Doesn’t it make you feel good to find the solution to a problem? :)
Have fun with those turquoises. They are hard to work with I
would imagine. Crack or break if you’re not careful!
This is old stuff I dug up 35-38 years ago - VERY hard (7.5) in the mountains of NM. Was offered a lot of money for it several times, but no way I'm selling! 8^)