[Jewelry making - Article 00184] - Re: [Orchid] Variquoise rough prices

[jake]

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>             Variquoise is a bogus name which was coined for market
>     hyping back in the seventies. Turquoise and variscite are distinct
>     minerals 

    If you are saying this doesn't exist you are wrong. I do not want to
    start anything. However I belong to Golden Spike, I have cut some
    and others have, as well as Bee Hive Club, people in Salt Lake and
    elsewhere, I do not know if any subscribe to the list but they
    clearly know the truth of it. 

    Anyone who cuts lapidary material knows or will know that material
    is often not all of one thing. Azurite is a very good example, such
    as azurite with malachite etc., etc. As to Variquoise the best piece
    I have seen so far was a stone that in part was clearly variscite
    with tans and browns while in part was clearly turquoise and was a
    bright sky blue. (Its' owner was not interested in a trade; I
    tried.) That what it is, a rock with the two minerals combined. No
    doubt variscite only (with perhaps webbing) has been sold as it, not
    all dealers are honest and some do not know and don' care, i.e.
    copal sols as amber. 

    A good piece is dramatic and unusual as are some other materials that
    are not all one mineral. There are a surprising number of them. This
    combination (Variquoise) is not technically a separate mineral but
    the name is a good handle as to what it is. I suppose that
    variscite/turquoise or turquoise/variscite would be the correct label
    but it is easier to say and recognized by those who know it. As for
    getting some outside of a club member I do not know, Snowvill is
    closed. 


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