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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 6177016, member: 2844"]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.</p><p>Because the stone is saturated with epoxy, it doesn't absorb water like an untreated, 100% natural stone would.</p><p><br /></p><p>Untreated turquoises (that aren't brittle) are used for more expensive jewellery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 6177016, member: 2844"]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.[/QUOTE]
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