Kingman Turquoise Jewelry

Kingman Turquoise comes from a large open-pit copper mine in the Mineral Park Mining District, northwest of Kingman, Arizona and was one of the largest turquoise mines in this country. The area lies in high desert country at an elevation of 3,345 feet and is surrounded by three mountain ranges. The mining district around Kingman, Arizona has always been a large producer of turquoise, at one time the world's largest. First mined by Indians, this area was home to the most extensive prehistoric workings found in Arizona.(Continued below...)

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Silver & Kingman Turquoise Pendant - Ruth Ann Begay (#01) Navajo Jewelry Sterling Silver Pendant set with Natural Kingman Turquosie 2" tall x 1" wide Stone - 1" tall x 3/4" wide The Andy Todd Collection Watch the Video! $600.00	Gem Quality Kingman Turquoise Bracelet - Emma Bighand (#01) Navajo Jewelry Sterling Silver Bracelet set with Five Gem Quality Kingman Turquoise Stones Inner Circumference - 5" Opening - 1 1/4" Size - 6 1/4 Largest Stone - 1" t x 5/8"w The Andy Todd Collection Watch the Video! $525.00	Navajo Handstamped Kingman Turquoise Bracelet - John Begay Jr. (#052) Navajo Kingman Turquoise Jewelry Hand Stamped Sterling Silver Bracelet Set with Oval Natural Kingman Turquoise Size - 6 3/8 Opening - 1" Inner Circumference - 5 3/8" Stone - 3/8" tall x 5/8" wide $180.00
Hand Stamped Silver Navajo Bracelet with Kingman Turquoise - John Begay Jr. (#037) Navajo Jewelry Hand Stamped Sterling Silver Bracelet with Natural Kingman Turquoise Size - 7 1/8 Inner Circumference - 6 1/8" Opening - 1" $450.00	Navajo Double Stone Kingman Turquoise Bracelet - Eugene Livingston (#076) Navajo Silver and Kingman Turquoise Bracelet Sterling Silver Bracelet Set with Natural Kingman Turquoise Size - 6 1/8 Opening - 1 1/4" Inner Circumference - 5 5/8" Watch the Video! $750.00	7 Stone Kingman Turquoise Pin - Calvin Martinez (#02) Navajo Jewelry Sterling Silver Pin set with Natural Kingman Turquoise 1 1/8" tall x 2 1/8" wide $375.00

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The modern production of turquoise dates back to the early 1880¹s when James Haas rediscovered these ancient Kingman area mines. Much of the turquoise occurred as seams, masses and veins. The color of natural Kingman turquoise can range from light blue to very dark blue and sometimes tints of green. The matrix is from white, light brown to black and frequently flecked with pyrite and sometimes quartz. The mine became famous for its rounded, bright blue nuggets with black matrix. Few turquoise mines produced nuggets, especially of this quality. In its high-grade form it has always been considered among the top quality American turquoise. With so many thousands of pounds of good quality turquoise produced in the Kingman area over the last one hundred years it is hard to believe that today very little high-grade Kingman turquoise is available.

Other names for Kingman turquoise: Ithaca Peak , The Wall, Tiffany, Courtland, Az., Gleeson

Most desirable: Deep Blue with molybdenum pyrite; Real blue with pyrite; Bird's eye; Water Web; Nuggets

Artists who create Kingman Turquoise Jewelry:

John Begay, Jr.	Ruth Ann Begay	Emma Bighand	Will Denetdale
Toby Henderson	Allison Snowhawk Lee	Eugene Livingston	Calvin Martinez
Orville Tsinnie

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