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Category: Studies & Musings
Dylan Clevenger’s Exquisite Wire Wrap with Stone Mountain Turquoise
Dylan Clevenger is a young jewelry artist from California that Suzanne had the luck of meeting at the Comstock Rockshop in Virginia City, NV. Suzanne was immediately intrigued by his interest in geology and gemstones. His unbridled enthusiasm and the fire in his eye is what struck Suzanne most, they hit it off immediately. Luckily […]
1987 Gemology : Control Stone
Go back The Control Stone: The material we used in the 1987 gemology has both green and blue colors, this type of turquoise was a common find in the 1980’s. This turquoise was a vein nugget in the mid-grade range of Stone Mountain Turquoise. It had some translucence on the green edges and was at […]
Green Turquoise from Stone Mountain Mine
Green is not the most notable color when one thinks of the turquoise gemstone. However since I grew up digging around the Stone Mountain Turquoise deposit I have found the color green to be a constant and equal shade in the gradient of nature’s expression we call “turquoise” It took me a while longer to […]
A favorite Jewelry artist who loves Stone Mountain Turquoise
One of our favorite artists is Gail Farcello. Gail has a unique way of bringing together feeling with elements to create her jewelry. She is a master Beadworker, she uses her beadwork to create necklaces, earrings and other beautiful jewelry in combination with gemstones and beads. One of the reasons we enjoy working with Gail, […]