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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4324560, member: 2844&quot;]It is gorgeous, K, you lucky girl!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>That &#039;random&#039;, natural look of the stones is something that was popular with Arts &amp; Crafts jewellery makers. It looks like it dates from the early years of the 20th century, imo.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the country the turquoise could have come from, there is no 100% certainty. Turquoise is found on all continents, but you can rule out some countries if you look at the origin of the necklace and the period it was made in.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is an antique English necklace, which makes US, Brazilian, etc turquoise highly unlikely.</p><p>As KSW already pointed out, we hardly see any US made jewellery in Europe. Most US turquoise (NA) jewellery is brought over by Europeans who have visited the US.</p><p>The English didn&#039;t have to buy their turquoise from across the Atlantic, because there were established, ancient trade routes for both European and Persian turquoise. Some &#039;Persian&#039; turquoise came from Afghanistan, btw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides, there were significantly fewer US turquoise mines in the early years of the 20th century than there were in say, 1960. In fact, at the time this was made, the US still had to import a lot of Persian turquoise, even for SW NA jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>European or Persian origin are the most likely options for this necklace. I think the newly discovered turquoise in Australia wasn&#039;t mined in commercial quantities yet, but I am not sure.</p><p>We can&#039;t rule out the possibility that this is English turquoise, from Cornwall for instance. Cornish turquoise was already mined in the 19th century.</p><p>But at the time most turquoise used in Northwestern Europe came from Persia.</p><p>Bohemian, Romanian and Bulgarian turquoise were used mostly in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Turquoise from countries like Russia, Germany and Italy was mostly used locally.</p><p><br /></p><p>So Persia and England would be on my shortlist. Most English turquoise that I have seen is more pale greenish than this, but I don&#039;t know enough about it to rule it out completely. I am leaning towards Persian though.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, turquoise from Iran (Persia) and China comes in a large range of shades and colours, just like US turquoise. In fact, it is often difficult to tell US and Chinese turquoise apart.</p><p>The colour/shade diversity of Persian turquoise is said to be the greatest in the world, although it is most famous for the coveted &#039;Persian blue&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>And a general rule: If an item isn&#039;t US made, the likelihood of it being US turquoise is virtually non-existent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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