Turquoise Size
Posted in Uncategorized on 11/21/2010 01:22 pm by adminTurquoise Size
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N74IAD-Pleated Floral Shift Cocktail Dress(One Size Fit S-M)Turquoise $22.99 |
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Vintage Turquoise Southwestern 925 sterling silver pendant SZ 1-3/8 $19.99 |
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Sterling Silver Turquoise Ring Size 9 1/2, 925(CP) $39.50 |
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NWT Hollister Bettys Strapless Top or Baby Doll Dress Dark Turquoise Size Medium $17.00 |
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NEW Oakley Mens winter ski snowboard JACKET SIZE Turquoise XXL $109.99 |
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NEW Oakley Mens winter ski snowboard JACKET SIZE Turquoise L/XXL $109.99 |
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Burton Womens Cobra Fleece Jacket Size M Turquoise $22.00 |
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DC Boys Kids Radar Shoes Size 1 Black/Turquoise $18.00 |
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Green c Turquoise Sterling Silver Plated Ring SZ10 g10 $0.99 |
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STEVE MADDEN BROWN TuRQUOISE STRIPE BOW OPEN TOE COMFORT FLATS SIZE 7.5 M $32.99 |
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LILYPAD CRYSTAL ROWS BLACK 1″ HEEL FLIPFLOP TURQUOISE CROSS STONES SIZE 10 NIB $48.99 |
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Navajo Native American Turquoise Ring Size 8 SKU#222449 $93.00 |
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CHICO’S LADIES COTTON SHIRT TURQUOISE/WHITE SIZE 2 $9.99 |
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K32I3-Ruffle Tunic Summer Cocktail Dress(US Sz 2)Turquoise $26.99 |
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N74CAD-Vintage Pleated Ruffle Cocktail Dress(One Size Fit S-M)Turquoise $22.99 |
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SR04MR-Pinafore Button Glitter Dress(US Sz 2-4)Turquoise $14.99 |
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Navajo Native American Turquoise Ring Size 6 1/2 SKU#222527 $57.00 |
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RING TURQUOISE MORENCI TURQUOISE SZ 8.5 1930s UNUSAL $71.99 |
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Ring Turquoise 3 Stone Kingman Turquoise SZ 8 Navajo Made Dome Style Unusal $63.99 |
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daphnea design turquoise Crystal Skull unique fashion Ring size 10 MR028 $9.99 |
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POLKA DOTS & BOWS Black W/Turquoise Sexy Panties Size S $5.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical/Dental Scrubs Pants Size S Small YOU PICK COLOR 82009 $17.99 |
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Roamans seersucker purple and turquoise pants Nwt size j2 22/24 $3.99 |
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R1049 925 STERLING SILVER Copper Turquoise RING Sz 7 $15.99 |
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Natural 8x6mm Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Filigree Sterling Silver Ring Size 8 $24.95 |
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Super Stylish Victoria Wieck Whiskey Quartz & Carved Turquoise Ring size 5 $69.00 |
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SIZE 7 Blue Copper Turquoise Sterling Silver Plated Ring g158 $0.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size XS Extra Small YOU PICK COLOR 82009 $17.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size M Medium YOU PICK COLOR 82009 $17.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size L Large YOU PICK COLOR 82009 $17.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size XL Extra Large YOU PICK COLOR 82009 $17.99 |
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SEXY CLUB TURQUOISE SEAMLESS SHORT SLEEVE MESH NETTING SEE THRU TOP – ONE SIZE $11.99 |
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Shimmering Turquoise White & Black POLARIS Snowmobile Jacket Sz M $59.95 |
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NEW TURQUOISE BLUE VELVET TRIBAL PRINT 5″ HIGH HEEL PLATFORM STILETTO PUMPS SZ 6 $21.95 |
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Women’s 2 Twenty One1 CALF SKIRT TURQUOISE/JADE size S NEW W/ TAG made in INDIA $14.99 |
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Choose any one Bollywood Stretch Halter top S Plus Size $14.00 |
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LANE BRYANT sz 14/16 TURQUOISE BLUE RUFFLE HEM ~ EMPIRE WAIST SLVLS DRESS ~NWT~ $33.99 |
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Choose color Kid Size Hip scarf I Coin $10.00 |
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Bitch With Wings Tattoo Plus Size T-Shirt + Rhinestone $15.99 |
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Bitch With Wings Tattoo Plus Size T-Shirt + Rhinestone $15.99 |
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TURQUOISE BLUE GREEN ORANGE BLK MULTI FABRIC HIGH HEEL PLATFORM WEDGE PUMPS SZ10 $23.95 |
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Navajo Carico Lake Turquoise Ring Size 8 1/2 by Touchine SKU#224097 $197.00 |
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Bitch With Wings Tattoo Plus Size T-Shirt SML to 6x $15.99 |
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Bitch With Wings Tattoo Plus Size T-Shirt SML to 6x $12.99 |
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1pcs Round TURQUOISE STONE Pendant Round Size 37mm $0.99 |
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Size 9 Arinna Blue Natural Turquoise Cocktail Ring 18K WGP Swarovski Crystal $6.99 |
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MENS AMERICAN EAGLE TURQUOISE CORDUROY SHORTS SIZE 30 $26.95 |
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HANDSOME 1890s 14K YELLOW GOLD & TURQUOISE RING SZ 7 4/ $200.00 |
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Art Deco Turquoise Sterling Silver Ring Size 3 $17.95 |
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Juicy Couture Teal/turquoise Terry Track Top With Zipper Size Medium $18.99 |
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Navajo Indian Turquoise & Jet Ring Size 10 3/4 SKU#222585 $123.00 |
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NWT SIZE 12 EVAN PICONE CLASSIC WHITE PANT SUIT WITH TURQUOISE SCARF RV$200!!! $48.00 |
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SIZE 8.5 Blue Copper Turquoise Sterling Silver Plated Vintage ST Ring g258 $0.99 |
