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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 72250, member: 85"]Or the stone could be from China</p><p>It's possible the scratched lettering was to make you think hand made.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From an article that really doesn't say how to tell the difference. But talks about the laws in New Mexico. </p><p><i>"By the 1970s and ’80s, approximately 80 percent of the US turquoise market consisted of stabilized stones from China that were cast into silver by Native Americans. Though the stone was just as colorful, it wasn’t the same as a bona fide natural stone, and the value of domestic turquoise climbed. In many cases, the rising prices left local craftsmen unable to compete with the comparatively cheap Chinese product."</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7629-how-to-spy-a-turise-lie.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7629-how-to-spy-a-turise-lie.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7629-how-to-spy-a-turise-lie.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Still a nice looking piece, and one you don't have to worry about if you wear it frequently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 72250, member: 85"]Or the stone could be from China It's possible the scratched lettering was to make you think hand made. From an article that really doesn't say how to tell the difference. But talks about the laws in New Mexico. [I]"By the 1970s and ’80s, approximately 80 percent of the US turquoise market consisted of stabilized stones from China that were cast into silver by Native Americans. Though the stone was just as colorful, it wasn’t the same as a bona fide natural stone, and the value of domestic turquoise climbed. In many cases, the rising prices left local craftsmen unable to compete with the comparatively cheap Chinese product."[/I] [URL]http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7629-how-to-spy-a-turise-lie.html[/URL] Still a nice looking piece, and one you don't have to worry about if you wear it frequently.[/QUOTE]
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