| Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020 | ![]() |
Looking for turqoise and ruby in ShanghaiCountry forums / North-East Asia / China | ||
I'm looking for a stone vendor that I can purchase in small bulk - turqoise, ruby, onyx.... I've found places that sell this sort of thing in Bangkok - where can I find it in Shanghai? | ||
Why these, and why in Shanghai?! | 1 | |
Because I like these stones and I find that alot of necklaces and bracelets made out of turquoise are tacky - I want to make my own for myself is all. I bought a bunch in Thailand and made stuff for me and my friends and it was great. I'm looking in Shanghai because that is where I'll be. I know turquoise is found in China but I'm looking for a vendor. Streets are like mazes - especially a market that would carry this - I just someone to pinpoint where I can go to find turquoise in bulk. | 2 | |
Strings of things that at least look like what you're looking for can be found in the wholesale buildings around Yuyuan Bazaar. Head into any non-Chinese-looking, non-eye-catching building on the perimeter of the touristy, Chinese-looking Yuyuan Bazaar buildings and poke around. | 3 | |
Historically a lot of these sort of things came out of Burma. I'm not aware of any natural deposits in China. | 4 | |