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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 1477967, member: 255"]I can’t identify turquoise but I do know that multiple veins can be found in a single mine producing various colorations depending on the specific ore content and that matrix patterning can vary as well so I personally (not judging for anyone else) feel that unless one has clear documentation of location of the turquoise mining or one was standing there when it was pulled out, it’s all a guesstimate. </p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve seen so much variance in what others have called Landers (all definitely with that heavy matrix patterning) that I personally would never gamble on it at those prices, but that’s just me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’d much rather have the piece you bought but heavy dark patterning isn’t my favorite anyway. My love is green turquoise which is usually less pricey than the blue. The only piece I own that I would definitely identify is a Cerritos Green buckle and only because I knew the artist who made it and his family and I still wasn’t there when he mined it but it’s pretty much all he worked in and he lived there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 1477967, member: 255"]I can’t identify turquoise but I do know that multiple veins can be found in a single mine producing various colorations depending on the specific ore content and that matrix patterning can vary as well so I personally (not judging for anyone else) feel that unless one has clear documentation of location of the turquoise mining or one was standing there when it was pulled out, it’s all a guesstimate. I’ve seen so much variance in what others have called Landers (all definitely with that heavy matrix patterning) that I personally would never gamble on it at those prices, but that’s just me. I’d much rather have the piece you bought but heavy dark patterning isn’t my favorite anyway. My love is green turquoise which is usually less pricey than the blue. The only piece I own that I would definitely identify is a Cerritos Green buckle and only because I knew the artist who made it and his family and I still wasn’t there when he mined it but it’s pretty much all he worked in and he lived there.[/QUOTE]
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