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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Satin In A Coffin, post: 9575100, member: 60309&quot;]The reason I say it, is simply law of averages. Almost all turquoise you come across is some manner of imitation. Unless it has significant age on it. I know this sounds insane! But the fakes are out of control and have been for decades now. I have just gotten to the point I assume it&#039;s all fake and vow to enjoy it anyway. Most of the American mines are closed, or only producing powdery stuff (the stuff that goes into the reconstituted/compressed pieces). This is not to say I have any knowledge that yours is definitely fake, or anything like that. This has just been my lived experience in buying Native American or Southwest jewelry. There are still some operating mines out there in the world but the nice pieces are very expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just wanted to give a little context to why I said what I did.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really do the facebook anymore but there is a great informative group called Identifying Fake Native American Jewelry, if you ever want to dive deep.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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