Ke aʻo e pili ana iāʻAmelika Turquoise
Aloha au i Turquoise! I ka wā i kipa aku ai au i ka Hui Perry Null Trading ma Gallup, New Mexico, ua hauʻoli au e hele i nā hale kūkā a me nā lumi hoʻi. Ma laila wau iʻike ai i kahiʻano nui (a me ka nui) o nā pōhaku turquoise. ʻAʻole au iʻike nui e pili ana i ka turquoise i kēlā manawa akā uaʻike wau ua hoʻokokokeʻia au i ka pōhaku a me nāʻoihana o nā meaʻAmelikaʻAmelika kahi i hana i nā mea kālā e hoʻohana ana i nā pōhaku mai nā lua mai o Perry.
No laila i ka wā i loaʻa ai iaʻu kahi leka hoʻomaopopo Pery Null i hala iho nei, ua hauʻoli nui au e aʻo hou aku e pili ana i ka nani nani. Ua laweʻia kēiaʻatikala, ma ka hapa, mai kaʻike i hāʻawiʻia i loko o ka nūpepa.
He aha ka Turquoise?
Uaʻike mākou i ka pilikino pili i ke keleawe. Ua hoʻohālikeʻiaʻo ia he pōhaku liʻiliʻi, he mea i hanaʻia me ke keleawe a me ka aluminika paila. ʻO ka nui o ke keleawe i loko o ka pōhaku, eʻikeʻia ka bluer turqoise. Uaʻike au i nā uama o ka turquoise i ka wā i kipa aku ai au i ka Copper Queen Mine ma Bisbee, Arizona.
ʻO Turquoise - Loaʻa i nā Wahi Arid Wahi ākea
Loaʻa ka Turquoise ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Eia nō naʻe,ʻo kaʻAmelika Turquoise ia e hopu i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe nui a me nā mea kūʻai. He pilina kekahi me nā poʻeʻAmelika e huki ai i nā mea he nui o kākou i kēia pōhaku paʻa. Hiki iāʻoe keʻimi i ka turquoise mai nā'āina likeʻole a me nā moku'āina oʻAmelika.
Ua hoʻonuiʻiaʻo Turquoise ma ka nui o nāʻAmelika Huipū
Ma New Mexico, aia iā lākou ka moʻolelo kaulanaʻo Tiffany Mine i hua aku i ka Cerrillos Turquoise nani a me Tyrone Turquoise nani mai kaʻaoʻao hema o ka moku'āina.
Ma Arizona, ua lawe nā mines i kekahi o nā pōhakuʻAmelika kaulana loa,ʻo Bisbee. Eʻikeʻoe iā Morenci, Kingman, a me Ithaca Peak Turquoise mai Arizona.
Aia ma ka'ākauʻo Colorado e hua mai ana nā pōhaku kūʻokoʻaʻelua,ʻo Villa Grove a me Manassas Turquoise. Ua'ōleloʻiaʻo ka nani o ka maikaʻi Villa Grove Turquoise kekahi o nā pōhaku maikaʻi iʻikeʻia.
ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke haʻalele i ka moku'āina o Nevada mai loko aʻe o kekahi kūkākūkā turquoise. ʻO Nevada ka home o kekahi mau mīkiniʻAmelika likeʻole me Blue Gem, Indian Mountain, Red Mountain, NĀʻEwalu, Lone Mountain, a me Lander Blue Turquoise.
Kālepa no Turquoise
Ua kūʻai akuʻo Perry Null, e like me ka nui o nā mea kālepa lōʻihi loa ma Gallup, ua kūʻai aku i ka'ōpala no kanakolu makahiki. Uaʻae kēiaʻike iā ia e lohe i nā moʻolelo kuʻuna, a hoʻoulu i ka hiki ke hoʻomaopopo a hoʻoholo i kahi waiwai ma kaʻikeʻana i kahi pōhaku kūkeke. ʻO kona aloha i kēia pōhaku ua alakaʻi iā ia i kahi huakaʻi e hoʻomauʻia nei i kēia mau lā, eʻike ana i ka'ōuli oʻAmelikaʻAmelika.
ʻAʻole Kūlikeʻo Turquoise
I ka makahiki 1970, ua hoʻokokokeʻiaʻo Perry e kekahi mea kūʻai kūʻai turquoise e makemake ana e kūʻai aku i kahi hōʻuluʻulu nui o nā heluʻEwaluʻEwalu. ʻO kēia ka manawa o ka kiʻekiʻe o ka waiwai o nā waiwaiʻAmelikaʻAmelika a me ka pōhaku he mea paʻakikī loa e hiki mai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā turquoise i hanaʻia mai kēia wahi kūikawā ma Nevada,ʻo ia ka pūnaewele pūnaewele, me ka pilina eʻokoʻa ana mai ke gulaʻeleʻele a hiki i kaʻeleʻele. Ka heluʻEwalu kūkani o ke kūmole kūmole he mea ia e'ākoakoa nui loa.
