Texas...Turquoise? Well, no.Black Hills Gold isn't strictly speaking, any different from any other gold. There's no unusual chemical or elemental composition (alloying notwithstanding, see below).
But Black Hills Gold Jewelry does have distinguishing characteristics-- to wit: firstly, it is jewelry, made from gold, that is manufactured in the Black Hills area of South Dakota. Secondly, it uses a motif of grapes or grape leaves in its design. Thirdly, it typically uses a combination of pure and alloyed gold for a combination of pink, gold, and a sort of greenish-white tricolor.
The story is that Black Gold Hills jewelry was first created by one Henri LeBeau, a French jeweler who set up shop in the Black Hills during the great gold boom of the 1800s.
I thought that these days coal was Black Hills gold.
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