Description
This Rare Gem High-Grade Blue Gem Battle Mountain Natural Turquoise Cabochon is backed. Weighs 8.4 Ct. Measures approximately 14.5 mm, by 11.9 mm, by 4.5 mm. This has an amazing hardness & surpasses the beauty of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. The Blue Gem Turquoise Mine was located in the Copper Basin area southwest of Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA. Production of this turquoise mine started about 1934 & continued until the 1970's. Blue Gem Turquoise is still some of the finest turquoise ever found, & unlike most turquoise mines, (in which the majority mined is chalky & only usable if stabilized) most of the turquoise found there was of gem-quality. There is a distinctive aqua color that some people associate with Blue Gem turquoise, although it produced a great variety of colors, especially when intense blue was combined with deep green in one stone. Very little large material ever came out of the Blue Gem Turquoise Mine, the majority found was small 1mm - 4mm "feeder" veins. Thus the reason for the light backing. I've tried my best to catch the intense blue in my photographs, but this turquoise is difficult to photograph. It is the finest turquoise blue I have ever worked with. Free Shipping Battle Mountain Blue Gem Turquoise Cab Rare Intense Natural High Grade Cabochon 8.4 Cts
