Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turquoise, a gemstone that's been treasured around the world for centuries, is taking over the high jewelry hemisphere in a ...

Once gifted by Napoleon, the heirloom is now bejeweled in December’s birthstone Abigail Eisenstadt Turquoise makes a striking contrast against diamonds in this diadem from the 1800s. But the gems were ...

HOW DID Tiffany & Co. arrive at its signature shade of blue, a robin’s-egg hue the jewelry brand uses for everything from its stores to its packaging? The company’s chief gemologist, Victoria Wirth ...

The American Southwest, including Arizona and New Mexico, is chock-full of ancient turquoise mines. Mesoamerica, including southern Mexico and Central America, however, have few if any. So researchers ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the founder of La Patiala, the luxury encyclopedia. Turquoise is one of December’s birthstones — the other December ...

The thought of turquoise jewelry immediately evokes images of a bygone era: Woodstock, Cher at the peak her career and even Jimi Hendrix, who never left home without a turquoise statement ring or a ...

Turquoise is the sky-blue gem that captivated humanity for ages are found to be generously studded in varieties of jewellery. This most popular gem has entwined many cultures across the world.

Some of Naiomi Glasses’s fondest childhood memories are centered around turquoise. Glasses—a Diné textile artist and weaver who recently showed her new rugs at the Santa Fe Indian Market—recalls ...