Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise Jewelry

Mined from the famed sleeping beauty mine in globe arizona sleeping beauty turquoise is known for its exceptional quality.

Sleeping beauty mine turquoise jewelry.

Sleeping beauty turquoise mine has recently closed. The host rock is granite. We re proud to carry a stunning array of sleeping beauty turquoise jewelry from the zuni native american pueblo. There are no plans to open the mine up to turquoise mining in the future.

Turquoise jewelry features green or blue hues that are lovely with any ensemble. The turquoise mine produces uniform blue turquoise that is easily matched and used in many styles of native american jewelry including zuni needlepoint and inlay pieces. Known for fine stonework zuni indian jewelry often features sleeping beauty turquoise set in intricate arrangements. Sleeping beauty turquoise is noted for its solid light blue color with no matrix.

What is left of the sleeping beauty turquoise rough stones is going fast. It is now obtained from private stashes. 8mm genuine sleeping beauty turquoise square stud earrings 925 sterling silver authentic navajo native american usa handmade natural stone light blue southwest jewelry 4 7 out of 5 stars 11 29 95 29. The sleeping beauty mine is located outside of globe arizona and produces blue to light blue turquoise with little to no matrix.

Sleeping beauty turquoise is unique to itself and there is no other mine in the world like it. The sleeping beauty turquoise mine history started with the anasazi indians but we will stick more to the current history which began more than 40 years ago when it was originally mined for gold and copper the sleeping beauty mine which at the time had a few other names pinto valley and castle dome closed in the early 1960s and over the last decade was reopened to mine copper and. The sleeping beauty mine is seven miles outside globe az. Sleeping beauty turquoise is the favorite of zuni pueblo lapidaries and silversmiths for the purity in color.

The sleeping beauty turquoise mine is located in gila county arizona. Durango silver company has a major collection of sleeping beauty turquoise. The mountain that houses the mine resembles a sleeping woman with crossed arms giving the gemstone its name. Like most other opaque gems turquoise has been devalued by the introduction onto the market of.

This mine was one of the largest in north america. Mined from its granite host rock the sleeping beauty mine yields only a small amount of high quality turquoise making it much more rare and valuable than the larger quantity of lower grade turquoise it also produces. The mine has been closed to turquoise mining since august 2012.