Wonderful colors in these genuine stabilized Turquoise oval beads. Hole runs through the center horizontally. Stabilizing of Turquoise is a very common practice.
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Stabilizing is a ordinary process used to make lower grade Turquoise hard enough to be shaped. This then also a buyer the ability to purchase genuine Turquoise stone at a much lower price than unstabilized Turquoise. Price is for 2 of these lovelies randomly selected.
~12x18mm