If you have untreated turquoise, you have something rare. And you paid a fortune for it. If it's untreated, it's totally turq, pure as the day it was born and and worth every dollar you dropped on it. It is not dyed, stabilized, heat treated or powdered and reconstituted. All these are entirely respectable things to do to turquoise, in my opinion. Except maybe powdering and reconstituting. That's going too far.
The word "natural" means different things to different people, but when a purist calls a piece of turquoise "natural" he is saying that, other than cutting or polishing, absolutely nothing has been done to this turquoise. Less literal folks might say, OK a few things have been done to it, but not much.
Paying a fortune doesn't guarantee you're getting pure turq, but if you pay too little it's almost certain you aren't. So always get written certification when you're buying the really good stuff. By that I mean turquoise that is truly natural and only 2% of all turquoise on the market is.
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