Indeed. The challenge is that claim boundaries are not professionally surveyed and often claims will be overstaked. As Frost said “Good fences make good neighbors”.
@@nevadaminer5977 For most miners legal recourse is not an option beyond the perfunctory “cease and desist” letter. Miners are not in a position to line the pockets of attorneys in legal action where, even if you win, you lose.
Wow such beautiful gems! Morw valuable than diamond in my opinion. Would you be able to do a comoarison video with both lander blue and starburst, WITH Apache Blue Turquoise? Saw apache blue turquoise on daryll Dean Begay's youtube channel.
I don’t have enough high grade Apache Blue to do the comparison. Daryl Dean has among the best. The history of the claim is in Turquoise in America Part Three available at turquoiseinamerica.com
That Starburst is interesting. I've cut some Chinese Cloud Mountain that looks very similar to the pinpoint. A couple mines that remind my of the boulder/chert matrix are Viking and Carlin, and some of the chert matrix from Candelaria.
Chert is a good host for turquoise. Although a sedimentary rock it has high silica content which makes it hard and takes a nice polish. I am not familiar with Viking. Lots to learn.
I inherited a ton of turquois from my Dad and Grandpa owned Shoshone and Little Blue Bird until he died in 1991. Do you have any knowledge on those mines?
@@turquoiseinamerica3164 Cool, I will take a look. My grandfather and dad had it for a short time in the late 1980s and until 1991 when he passed. His name was Bud "marion" Swindler. Lombardo had it before then until his death. My dad said that the people of Austin had issues with Lombardo and were happy that they took over the mine after he passed but don't know much more than that.
I also have quite a few lB stones from MARVIN SYMES who was the original oner of the claim and even better provenance However LB came in several grades , while much of the fake material looks more like LB tha the original stuff.. The whole LB story has been over hyped IMHO. .Beware of hype promoters in general...
Lander Blue has benefitted from a marketing effort promoting the mystique. The material came to market in the mid 70's and was very welcome paying the unheard price of $2 a carat. Even by the late 80's the price was about $5 a carat. From the mid nineties on the price began to skyrocket largely due to the influence of Japanese buyers. We will tell that story in Part Three: The Stories of Turquoise, 1990-2020 due out by the end of the year.
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Proper maps and and solid claim boundaries are a must as well.
Indeed. The challenge is that claim boundaries are not professionally surveyed and often claims will be overstaked. As Frost said “Good fences make good neighbors”.
@@turquoiseinamerica3164 100% right. Good to know the rules when staking those claims. Best way to stay out of court.
@@nevadaminer5977 For most miners legal recourse is not an option beyond the perfunctory “cease and desist” letter. Miners are not in a position to line the pockets of attorneys in legal action where, even if you win, you lose.
@@turquoiseinamerica3164 no doubt those attorney fees can kill an operation.
Wow such beautiful gems! Morw valuable than diamond in my opinion. Would you be able to do a comoarison video with both lander blue and starburst, WITH Apache Blue Turquoise? Saw apache blue turquoise on daryll Dean Begay's youtube channel.
Thanks Mike!
I don’t have enough high grade Apache Blue to do the comparison. Daryl Dean has among the best. The history of the claim is in Turquoise in America Part Three available at turquoiseinamerica.com
That Starburst is interesting. I've cut some Chinese Cloud Mountain that looks very similar to the pinpoint. A couple mines that remind my of the boulder/chert matrix are Viking and Carlin, and some of the chert matrix from Candelaria.
Chert is a good host for turquoise. Although a sedimentary rock it has high silica content which makes it hard and takes a nice polish. I am not familiar with Viking. Lots to learn.
Can't hardly beat the Edgar family for provenance .
I have been fortunate to become friends with many in the Edgar family as I did research on Turquoise in America.
I inherited a ton of turquois from my Dad and Grandpa owned Shoshone and Little Blue Bird until he died in 1991. Do you have any knowledge on those mines?
We discuss the Shoshone in Turquoise in America Part Two 1910-1990 available at turquoiseinamerica.com
@@turquoiseinamerica3164 Cool, I will take a look. My grandfather and dad had it for a short time in the late 1980s and until 1991 when he passed. His name was Bud "marion" Swindler. Lombardo had it before then until his death. My dad said that the people of Austin had issues with Lombardo and were happy that they took over the mine after he passed but don't know much more than that.
I also have quite a few lB stones from MARVIN SYMES who was the original oner of the claim and even better provenance However LB came in several grades , while much of the fake material looks more like LB tha the original stuff.. The whole LB story has been over hyped IMHO. .Beware of hype promoters in general...
Lander Blue has benefitted from a marketing effort promoting the mystique. The material came to market in the mid 70's and was very welcome paying the unheard price of $2 a carat. Even by the late 80's the price was about $5 a carat. From the mid nineties on the price began to skyrocket largely due to the influence of Japanese buyers. We will tell that story in Part Three: The Stories of Turquoise, 1990-2020 due out by the end of the year.
God you’re lucky