Ịmụta banyere American Turquoise
M hụrụ n'anya Turquoise! Mgbe m gara ileta Perry Null Trading Company na Gallup, New Mexico, enwere m obi ụtọ ịgagharị na ụlọ azụ. N'ebe ahụ, ahụrụ m ọtụtụ dịgasị iche iche (na ọtụtụ) nkume nkume turquoise. Amaghị m ọtụtụ ihe banyere turquoise n'oge ahụ, ma amaara m na a dọtara m na nkume na nkà nke ndị obodo America nke na-edozi ọla ọlaọcha na-eji nkume site na ndagwurugwu Perry.
Ya mere, mgbe m nwetara akwụkwọ akụkọ Perry Null n'oge na-adịbeghị anya, enwere m obi ụtọ ịmatakwu banyere turquoise mara mma. A na-ewere isiokwu a, n'otu akụkụ, site na ozi ahụ e kesara na ala.
Kedu ihe bụ Turquoise?
Anyị maara na turquoise metụtara ọla kọpa. A na-ekewa ya dị ka nkume dị oké ọnụ ahịa, ihe e ji emepụta ọla edo na hydrated aluminum phosphate. Dika ọla kọpa di na nkume ahu, ihe ndi ozo na-acho. M hụrụ veins nke turquoise mgbe m gara Copper Queen Mine na Bisbee, Arizona.
Turquoise - Chọtara na Mpaghara Arid Ụwa-Nile
A na-achọta Turquoise n'ụwa nile. Otú ọ dị, ọ bụ American Turquoise nke na-adọrọ mmasị nke ọtụtụ ndị nchịkọta na ndị na-azụ ahịa. O nwere ihe jikọrọ ya na ndị American nke na-adọta ọtụtụ n'ime anyị na nkume nsọ a. Ị nwere ike ịchọta turquoise a na-achota site n'ọtụtụ dị iche iche Southwest na Western states.
Turquoise dị ntakịrị na ọtụtụ mba ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ
Na New Mexico, ha nwere Tiffany Mine a ma ama nke mepụtara ezigbo Cerrillos Turquoise na pụtara Tyrone Turquoise si n'ebe ndịda nke steeti.
Na Arizona, ụlọ osisi na-emepụta otu n'ime nkume American ndị a ma ama, Bisbee. Ị ga-achọta ezigbo mmasị Morenci, Kingman, na Ithaca Peak Turquoise si Arizona.
N'ebe ugwu bụ Colorado na-arụpụta nkume abụọ dị nnọọ iche, Villa Grove na Manassas Turquoise. E kwuwo na àgwà mara mma Villa Grove Turquoise bụ ụfọdụ n'ime nkume kachasị mma a hụrụ.
Otu enweghị ike ịhapụ steeti Nevada site na mkparịta ụka ọ bụla turquoise. Nevada bụ ebe obibi nke ọtụtụ ụgbọ ala ndị America mara mma gụnyere Blue Gem, Indian Mountain, Red Mountain, Nọmba asatọ, Lone Mountain, na Lander Blue Turquoise.
Trading maka Turquoise
Perry Null, dị ka ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ahịa ogologo oge na Gallup, anọwo na-azụ turquoise ruo ihe karịrị afọ iri atọ. Ahụmahụ a emeela ka ọ nụ ọtụtụ akụkọ ntụtụ, ma zụlite ikike ịmata ma chọpụta uru ọ dị n'ịhụ otu nkume nkume turquoise. Ịhụnanya ya maka nkume a emewo ka ọ gaa njem nke na-aga n'ihu taa, na-achọta ihe dị iche iche nke Amerika na-ahụkarị.
Ọ bụghị Turquoise niile dị ka otu
N'afọ ndị 1970 ', onye na-ere ahịa turquoise bịakwutere Perry nke chọrọ ịzụ nnukwu nchịkọta nke nkume asatọ asatọ. Nke a bụ n'oge dị elu nke ọganihu nke America Native na nkume nwere ike ịbụ obere ihe siri ike ịbịa. Ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ turquoise nile sitere na ebe a pụrụ iche na Nevada bụ ụdị ududo ududo, na matrix dị iche iche site na aja aja aja ruo nwa ojii. Ọnụ ọgụgụ asatọ nke turquoise nke àgwà a ma ama bụ nke a na-ewere dịka ọhụụ.
