For a long time, scholars have thought that the Aztecs had frequent contact with groups in what's now the American Southwest. But a new chemical analysis of ancient turquoise artifacts just put a ...

In galleries like ours, nothing turns heads like vintage jewelry. All kinds attract attention, but pieces with a Southwest or Native American theme tend to draw the biggest crowds. And if there's a ...

The lack of a grading system for the popular stone has prompted a father-son team to spend the last five years working on one. Turquoise stones from the blue and green master sets at the Turquoise ...

Knowing the mystical qualities of turquoise -- Learning the international history of turquoise -- Studying geology & mineralogy of turquoise -- Mining turquoise -- Cutting turquoise : lapidary work -- ...

Have you ever been interested in turquoise? It is one of about 18 main stones that are considered semi-precious. My wife joined me on a business trip to Yuma, Ariz., a few days before my birthday and ...