pretty)

Known for her eclectic style - Actor Sharon Stone is seen here wearing an elaborate turquoise necklace

Paris Hilton wearing a decorative pendant style turquoise necklace
(Again, a little too much blue for my taste but love the design)

Actor / Singer Vanessa Williams wearing a turquoise stone "bib" style necklace
This is a perfect pairing with the sunny yellow dress!

Buying good turquoise can be troublesome! If you want to buy a strand of real turquoise stones it's important to go to a reputable dealer and know what you're looking for. There are many commercially processed immitation versions of this stone and you can easily get ripped off. If you hear or see the words "stabilized" turquoise nuggets for example, that usually means that the stone has been crushed into a powder and then re-formed into a stone and sprayed with a shiny glaze. Stabilized turquoise is fine for novice beaders and jewelry makers who want to incorporate turquoise into their designs at a reasonable price, however, it is NOT the genuine stone and therefore you can not sell your jewelry and call it "genuine turquoise". I occasionally buy strands of stabilized turquoise for around $16-$35 a strand at my local bead shop. A strand of genuine precious turquoise could run anywhere from $85 (med quality) upwards of $300.

DEFINITION
Turquoise: Kind of precious stones, usually a blue color, which is a phosphate Mtmih of aluminum, copper, and mounted on a metal that contains iron in some cases, composed by deposition of solutions. Copper, consisting of vapors rising copper mineralization in this opinion and the reason for the presence of small amounts of phosphate and copper, which gives him a blue color and gives the metal iron in Nrkibh green. Stone easy scratching and light weight is very weak with just fractions of fluted shell shape, at risk of Bacharok (due to high porosity of some raw materials) and can be maintained in the form of stone across the printing on the resin or wax resin, with a distinctive high value of the jewelry.

Places Where Turquoise is Found

Iran - Egypt - China - United States of America (California, Nevada and Arizona) - Mexico - Russia - Australia - England - Thailand - Turkestan - Chile - Sri Lanka.

Turquoise is found in the arid and the rocks, and it is formed when aluminum-rich surface is exposed to a chemical reaction. In most cases, turquoise consists of the disintegration of lava under the influence of weather factors and there are major deposits of Turquoise in Iran and Tibet.

People use turquoise as a decoration and other decorative purposes since ancient times. It is still demanded so greatly to the extent that it pushed to the production of spurious (artificial) thereof.

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