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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1265734, member: 5833&quot;]I have looked &amp; looked at this &amp; not weighed in because I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Can only say that turquoise is significantly softer than garnet.&nbsp; I have seen turquoise this color, but not in such large, uniformly colored pieces.&nbsp; My never having seen it before of course proves nothing.&nbsp; Gaspeite is the right color, but as AJ noted, very soft.&nbsp; I&#039;m not entirely convinced the green beads are stone at all.&nbsp; Carnelian seems likely enough for the orange beads, although something about how they look in photos also makes my antennae waggle.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] think gaspeite may be the green stone used in some NA work you are thinking of.&nbsp; An eBay search for &#039;Zuni gaspeite&#039; turns up lots of examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite sentence of the day:</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaspéite from Widgiemooltha is associated with talc carbonated komatiite...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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