Just got back from our semi-annual trip to Lake Havasu City, Arizona to see my son, his wife and our two grandsons. Weather was really nice (not too hot there this time of year!). And to top it off, we missed the snowpocalypse in the Front Range of Colorado!

Had to stop in Kingman, Arizona at Colbaugh Processing to look for new Turquoise stones! Got some earring sets for designing earrings. Will be coming soon to the website.

I have had people ask me about the Purple Turquoise I get from Colbaugh. They also have bright green. What Colbaugh does is, take the scraps left over from cutting turquoise beads, dye the turquoise and mix with bronze or copper bits, spiny oyster shell, mix with resin and then pressure pressed to form blocks that lapidarists can then cut cabochons, or beads. This is a great use of turquoise because nothing goes to waste and a “new” stone is created for jewelers to use in their work.