vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :
]I can reliably get good turquoise from Rio. Other places that have their ]turquiose graded are usually pretty reliable too. But mostly I buy in ]person. I'm kinetic in my learning/thinking so it's my fingers that tell ]me, but their information is not very quantifiable. I won't buy turquoise ]any more unless I know details like if it's graded or dyed or compressed, ]etc.
that's what i'd like to do. but i don't know how to tell.
is that in the "bead info", too? nope - at least not yet.
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