Carico Lake Turquoise- Big and Bold

Description

Turquoise has been mined from a dried up lake bed in Lander County Nevada for many years and has been called by different names. The most prevalent name now is Carico and has been recently mined in small amounts by new owners.  The Cabochons I advertise were purchased from the J.W. Edgar family after the original owner, believed to be Gus Stenich, willed it to them allegedly on a bread wrapper.   Apparently he was tired of thieves coming on to his property and stealing his turquoise.  The Cabs I offer were all cut and polished in the 1970's
The mine produces varying colors from light green and blue to various darker shades of green.  The Cabs are highly praised and can be very expensive.  Since I am selling out of my old collection I can sell at lower prices than most that is advertised.  So, take advantage of these prices as I offer them to the public.
These Cabs were cut and polished in the mid 1970's and have a good polish. They are backed with Devcon.  Hard to beat at less than .00 per carat.  It cost more than that these days to process a Cab today.  Silver dollar not included in sale.
11.4ct,Turquoise Mountain Cabochon Stabilized. Turquoise Mountain turquoise comes from the Cerbat Mountains in Mohave County, AZ. It is part of the Kingman mining operations and one of the two main turquoise deposits along with Ithaca Peak.
Turquoise Mountain turquoise is marketed separately from the rest of the Kingman and Ithaca Peak material. Ranging in color from deep blues to lighter blues with a greenish hue, much of the quality Turquoise Mountain material has very nice webbing that can be brown, black or "water web" which is lighter or darker turquoise colored webbing. Thanks for looking and please check out my other Cabochons. I Combine Shipping and ship internationally!