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Turquoise Beads

  • Jun 21, 2022
  • 1 min read

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Ithaca Peak turquoise nugget bead necklace. Photo Arland Ben.


Turquoise has one commercial application and that is in jewelry. The earliest form of jewelry were beads. In this video Mike discusses bead making and we see some beautiful turquoise beads.



 
 
 

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