Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise Jewelry

The mountain that houses the mine resembles a sleeping woman with crossed arms giving the gemstone its name.

Sleeping beauty mine turquoise jewelry. 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. 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. It is now obtained from private stashes. Sleeping beauty turquoise is noted for its solid light blue color with no matrix.

This mine was one of the largest in north america. Turquoise jewelry features green or blue hues that are lovely with any ensemble. The sleeping beauty mine is located outside of globe arizona and produces blue to light blue turquoise with little to no matrix. The owners of the mine decided to concentrate on copper mining only as the price of copper has risen significantly.

Sleeping beauty turquoise is the favorite of zuni pueblo lapidaries and silversmiths for the purity in color. Mined from the famed sleeping beauty mine in globe arizona sleeping beauty turquoise is known for its exceptional quality. The sleeping beauty turquoise mine is located in gila county arizona. Like most other opaque gems turquoise has been devalued by the introduction onto the market of.

There are no plans to open the mine up to turquoise mining in the future. 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. Turquoise is an opaque blue to green mineral that is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium with the chemical formula cu al 6 po 4 4 8 4h 2 o it is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue. What is left of the sleeping beauty turquoise rough stones is going fast.

Durango silver company has a major collection of sleeping beauty turquoise. Sleeping beauty turquoise is unique to itself and there is no other mine in the world like it. We re proud to carry a stunning array of sleeping beauty turquoise jewelry from the zuni native american pueblo. We cut our own sleeping beauty turquoise cabochons and try to always have a large selection of turquoise jewelry on hand with these highly collected and coveted gemstones.

The mine has been closed to turquoise mining since august 2012. 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 host rock is granite.