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Navajo (Dine), MOP, JET, PYRITE & Turquoise Ring, SIZE 8 $72.00 |
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1pcs TURQUOISE STONE Heart Pendant size 55mm $0.99 |
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Dickies 850106T Unisex Drawstring Pant Icy Turquoise Many Sizes $29.95 |
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Dickies 850106T Unisex Drawstring Pant Icy Turquoise Many Sizes $29.95 |
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Dickies 850106T Unisex Drawstring Pant Icy Turquoise Many Sizes $29.95 |
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Dickies 850106T Unisex Drawstring Pant Icy Turquoise Many Sizes $29.95 |
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LANE BRYANT sz 18/20 TURQUOISE CRISS CROSS BUST ~ EMPIRE WAIST SLVLS DRESS ~NWT~ $33.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size XS Extra Small YOU PICK COLOR 84002 $17.99 |
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Ring Turquoise .925 Sterling Silver size 9 $16.19 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size S Small YOU PICK COLOR 84002 $17.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size M Medium YOU PICK COLOR 84002 $17.99 |
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KASPER BLUE TURQUOISE DRESS SIZE 12 $21.99 |
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NWD Girls Turquoise Sandals sz 2 $6.49 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size L Large YOU PICK COLOR 84002 $17.99 |
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VINTAGE OLD PAWN NAVAJO RING – STERLING SILVER – SIZE 10 – KINGMAN TURQUOISE $43.99 |
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Navajo Native American Turquoise Ring Size 10 3/4 SKU#222545 $123.00 |
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Handcrafted Silver Southwest Ring Coral & Turquoise Size 8 XLT Cond $38.00 |
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NYGARD TURQUOISE BLUE LINEN SILK BLOUSE SIZE 14 $24.99 |
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Vintage Sterling Silver Ring Size 5 1/2 Hallmarked Bell Trading Post Turquoise $12.99 |
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Dickies Soft Works Medical Scrubs Pants Size XL Extra Large YOU PICK COLOR 84002 $17.99 |
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Faux Turquoise Rhinestone Ring Modernist Silvertone Size 8 kenmauiphoto7 $11.99 |
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**AUTHENTIC JUICY COUTURE** TURQUOISE TERRY CLOTH SWEAT PANTS SIZE XL $29.99 |
Turquoise Size
Bisbee Turquoise Is One Of Best-Known Products Of Historic Copper Town
The southern Arizona mining camp of Bisbee once had a population of more than 20,000 and produced some 8 billion — with a “b” — pounds of copper metal, but in many quarters, it’s best known for the few hundred tons of turquoise that it gave the world.
Bisbee turquoise was encountered in great quantities in the 1960s, about the same time that Arizona Highways magazine started publicizing the gemstone that was being set in silver by Navajo craftsmen. The fame of Native American jewelry and of Bisbee turquoise soon went worldwide.
Because the best Bisbee turquoise was a deep blue, with a matrix of chocolate brown, it often was the gemstone of choice for Native craftsmen, and as their fame increased, so did that of the stone they were using. Good turquoise is relatively hard (6.5 on the Mohs scale, with talc being 1 and diamond being 10, vs. only 5.5 for lesser turquoise), it polishes to a brilliant sheen and will maintain that look over a long period.
Finding large quantities of Bisbee turquoise
While smaller amounts of turquoise were found in Bisbee underground mines, which began operation in 1880, it wasn’t until a major pocket of the material was hit in the Lavender open-pit mine in the 1960s that it was available in large enough quantities to become a commercial success.
Bisbee’s copper was almost entirely mined by underground methods, with thousands of workers going each day deep into the bowels of the Mule Mountains, for the first 70 years of operations. A small surface operations was conducted in the 1920s, but it wasn’t until the early 1950s that a significant surface, or open-pit, mine got under way. Bisbee mines also continued to be worked underground during that period.
Large off-road haulage trucks, capable of carrying up to 65 tons of broken ore, or metal-containing rocks, were loaded by large electric shovels. They carried the ore to a crusher, where it was further reduced in size and fed into a concentrator, where grinding and chemicals made it possible to capture most of the metal. An ore concentrate was then shipped to a nearby smelter, where 2,000-degree temperatures melted the material, allowing the metals to be separated from other less-valuable materials.
As mining progressed in the ever-deepening pit, it frequently encountered great boulders of Bisbee turquoise, its beauty making it easy to pick out from the gray and brownish rock that hosted it. Miners frequently grabbed as much of the turquoise as they could and it left the jobsite with them. Throughout the history of the mines, the company had a policy of letting miners take away whatever attractive minerals they could find.
Bisbee hosts some 330 species of minerals
And Bisbee offered lots of those. With more than 330 species of minerals found in the Bisbee mines, it’s one of the richest, most diverse ore bodies in the world. (Some of that mineral diversity can be seen today at the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum, which hosts and extensive exhibit developed in affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution.)
The mining company eventually halted the collection of Bisbee turquoise because some miners were taking great safety risks to get to it.
Today many jewelers in Bisbee actively seek local turquoise from families of miners who collected it decades ago. One company, Bisbee Blue, has the right to mine turquoise from the old dumps and offers local material, set by Native American silversmiths, at its store at the Lavender Pit viewpoint.
Bisbee turquoise is a souvenir of local mining heritage that a visitor to the historic mining camp can take home and be proud to show off for years to come.
About the Author
Gary Dillard is an Arizona native who researches, speaks and writes on the history of his region and the borderlands. Learn more about his subjects at westernaudiohistory.com.
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