N'ime oge a, a ga-atụle otu $ carat nkume dị oke ọnụ, ma e jiri ya tụnyere $ 100 gbakwunyere ego ọnụ maka ụfọdụ ụdị.
Ọfọn, emere ihe ahụ ma Perry ugbu a nwere nchịkọta Nevada Number asatọ asatọ Turquoise Nkume. Kemgbe oge ahụ, ọtụtụ asatọ asatọ Turquoise abụwo ọkacha mmasị nke Perry.
Gaa na Post Ahịa iji hụ Southwestern Turquoise
Mgbe ị gara leta Perry Null's Trading Post na Gallup, New Mexico, ị nwere ohere dị ukwuu ịhụ Perry na-eji otu n'ime akụkụ ya dị egwu turquoise. Ihe ngosi ya juputara n'ọtụtụ n'ime nnukwu ebe ndị America mara mma anyị bịara iji na-anakọta ma na-enwe mmasị. Ọ na-achọ ịzụta turquoise, mee ka ọla-edo mara mma site na ya collection, na-eyi akwa nke turquoise ọla.
American Turquoise, Uche Amamihe
Ya mere, olee otu onye si azụ Turquoise? Achọpụtawo m na ịga na onye na-ere ahịa a ma ama, dịka otu n'ime nnukwu ozi ahịa Gallup, ezinụlọ ndị nọ na azụmahịa ruo ọtụtụ iri afọ, bụ mmalite dị mma.
Jụọ Ajụjụ. Ị ga-achọ ịmata na nkume bụ "ihe okike" ma gharazie ịmegharị ma ọ bụ dozie. Nkume ndị sitere n'okike sitere n'ala, ma na-egbu maramara tupu e tinye ha na ọla. Jụọ nke m na nkume si bịa na otu esi esi edozi ha.
Jụọ maka onye na-ese ihe ma nweta aha onye ahụ na ebo ha si bịa. Ndị na-ere ahịa nwere ike ịnye ozi a, mgbe mgbe, ha nwere akwụkwọ akaebe maka ihe ndị ọzọ exquiste.
Ịmụtakwu Banyere Turquoise
E nwere nnukwu ụlọ ngosi ihe ntanetị ndị na-egwupụta egwu na Southwest ebe ị nwere ike ịhụ ihe atụ turquoise ma mụtakwuo banyere nkume ahụ:
- Arizona State Museum - Mahadum nke Arizona Campus, Tucson.
- ASARCO Mineral Discovery Centre - Sahuarita, Arizona nke dị n'akụkụ ASARCO ọla kọpa.
- Nụrụ ihe ngosi - Phoenix, Arizona.
- Maxwell Museum nke Anthropology - Mahadum nke New Mexico campus, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Ọla na-acha ọla kọpa nke Queen Mine - Bisbee, Arizona.
- Millicent Rogers Museum nke Northern New Mexico - North nke Taos, New Mexico.
- Museum nke Northern Arizona - Flagstaff, Arizona
- Tucson Gem na mineral na-egosi - Ahịa na ngosi gosiri kwa afọ na February.
- Turquoise Museum - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hooked na Turquoise
Ekwesịrị m ikweta na mgbe ị jikọtara isiokwu a, ana m etinyekwuo n'elu turquoise. Achọrọ m ịga na ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie, na-etinye oge na Trading Posts ma gụọ ihe a na-acha anụnụ anụnụ. Ee ee, echeghị m na ịchọta na turquoise bụ nkume ọmụmụ m (December) nwere ihe ọ bụla iji mee nke a!
Ntughari:
Joe Dan Lowry na Joe P. Lowry, Turquoise Ndị Achọpụtara, Rio Nuevo Ndị Nkwusa, Tucson, Arizona, 2002.
July 2007 Akwụkwọ akụkọ, Perry Null Trading Post, Edited by Jason Arsenault.