Turquoise has been mined in the U.S. for hundreds of years, with more than 400 turquoise mines in operation in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, and California over the past two centuries. The first turquoise miners were the Pueblo peoples, who used stone mauls, axes, and chisels to remove it from its host rock.
اقرأ المزيدCananea Turquoise comes from the Campitos Mining District of Sonora, Mexico (just one hour South of Bisbee Arizona). The Pyrite inclusions and color mimic Morenci Arizona Turquoise. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO BUY YOUR ROUGH TURQUOISE BY THE PIECE, OUNCE, OR POUND . CONSEQUENTLY, WE PARTICULARLY WANT …
اقرأ المزيدIn 1950, the Phelps Dodge Company was mining copper in Bisbee, Arizona. They found plenty of copper, and in an area of the mine called "The Lavender Pit" they found turquoise. The brilliant blue stone was of no use to the Phelps Co, and until 1972 the Turquoise was dumped, or carried home as 'lunch bucket rocks'.
اقرأ المزيدMost other turquoise shops around the state proudly advertise their Royston Turquoise available for sale, and those baubles came right from this very Tonopah-based mine. Spend the day turquoise rockhounding alongside the third-generation Otteson family, picking out whichever hues of turquoise catch your attention to bring home with you.
اقرأ المزيدThis nostalgic variety of American turquoise is from another place in time and has an interesting beginning. Bisbee Turquoise. We buy and sell Turquoise at Tucson Turquoise located in Tucson, Arizona. Most noteworthy, we are physically located just 100 miles Northwest from the famous Lavender Pit turquoise mine.
اقرأ المزيدSome of the biggest Turquoise Mines in the U.S. are in Nevada and Arizona. For example, the Kingman Mine in northwestern Arizona is the biggest turquoise mine in the U.S. Some other noteworthy mines are Royston Turquoise Mine in Nevada, Bisbee, Blue Diamond, Blue Gem, Pilot Mountain, and High Lonesome in New Mexico.
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اقرأ المزيدThe Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Mine, located in Globe, Arizona, is one of the most famous turquoise mines and produces some of the most desirable turquoise in the world due to the purity of its color. The mine closed for a second time (first time in the early 1960s) in August 2012, which has skyrocketed the price of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise.
اقرأ المزيدThis is a legally registered unpatented 20 acre gold and gem mining claim for sale, the Superstition Legend #5. 11 miles from the quaint mountain town of Gold Canyon. ... Arizona ranks first for where all of the natural gems are located and is famous for its turquoise and petrified wood. ARIZONA ROCKHOUDING
اقرأ المزيدBisbee turquoise was originally discovered in the 1950's while workers were open pit mining for copper. The Bisbee turquoise mine is one of the few most famous turquoise mines in Arizona. Bisbee is known for the outstanding variety of copper-based minerals and the specimens that have been found in the mine. Some examples of the specimens …
اقرأ المزيدRecognized for its unusual pyrite matrix, Morenci turquoise comes from southeast Arizona, near the New Mexico border. Colored from light to bright blue, the stone is named for the Morenci Copper mine. The Morenci mine is the largest copper mine in the USA, and was first claimed in 1864 as the Longfellow mine, producing 20 million pounds of copper.
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