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Wall Street Journal Off-Beat Magazine October 23, 2010

In late August 2010 I was contact by the Wall Street Journal with regards to an article they were doing on Turquoise in the Fall. The resulting article was published October 23, 2010 in their Off-Beat Magazine. The article and image took up the whole right page, with the transparent background, the jewelry looked HUGE! If you are a subscriber to the Wall St. Journal, you can still log on and view the page on their website. If you are not, the full article is below.

"Romancing the Stone

Turquoise jewelry takes a sophisticated turn"

When considering traditional turquoise jewelry, your first thought might be: That's so '80's. Like, "Can't Buy Me Love" (Remember Cindy Mancini, the Tucson, Ariz., high school student who wore dangly Southwestern earrings with a white fringed leather jacket and a fluffy side part?)

Rogers in artfully stacked turquoise cuffs. Harper's Bazaar, 1948 Courtesy The Millicent Rogers Museum

Well, we've got news: Turquoise has grown up, and should be treated accordingly.

Try pairing the traditionally casual stone—say, a silver squash-blossom necklace—with a strapless gown for black tie or accessorizing a crisp white shirt and 1940s-style pencil skirt with a statement cuff and a giant mosaic cocktail ring, as turquoise enthusiast (and long-time Taos, N.M., resident) Millicent Rogers did.

You'll find the stone adds a touch of can't-pin-me-down magic. One of Ms. Rogers's favorite pastimes was strolling from her adobe house to the nearby Pueblo villages to collect (and bargain for) baubles. Today, the Standard Oil heiress's jewel box of turquoise—about 1,000 pieces—is housed in a museum in New Mexico bearing her name. If you start now, your collection might just add up [TURQUOISE2]