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Okay as promised in my Story of StonesNSilver blog post ...If you are looking to get into E-Commerce ... here are my Top 8 Things To Do When You Start An E-Commerce Business -   1 Write Out A Business Plan...

Hey ya'll, I thought with the approaching milestone of StonesNSilver's 20 Year Anniversary I would share with you the story of how we got here ... so here we go.In the summer of 2001 I was invited along on a...

Wow it definitely was an unusual year for Tucson Gem Shows in light of world virus situation.  My shopping friend Debbie Williams and I did manage to take a day trip and visit some nice scenery out in Arizona as...

I'm always on the look out for smaller beads that can be used to make your wire wrapped Tree of Life pendants.  Click on the two images below to see our current selection of offereings and Happy Beading!

Jack Tapscott loves to get American Turquoise from us and he creates some great looking necklaces from it.  Jack lives in Tennessee and operates a business that is online and has several locations throughout the state where he sells Historical and...

These two stones can look a lot alike when cut into beads.  Tiffany stone comes only from the Brush Wellman beryllium mine in the Western deserts of Utah. The mine is not public for collecting and very little of this...

Okay, like most people in the turquoise business, I do some hoarding of my own ... but it's not what you might think. My favorite style of necklace is a big loop that you can wrap multiple times around your...

This is another one of those hard to come by stones that has been used by the Native American jewelry artists for many years, but the supply is so limited, it's rarely cut into beads for stringing. This year at...

You can download this full size image for printing here. Click here to view our current inventory of Arizona Turquoise. 

Turquoise can be sky blue to apple green and any shade of blue, green or teal in between. Being a fairly soft stone (5.5-6.5 on the mohs scale), turquoise often is not suitable for cutting into stones and beads used...

Back when StonesNSilver was just starting out, more than 15 years ago, I found one supplier who had some beads cut out of Arizona Wild Horse. Of course the beautiful combination of browns and white (with an occasional reddish hue and...

Just got all the orders packed and will be shipped out tomorrow, after being gone to Albuquerque for 5 days on my annual buying trip. Thank you to the customers who made my 17th Anniversary Sale a success and I...

          As you all might know, I migrated the web site to a new platform last November 1st and it's been great using Shopify.  Slowly but surely I've setup the new site to cross-sell into other...

This amazing necklace was created by Silver Wolf Jewelry using the OLD Blue Pilot Mountain BIG Graduating Disc Beads.

Albuquerque buying trip report (Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2018): I flew out to Albuquerque, NM to visit with 4 of my American turquoise bead suppliers ... it was a quick trip but I netted some wonderful finds. COMPLETELY NEW ITEMS: Blue...

Yep, that's me.  I don't get to sit down and cut rocks very often, even though all those amazing stones are calling out to me.  Sometimes I question how there can be any doubt in the existence of a creator? ...

American Turquoise & Gemstone Nugget Treasure Bracelet Design This is one of my own personal treasures . . . it will blow your mind! All of the sterling silver wire work has been done by Terry mom, Ann and also...

Here is another sampling of bead stringing and wire wrapping done by Shelby Rich while she was working at the Bead Shop.  Amazing colorful gemstones of Spiney Oyster shell oval beads, Sponge coral beads and Carico Lake Turquoise rondell beads...

Shelby Rich has designed many American Turquoise necklaces for StonesNSilver.com These pieces made by Shelby Rich  RARE Number 8 American Turquoise 3 Strand Necklace Fabulous 3 strand Number 8 Turquoise bead necklace and earring set. This simple design creates an...

Turquoise and designing jewelry started with us as a family here at StonesNSilver.com Back in the early days, when StonesNSilver.com just got started, my daughter Shelby Rich used to make jewelry creations, do repairs at our bead shop and teach...

Beads from the Kingman Turquoise and other Arizona turquoise mines result in fabulous necklaces designs and focal pendant beads …. Turquoise from the Kingman mine in Kingman, Arizona is another one of our "staples" here at www.StonesNSilver.com.  We purchase from...