Ukufunda Nge-Turquoise yaseMelika
Ngithanda nje iTurquoise! Ngesikhathi ngivakashela i-Perry Null Trading Company eGallup, eNew Mexico, ngathola injabulo yokuvakashela izindlu namakamelo okubuyisa. Lapho ngibona izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene (namanani) amaningi amatshe agugu. Ngangingazi okuningi nge-turquoise ngaleso sikhathi kodwa ngangazi ukuthi ngidonsele edwaleni kanye nobuciko baseMelika baseMelika abenza ubucwebe besiliva besebenzisa amatshe avela ezigumbini zikaPerry.
Ngakho lapho ngithola i-newsletter yamuva kaPerry Null ngangijabulela ngokukhethekile ukufunda okwengeziwe nge-turquoise enhle. Lesi sihloko sithathwa, ngokwengxenye, ngolwazi olwenziwe kuleli phephandaba.
Kuyini ukuguqulwa?
Siyazi ukuthi i-turquoise ihlobene nethusi. Ihlukaniswa njengetshe eliyigugu eliyigugu, okuyizinto ezenziwe ngethusi elenziwe nge-hydrated kanye ne-aluminium phosphate. I-copper ethe xaxa edwaleni, i-bluer i-turqoise izovela. Ngabona imivimbo ye-turquoise lapho ngivakashela iNdlovukazi yeMayini yaseCopper eBisbee, e-Arizona.
I-Turquoise - Itholakala kumaZwe Arid World-Wide
I-turquoise itholakala kuwo wonke umhlaba. Kodwa-ke, yi-American Turquoise ethatha ukunakwa kwabaqoqi nabathengi abaningi. Ixhumano nabantu baseMelika baseMelika abadonsa abaningi kithi kuleli tshe elingcwele. Ungathola indawo yokuqoqa ama-collectible kusuka eNingizimu-ntshonalanga ehlukene naseNtshonalanga.
I-Turquoise ifakwe emazweni amaningi aseNingizimu-ntshonalanga
ENew Mexico, banemayini eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Tiffany Imayini eyaveza i-Cerrillos Turquoise enhle neTrigo Turquoise emangalisayo evela eningizimu yezwe.
E-Arizona, imayini ikhiqiza elinye lamatshe adumile aseMelika, iBisbee. Uyothola futhi efiselekayo kakhulu i-Morenci, i-Kingman, ne-Ithaca Peak Turquoise evela e-Arizona.
Enyakatho iColorado eveza amatshe amabili ahlukene kakhulu, i-Villa Grove ne-Manassas Turquoise. Kuye kwathiwa ukuthi i-gem quality i-Villa Grove Turquoise ingenye yamatshe angcono kakhulu abake abonwe.
Umuntu akakwazi ukushiya isimo se-Nevada ngaphandle kwanoma yikuphi ingxoxo enobuciko. I-Nevada inamakhemikhali ambalwa aseMelika ase-classic afaka i-Blue Gem, iNtaba eNdiya, iNtaba Ebomvu, Inombolo Eyisishiyagalombili, I-Lone Mountain, ne-Lander Blue Turquoise.
Ukuhweba kwe-Turquoise
U-Perry Null, njengabathengisi abaningi besikhathi eside kuGallup, uye wathenga ama-turquoise iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kuye kwamvumela ukuba azwe izindaba eziningi zezimayini, futhi ahlakulele ikhono lokukhomba futhi anqume inani uma ebona itshe elithile elithambile. Uthando lwakhe ngalolu tshe luye lwaholela kulolu hambo oluqhubekayo namhlanje, ukuthola okungajwayelekile futhi okuyingqayizivele yama-American turquoise.
Akuwona wonke ama-Turquoise alinganayo
Ngama-1970s, uPerry wathintwa nomdayisi othuthuzelayo owayefuna ukuthengisa iqoqo elikhulu lamatshe ayisishiyagalombili ayisishiyagalombili. Lokhu kwakukhona ngesikhathi ukuphakama kwebhola le-American yokuhlobisa izigqoko namatshe kungase kube nzima ukuza. Cishe wonke ama-turquoise akhiqizwa kule ndawo ekhethekile eNevada yiyona uhlobo lwe-spiderweb, ne-matrix ehlukahluka kusuka ebomvu egolide kuya emnyama. Inombolo Eyisishiyagalolunye yekhwalithi ye-gem ibhekwa njengokuqoqwa kakhulu.
