SPOKANE, WA, September 12, 2002 — Turquoise is extremely popular right now, so we're trying very hard to keep up with demand. Here’s the nuggets:
        The current word in the jewelry business is, if you want turquoise, buy it now. The available supply is disappearing quickly. Most domestic mines are played out and/or closed. Chinese mines are closed after a mine disaster near Wuhan. Treatment and cutting facilities can't keep up with demand. Quantity and quality are being affected by the fashion industry's love affair with turquoise and anything that looks like turquoise.
        Whenever we buy new styles of turquoise, we can't keep them in stock long enough to catalog them!
        Ask what new turquoise we have when you call. We don’t backorder turquoise at this time. The chances that we'll get the same stock as what's in the catalog, at a similar price, are very slim now…but ask what new turquoise is similar!

        First thing to do: See our website here for an idea of the items we try to keep in stock. Ask your salesperson about current stock. We have a lot of very nice non-cataloged turquoise beads in our Showroom, in small batches, and we’re getting more from Arizona, Mexico, and China.
        We also try to have excellent stock of turquoise at our trunk shows. Come and see us in your area! (See the list of shows online at www.rings-things.com/show.htm.)
        Simulations of turquoise are also highly popular right now, including

• appropriate colors of Swarovski® crystal rondelles,
• glass,
• plastic,
• faience ceramic,
• and polymer clay

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