Blue Moon Turquoise 15.5 ctw Pear tear drop Cabochon. Tonopah, Nevada USA mined

Description: Blue Moon Turquoise 17 ctw Pear tear drop Cabochon. Tonopah, Nevada USA mined- Ottessonsclosed mine, newly picked material from reopening and the blue moon mine by the ottesson’s or old stocked material. rare and closed as a mine, what materials left with sellers / collectors/ etc is it, stocked material of the otteson family , newly cut and finished cab this recent year at the tucgem show direct from the Ott family booth.Blue Moon Turquoise pear backed Cabochonjewelry ready natural polished from mine distributorsgemstone - Blue Moon Turquoise The Blue Moon turquoise mine is one of numerous claims located in the Royston District outside Tonopah, NV. Blue Moon turquoise can be found in a range of colors from green to dark blue, sometimes with striking yellow accents. The most desirable Blue Moon turquoise is a mid to dark blue color with spectacular black spider web, some of which was found just a couple of years ago. The claim is owned by the Otteson family. It is infrequently mined as their primary focus is on their Royston turquoise claim.The Royston mine produces some incredible turquoise ranging in color from a deep sky blue to dark greens. Often the colors run together in the same stone with the golden brown mottled or webbed matrix. The mine currently produces some very high grade material, but in limited quantities.The Royston Turquoise Mine is located within the Royston District located approximately 20 miles northeast of Tonepah, Nevada. Active mining of Turquoise began in the Royston District about 1904 and shortly after three claims were filed; Royal Blue, Oscar Wehrend and Bunker Hill. In later years came the Easter Blue and then the current mining region, "The Royston Mine" when Lynn Otteson came to Tonopah in 1958. Royston Turquoise was originally a tunnel mine, it is now an open pit. The Royston Turquoise Mine is no longer mined on a large scale and the Turquoise is becoming very scarce.Royston Turquoise comes from the Royston mining district located near Tonopah, Nevada and has been mined since the early 1900s. "Royston Turquoise" originally consisted of four old Turquoise claims located within the Royston range: Bunker Hill, Easter Blue, Oscar Wehrend, and Royal Blue. The Royal Blue mine was responsible for the majority of the turquoise mined in the area and is often referred to as Royston Royal Blue.Turquoise is a sedimentary formation that is formed when moisture (rain or snow) filters down through mineral rich soil on the upper crust of the earth. This soil must contain the precise amounts of copper, aluminize sulfites and iron to create the combined liquid that siphon's down into voids below the surface of the earth. Royston Turquoise was formed millions of years ago in the fractured crevices of the Ryolite rock below the surface of the earth and over time it hardened to about a 5 on the Moh's scale. Most often, the thin voids or crevices produces the richest colorations and once in a great while one will find thicker veins of high-grade.The Turquoise Miner most often finds Royston Turquoise in what looks like veins in the host rock (Ryolite), which has to be skillfully removed by many techniques. Miners Picks to heavy equipment and even dynamite are use to extract large rock with Turquoise veins. Once the bulk rock is extracted, Turquoise gemstone cutters saw the veins out of larger rocks called "saw rock" to refine the Turquoise into cutable slabs. There is quite a process to cut Royston Turquoise into these such cabs.Blue Moon pear Cabochonpurchased out of Tucson Arizona from Ottessons booth 2024 gem show cut polished by mine owners family co.Ships domestic USA onlyships safe and secure same or next dayusps first class mail

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