High Grade Fox Turquoise

Fox turquoise the fox turquoise mine located near lander county and discovered in the early 1900 s was once nevada s largest producer of turquoise with some half million pounds.

High grade fox turquoise. Jeanette dale navajo. The fox turquoise mine located near lander county and discovered in the early 1900 s was once nevada s largest producer of turquoise with some half million pounds. Natural high grade fox turquoise spider web cab cabochon 108 00. Second price winner at the 1990 eight northern pueblo arts and crafts fair.

Fox turquoise can be found in various shades of green and blue with both often occurring in the same stone. Sleeping beauty turquoise is the favorite of the zuni pueblo silversmiths for use in petite point needlepoint and inlay jewelry. 0 0 1 153 878 unm 7 2 1029 14 0 normal 0 false false false en us ja x none the stone in the pictures is the stone you will receive. Pauite turquoise mine is in the same mountain as the godber burnham and drycreek turquoise mine in central nevada.

The mining operation continued. The different sites of fox deposits were developed using the names of fox white horse green tree and smith to differentiate among the colors of turquoise produced. Turquoise truly is the jewel of the southwest. The fox mine is now closed.

The mine is no longer in operation. The sleeping beauty mine was located near globe arizona. The higher grade material is quite hard though much of the stone produced required treatment to be used in jewelry. The claims at the pauite mine site date back to 1974 but the mine has been active since 1992.

High grade sleeping beauty turquoise. Aug 13 2018 explore higradeturquoise s board high grade gem turquoise cabochons on pinterest. The natural fox turquoise has a measurement of 26 mm x 38 mm and 8mm thick. See more ideas about turquoise gems and my etsy shop.

At that time dowell ward the mine operator amassed one of the largest collections of turquoise rock. At that time dowell ward the mine operator amassed one of the largest collections of turquoise rock. Huge fox turquoise bola tie. High grade number 8 turquoise is by far some of the finest turquoise to ever have come out of nevada.

The cabochons are well cut using only natural high grade to gem grade turquoise and in many cases are backed for protection. Rick martinez navajo. The stone has a weight of 54 carats. It has a close resemblance to the.

Buckle with a colourful. We hope you will enjoy looking at these wonderful turquoise cabochons with their beautiful colors and matrix. Old fox turquoise bracelet. The natural high grade fox turquoise cab is from nevada.

Jake hanagarne navajo. Its turquoise is noted for its solid light blue color with no matrix. Allison snowhawk lee navajo. Please email us if you have any questions concerning a particular cabochon.

It comes in a wide ranges of blue from light to dark. The pauite mine produces limited quantities of high grade spiderweb turquoise.