I can't really be of help regarding where to find turquoise beads if your looking for natural stone, nearly any and all of the turquoise beads that are sold at Tucson if from an out of the U.S. dealer are stabilized or not even turquoise. There is one dealer at Howard Johnson’s “Gary Werner” that will have beads made with turquoise from Mexico.

With the demand for turquoise getting out of hand and the supply running out expect to see high prices on any natural beads especially U.S. domestic stone. Any beads made from the highest grade Chinese spider web material again will be very expensive.

I will have some turquoise strands and also some single beads so if you come to the Tucson show stop by, even if you don’t buy you will be able to see truly high grade turquoise beads. We will be in room 126 at The Gem and Jewelry Show on Grant, which is the old Rodeway venue.

All my best ..... Danny