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Apache Blue Turquoise is a quality Nevada turquoise mine owned by Silver State Turquoise” Which consists of four of us (Tony, Trenton, Tom, and Danny Otteson). Navajo silversmith Darryl Dean Begay shares with us a few stones from this mine along with a quick example of Morenci Turquoise. These are rough. Apache blue turquoise it’s […]
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The Hopi Tribe is a group of Native Americans of the southwestern United States. The Hopi Indians are gentle people; the word “Hopi” is derived from their native word “Hopitu” means “peaceful” or “wise”. Separated from other Pueblo tribes on the tops of the southern Black Mesa in Arizona, the Hopi have developed their own […]
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John Beeman a jewelry artist and long time Native American jewelry collector invites you to visit his shop in Gallup New Mexico where you can come in a meet him and the Native American Silversmiths, Aaron Anderson, Darryl Dean Begay and Lester James. My name is John Beeman and I have Beeman jewelry design here […]
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The Lone Mountain Turquoise mine produces beautiful stones favored by Native American jewelry artists. Darryl Dean Begay, a silversmith from Gallup New Mexico, shares a little about why he likes Lone Mountain Turquoise. Lone Mountain has different turquoise you know you have your regular lone mountain then you have your fossilize lone mountain then drake […]
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Darryl Dean Begay is a Navajo jeweler from Gallup New Mexico. This is an intro video to Darryl as he presents three of his favorite top grade Turquoise stones and a little about his style. Please subscribe and stay tuned to more videos in the future. My name is Darryl Dean Begay. I am a […]
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