[Jewelry making - Article 00560] - [Orchid] Bob Brucia a Turquoise Supplier

[John Barton]

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    Over the years here on Orchid there have been numerous discussions
    regarding turquoise. Several members have expressed views that there
    is no longer any quality turquoise (hard natural vs stabilized) to be
    found from American mines since so many have been shut down. I agree
    that it has become harder to find good quality hard natural
    turquoise;however, there are a number of factors to be looked at
    besides just the number of mines that have been shut down. One has to
    only look at the galleries in Santa Fe as well as visit the annual
    Indian Market there to realize that the artists that show their
    jewelry at Indian Market and sell through the galleries there,that
    they are getting good quality hard natural turquoise somewhere.Also,
    many of the artists have not completely turned their backs on good
    quality stabilized turquoise.There is after all stabilized and then
    other stabilized.One of a number of reasons that there is difficulty
    in getting this good hard natural and quality stabilized turquoise is
    I believe that there are more and more fine American Indian artists,
    college educated, art school educated,well trained both in America
    and in other countries,so that these artists are getting first crack
    at the limited amount of this quality turquoise from the suppliers
    that contract with the mines that are producing. There is one of my
    suppliers that I would like to share with those of you that are
    looking for nothing but hard natural turquoise (that's all he sells).
    He is Bob Brucia at http://www.nevadagem.com no vested interest and
    all the regular disclaimers,just a satisfied customer.He has a money
    back gaurantee if not satisfied.With this in mind,his material is not
    cheap,remembering that none is stabilized,all hard natural.Another
    supplier recommended to me several years ago by another Orchid
    member, Sam Patania Jr., is Gram Cabbing, not cheap either but all
    quality hard natural turquoise. I hope this helps some of you that
    are like me wanting good quality material and are willing to pay the
    price for it. 

    Best wishes, 
    John Barton 

    PS Feel free to contact me offline and I can send you a jpg of some
    of the material I have purchased.
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