Real Turquoise or fake?

Does this look real to you all? It was inexpensive and in with other cheap jewelry, so if not I'm okay.

It's about 17" long, has irregular black beads on a metal cable and an older-looking clasp.

Thanks for any help!

 

I'm no expert, but it looks good to me...I believe it's genuine Turquoise.

 

Cool-- thanks for the opinion. I hope you're right.

 

Looks like dyed/stabilized mystery stone,put a small drop of water on the stone and see what happens.

 

Not much happens. No bleeding of color if that was what you were suspecting.

 

looks like genuine nuggets from here.......imo

 

If it were natural turquoise the water would soak into the surface.

 

Ok--interesting! Thanks

 

Immerse the stone in clean water and leave for several hours. Only natural turquoise will slightly change color and absorb water. Cacholong just absorbs. All other stones will remain as is. If there are fragile dyes, they will get into the water.

 

Turquoise can be very brittle, which is why it is often 'stabilized', as Holly suggested. The nuggets on your pretty necklace look like stabilized turquoise, so treated with epoxy resin.
Because the stone is saturated with epoxy, it doesn't absorb water like an untreated, 100% natural stone would.

Untreated turquoises (that aren't brittle) are used for more expensive jewellery.

 

Got it. Thank you for the clarification!