Turquoise and silver is an icon of the American Southwest. For generations, people have ogled these gemstones in pawn shops, jewellery shops and antiques stores, looking for a special piece of Native American jewellery that speaks to their heart. Southwest jewellery is now valued and collected around the world. Photographs of collectible pieces reveal what the attraction is about. Whether in shades of pale aqua or deeper aquamarine, blue or jade green, Mary Emmerling reveals that the collector's hunt is about colour. And beyond jewellery, the colour turquoise appears throughout the Southwest in architecture and decoration. After all, it's the colour of calm. In honour of the color of calm. AUTHOR: Mary Emmerling is the maven of American country style. She is the author of 'Art of Turquoise' plus a series of books on American country decorating. Her most recent book is 'Mary Emmerling's Beach Cottages: At Home by the Sea'. Jim Arndt is author of 'How to Be a Cowboy' and photographed 'Art of Turquoise' as well as several Cowboy Boot books.