{"product_id":"turquoise-stabilized-round-6mm-beads-on-16-inch-strands","title":"Turquoise, Beads, Stabilized Round 6mm on 16-inch Strands","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRound 6mm stabilized turquoise beads on 16-inch strands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen you just want the turquoise look, you don't necessarily need real natural turquoise. With prices as high as they are now, we need alternatives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey can include Howlite or Magnesite permanently dyed turquoise, and the stabilized turquoise you see here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLow grade turquoise is usually light in color and so soft that it crumbles when cut for beads or other jewelry components. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStabilization involves injecting the porous stone with resins, often with color added, and putting it under high pressure so the stone absorbs the resin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis results in a stone that can easily be cut and shaped and which has more color too. There's nothing inherently wrong with this, it salvages an otherwise unusable scarce resource. The problem is when Stabilized is priced and sold as natural Turquoise so please don't mis-represent this material. Since it's part resin I'm listing it the resin section too.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bead-Zone.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45689086902581,"sku":"GMS-360","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/files\/GMS-360.jpg?v=1689866807","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/turquoise-stabilized-round-6mm-beads-on-16-inch-strands","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}