I loko o kēia manawa he $ 1 i ka pōhaku carat e manaʻoʻia he mea maikaʻi loa, ke hoʻohālikelikeʻia i ka $ 100 a me nā kumukuai kala no kēia mau lā.
ʻOiai, ua hanaʻia ka maʻamau a ua loaʻaʻo Perry he hōʻiliʻili nuiʻo Nevada Number Eight Turquoise Stone. Mai ia manawa, uaʻoi aku kahi punaheleʻo 8 Huquo Turquoise iā Perry.
E kipa aku i kahi Post Post ma kaʻikeʻana i nā Southwestern Turquoise Designs
Keʻikeʻoe iā Perry Null's Trading Post ma Gallup, New Mexico, hiki iāʻoe keʻike nui iā Perry e kau ana i kekahi o kāna mau'āpana nani. Ua piha kona mau hōʻike i ka nui o nā mines kaulanaʻAmelika kaulana loa i hele mai nei e hōʻiliʻili a mahalo. Makemakeʻo ia e kūʻai aku i nā'āpana nani, e hana i nā'āpana momona maikaʻi mai kona'āpana puʻupuʻu, a hoʻokomo i nā'āpana o nā mea nani.
Amerika Turquoise, HeʻImi Waiwai
No laila pehea e kūʻai ai kekahi kanaka i Turquoise? Uaʻike wau i ka heleʻana i kahi mea hoʻopuka kaulana, e like me kekahi o nā mikina nuiʻo Gallup Trading, nāʻohana i noho ma kaʻoihana no nā makahiki he nui, he hoʻomaka maikaʻi.
E nīnau i nā nīnau. E makemakeʻoe eʻike he pōhaku "kūlohelohe" kahiʻaʻole e hoʻokūpaʻa a hoʻopaʻaʻia paha. Hiki mai nā pōhaku kūlohelohe mai ka honua mai, a hoʻonolīʻia i mua o ka hoʻonohoʻiaʻana i nā mea nani. Nïnau i kahi oÿu i hele mai ai nä pöhaku a me pehea e hana ÿia ai.
E nīnau e pili ana i ka mea pena a loaʻa ka inoa a me kaʻohana a lākou e hele mai nei. Hiki i nā mea kūʻai kālepa ke hāʻawi i kēiaʻike, pinepine me kahi palapala hōʻoia no nā'āpana exquiste.
E aʻo hou aku e pili ana i Turquoise
Aia kekahi mau hale hana hoʻokihana nui ma ke Komohana hema kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe keʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona turquoise a aʻo hou e pili ana i ka pōhaku:
- Ke KulanuiʻoʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa - Ke Kulanui o Arizona Campus, Tucson.
- ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center - Sahuarita, Arizona ma kahi kokoke i ka ASRACO kola keleawe.
- He lohe ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike - Phoenix, Arizona.
- ʻO Maxwell Museum of Anthropology - Ke Kula Nui o New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- ʻO Ke Aliʻiwahine Queen Mine Tour and Exhibits - Bisbee, Arizona.
- Millicent Rogers Museum of Northern New Mexico - Ma ka'ākau o Taos, New Mexico.
- Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Northern Arizona - Flagstaff, Arizona
- Hōʻikeʻo Tūcson Gem a me nā'eneke minamina - Ke kūʻaiʻia a me nā hōʻikeʻike i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Pepeluali.
- Museum Museum - Albuquerque, New Mexico
ʻO Hooked ma Turquoise
Pono wau e hōʻoia ma hope o ka hoʻopiliʻana i kēiaʻatikala, uaʻoi aku koʻu makau i luna o ka'āpana. Makemake au e kipa i nā hale hōʻikeʻike, e hoʻolālā manawa i ka Post Trading a heluheluʻia i kēia mea kupaianaha. ʻAe,ʻaʻole wau i manaʻoʻo kaʻikeʻana i kēlā'ōpopoʻo koʻu pōhaku hānau (Dekemaba) he mea e pili ai i kēia!
Nā memo:
Joe Dan Lowry a me Joe P. Lowry, Turquoise Nā mea i hanaʻia, Rio Nuevo Nā mea hoʻopuka, Tucson, Arizona, 2002.
Iulai 2007 Palepa, Perry Null Trading Post, Hoʻoponoponoʻia e Jason Arsenault.