[Jewelry making - Article 00076] - Re: [Orchid] Variquoise rough prices

[Carol Carter-Wientjes]

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Hi Jerry,

    Variquoise (also often misspelled varaquoise) is basically variscite
    + turquoise and was found around Snowville, Utah. I'm not sure if
    anybody has agreed to what it truly is but that's the only
    explanation I've seen for it. A good piece will have gobs of small,
    tightly packed orbs & a good bit of spiderwebbing (the pattern looks
    an awful lot like Damale or New Lander turquoise in my opinion) Oh,
    and it's a soft green (ala variscite). It's beautiful! And it ain't
    cheap! 

    Clear as petrified mud? :-)~ Carol 

    p.s. Orchidian Gerry Galarneau has a variquoise cab on his website
    (new cabs page 1) if you wanna see what the heck I'm trying to
    describe. www.galarneausgems.com

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