Ngalesi sikhathi i-$ 1 ilitshe le-carat lizocatshangwa libiza kakhulu, uma kuqhathaniswa nezindleko zamanandi eziyi-100 kanye ne-carat zezinhlobo ezithile.
I-deal yenza futhi uPerry manje ube neqoqo leNewvada Number Eight Stone Turquoise. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi isibalo esingu-Eight Turquoise siye sithandwa yiPerry.
Vakashela ukuthunyelwa kwezokuhweba ukuze ubone imiklamo ye-Turquoise yase-Southwestern
Uma uvakashela ukuthunyelwa kwePerry Null ku-Gallup, eNew Mexico, unethuba elikhulu lokubona uPerry egqoke enye yezingcezu zakhe eziphawulekayo. Iziboniso zakhe zigcwele eziningi zemigodi yaseMelika esezingeni eliphezulu esiye siyiqoqa futhi siyayihlonipha. Uthanda ukuthenga ama-turquoise, enze izingcezu ezinhle zezingubo ezivela eqoqweni lakhe elinama-turquoise, futhi agqoke izicucu zezingubo zokugqoka.
I-Turquoise yaseMelika, Ukutshalwa Kwezimali Okuhlakaniphile
Ngakho umuntu uthenga kanjani u-Turquoise? Ngithole ukuthi ukuya kumthengisi onokwethenjelwa, njengenye yeGalpp Trading Posts, imindeni esebenze ibhizinisi amashumi eminyaka, isiqalo esihle.
Buza imibuzo. Uzofuna ukwazi ukuthi itshe "liwumvelo" futhi alikho kabusha noma lizinzile. Amatshe ayimvelo avela emhlabeni, futhi aphethwe ngaphambi kokuba abekwe ubucwebe. Buza ukuthi yimaphi amatshe aphuma kuwo nokuthi asebenze kanjani.
Buza mayelana nomculi futhi uthole igama lomuntu nesizwe abavela kuzo. Abathengisi abahloniphekile banganikeza lolu lwazi, kaningi ngesitifiketi sobuqiniso bezingcezu eziningi ze-exquiste.
Ukufunda Okuningi Nge-Turquoise
Kukhona ezinye iminyuziyamu emikhulu yezimayini eNingizimu-ntshonalanga lapho ungabona khona ama-turquoise specimens futhi ufunde kabanzi ngamatshe:
- I-Arizona State Museum - University of Arizona Campus, eTucson.
- I-ASARCO Isikhungo Sokutholakala Kwamaminerali - iSaararita, e-Arizona eduze kwe-ASARCO eyinkimbinkimbi yezakhiwo zethusi.
- Lalela Funda Kudivayisi kuphela Kwengeziwe Buka Kufakiwe Heard Museum - Phoenix, Arizona.
- I-Maxwell Museum of Anthropology - iNyuvesi yaseNew Mexico, i-Albuquerque, eNew Mexico.
- I-Copper Queen Mine Tour ne-Exhibits - iBisbee, e-Arizona.
- I-Millicent Rogers Museum yaseNorthern New Mexico - eNyakatho yeTaos, eNew Mexico.
- Museum of Northern Arizona - Flagstaff, e-Arizona
- I-Tucson Gem neMiboniso Yamaminerali - Ukuthengisa kanye nemibukiso eqhutshwa minyaka yonke ngoFebhuwari.
- I-Turquoise Museum - i-Albuquerque, eNew Mexico
Iphethwe ku-Turquoise
Kumele ngivume ukuthi emva kokuhlanganisa lesi sihloko, ngisindiswe kakhulu nge-turquoise. Ngifuna ukuvakashela iminyuziyamu, ngichitha isikhathi kwizitolo zokuhweba futhi ngifunde ngalesi simangaliso esibuhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Oh yebo, angicabangi ukuthi ukuthola ukuthi i-turquoise iyitshe lami lokuzalwa (uDisemba) lihlangene nalokhu!
Izinkomba:
UJoe Dan Lowry noJoe P. Lowry, iTurquoise Aarthed, Abashicileli baseRio Nuevo, eTucson, e-Arizona, ngo-2002.
I-Newsletter kaJulayi 2007, uPerry Null Trading Post, Ehlelwe nguJason Arsenault.