Morenci Turquoise Bracelet

Though the morenci turquoise mine produces a wide range of colors from blue to green the most desirable is a deep blue color with a heavy iron pyrite matrix and occasionally some spider webbing.

Morenci turquoise bracelet.

One of the most famous and well known american turquoise mines is the morenci turquoise mine form southern arizona. Sourcing native american indian turquoise jewelry. However morenci turquoise is a harder stone and often has a richer color than other arizona turquoise. 14k navajo indiana native american bracelets.

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Colored from light to bright blue the stone is named for the morenci copper mine. Vintage native american sterling morenci spiderweb turquoise cuff bracelet. Watch 666 morenci turquoise sterling silver pendant vintage bench bead necklace 20. 5 out of 5 stars 205 205 reviews 12 00.

Vtg huge 119g old pawn navajo sterling silver morenci turquoise cuff bracelet. This mine was a major producer of natural gemstones that were used commercially for years in predominately southwestern and native american jewelry the morenci turquoise mine was famous for its beautiful true blue turquoise most of the material from this famous mine was a true blue. From shop joesvintagegems. Morenci turquoise ring sterling silver old pawn navajo size 7.

The matrix consists of iron pyrite or fool s gold that when polished often looks like silver. Our stones sourced from local tribes such as the zuni navajo and santo domingo are among the hardest of the gemstones with deep blue green hues and natural lines that have formed over time beautiful marks of their authenticity. Morenci turquoise is another american classic highly regarded and sought after by collectors. Make offer gorgeous older sterling morenci turquoise 5 stone cuff bracelet.

This matrix makes morenci turquoise a prized and sought after stone for valuable native jewelry pieces. Ending saturday at 4 11pm pdt 5d 16h. Gorgeous older sterling morenci turquoise 5 stone cuff bracelet. 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.

Recognized for its unusual pyrite matrix morenci turquoise comes from southeast arizona near the new mexico border.