Popularized by Turkish traders, embraced by Native Americans and now mined extensively by the Chinese, turquoise varies so widely in color and form that many American Indians say no two stones are ...
A giant turquoise stone thought to be worth 10 million yuan (£1.1 million) has been discovered in Shiyan, China's Hubei province. The mega previous stone weighing 215 kilograms (474 pounds) was put on ...
Sacred to Indigenous people, beloved by collectors, one blue-green stone has huge cultural cachet in the “Land of Enchantment.” Indigenous artisans in New Mexico are known for their turquoise jewelry ...
HOW DID Tiffany & Co. arrive at its signature shade of blue, a robin’s-egg hue the jewelry brand uses for everything from its stores to its packaging? The company’s chief gemologist, Victoria Wirth ...
Turquoise has been used in some of the Van Cleef & Arpels’ most precious creations, including the incredible 1974 bib necklace Eva Mendes wore to the 2009 Golden Globes; and in last year’s Le Grand ...