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Jewelry Reflections Haircut & Style............ $32 Curling Iron................. $35 Highlight....................... $65 Full Weave & Style The Truth About Turquoise & up Multi Color................... $85 Full Weave & Style Turquoise has been fashioned into jewelry and amulets since the first dynasties of the Egyptian pharaohs. It is one of only a few gemstones with a history stretching back more than 10 centuries. & up One Color..................... $65 Cut included Sheri Page Lip & Eyebrow Wax.... $15 MEN’S HAIRCUTS...$15.00 1101 Old Chisholm Trail (928) 237-0017 Before cars ruled the roadway, the Fourth of July was traditionally the most miserable day of the year for horses, tormented by all the noise and by the boys and girls who threw firecrackers at them. Lynn Schmitt Turquoise naturally occurs in colors ranging from sky blue to green-gray. Its color depends on the metals in the ground where it is mined. Copper produces the blue in turquoise and iron or chromium produces the green. Most turquoise contains veins of rust, dark brown or black known as matrix. The most prized turquoise is matrix-free and of a clear, robin’s egg blue. The American Southwest is one of the largest producers of turquoise. In Arizona, the Kingman Mine and the Sleeping Beauty Mine have produced some of the most beautiful and valuable turquoise. While the Kingman Mine is still producing, the Sleeping Beauty Mine stopped production in 2012 making its turquoise even more expensive and sought after. Most turquoise is soft and porous and must