Interview with Danny Lopacki, Part One

Allan's Butterfly by Danny Lopacki with Yungai Temple Mine turquoise, Hubei, China. Photo Arland Ben.

Danny Lopacki is known to readers of Turquoise in America Part Two, 1910-1990 as one of those who introduced Chinese turquoise to the US market in the late eighties. He tells his story in Chapter Five "First Contact". In this interview Danny shows some turquoise from his collection.