[Jewelry making - Article 00016] - [Orchid] Stabilized Vs. natural turquoise?

[Jeanne Rhodes Moen]

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    Hi all, I've been ebaying for supplies and picked up 5 lbs of sliced
    turquoise rough..probably from Arizona for about $60. I was trying to
    find turquoise prices by lb or gram online....this worked out to
    about 2.6 cents per gram, which for sliced material seems really
    good to me...but much of what I saw online for sale for around 35-40
    cents a gram was stablized. I suspect the stuff I am getting is
    natural/untreated. How do prices compare w/ Stabilized turquoise? Is
    Natural turquoise cheaper or more expensive on average than
    Stabilized stuff?  BTW...isn't turquoise fairly light material?
    Wouldn't stabilized stuff actually be heavier than natural material?

    If anyone wants to see the lot..go to ebay and  <edit> That's the
    item number. Wasn't sure if the ebay link would be filtered out or
    not (know it is on orchid). 

    <edit> Ebay link removed - Sorry no Ebay listings on Orchid</edit> 

Thanks,
Jeanne

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