There are many qualities of turquoise found in the American West. The most expensive is Sleeping Beauty, which is close to Persian turquoise in clarity and color, free from imperfections and copper matrixing. These beads are not Sleeping Beauty, but very close to it. The color is spectacular evoking the azure of Western skies. I had bought these interesting pendant maybe two years ago at a gem show and never had anything to put it with. I thought that all lapis would have been too dark and the variations in the pendant would have been lost. On these wonderful turquoise and lapis bead, the pendant shares the spotlight. Set in filigree silver, the center stone is lapis lazuli, opaque and glowing set off by faceted, transparent gemstones like garnet and amethyst.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
BEAUTY AND THE BEADS
There are many qualities of turquoise found in the American West. The most expensive is Sleeping Beauty, which is close to Persian turquoise in clarity and color, free from imperfections and copper matrixing. These beads are not Sleeping Beauty, but very close to it. The color is spectacular evoking the azure of Western skies. I had bought these interesting pendant maybe two years ago at a gem show and never had anything to put it with. I thought that all lapis would have been too dark and the variations in the pendant would have been lost. On these wonderful turquoise and lapis bead, the pendant shares the spotlight. Set in filigree silver, the center stone is lapis lazuli, opaque and glowing set off by faceted, transparent gemstones like garnet and amethyst.
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