Thank you for this video, I am quite sure that more often than we’d like to think, people fall into the trap of not getting what they actually wanted. ♥️

@GemseekerStudio

4 ай бұрын

If you know what the stone should look like, you can choose the right one.

But you never actually talked about how exactly to decipher between the imitation stones: stone hardness, tell tale clues… how to examine the stones?

@HavicAngel

5 ай бұрын

Very much this! I was hoping for information on how to tell/test a stone to see if it's turquoise

Muito lindo! 💝🇧🇷

@GemseekerStudio

4 ай бұрын

Glad that it was helpful!

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Much of it is dyed white howlite. Or reconstituted chips of turquoise in resin. There are fine grey veins in howlite. Price does not discriminate - they will sell crap for high prices. Research the company and the origins before purchasing.

@GemseekerStudio

Ай бұрын

Thanks

Never said how to spot the real stuff.

@GemseekerStudio

4 ай бұрын

If you know what the stone should look like, you can choose the right one.

Not a helpful video. Natural turquoise is so soft that most turquoise on the market today is "standardized"... filled with plastic or resin to make it harder and hold it together. Turquoise from different mines (most of them now closed) can have a very different look in terms of color (blue, green, whitish) and threads of black, brown, etc. This article doesn't talk about any of that or how to actually tell the difference between natural and imitations.