Pilot Mountain Turquoise Jewelry

Pilot Mountain Turquoise; aka Montezuma or Troy Springs turquoise; Located at the southern end of the Pilot Mountains among the eastern foothills in Mineral County, Nevada. The Pilot Mountain turquoise mine was discovered in 1905 by William Miller of Tonopah Nevada. The Pilot Mountain claims are now owned by the Nevada Turquoise Company and worked by the Otteson Family.
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Sterling Silver Cloud Cut Turquoise Bracelet (#026) Navajo Jewelry Sterling Silver Bracelet set with Natural Pilot Mountain Turquosie Size - 6 5/8 Inner Circumference - 5 1/2" Opening - 1 1/8" $275.00	Pilot Mountain Turquoise and Silver Box - Darryl Cadman (#01) Navajo Jewelry Sterling Silver Box set with natural Pilot Mountain Turquoise 1 1/8" tall x 4" wide x 3" deep Largest stone - 7/8" tall x 1 3/8" wide The Todd Collection $1,000.00	Navajo Pilot Mountain Bolo Tie - Tommy Jackson (#028) Navajo Jewelry Sterling Silver Slide set with Natural Pilot Mountain Turquoise and Coral set on Black Leather Bolo Tie with Sterling Silver Tips Bolo - 39" long Slide - 3" tall x 2 1/4" wide Tips - 3 1/4" long Stone - 1 3/8" tall x 3/4" wide $2,250.00
Pilot Mountain Turquoise Navajo Silver Bolo-Allison Snowhawk Lee (#104) Navajo Silver Jewelry Sterling Silver Slide on Black Bolo Set with Natural Pilot Mountain Turquoise and Sterling Silver Tips Bolo - 53" long Slide - 2 5/8" tall x 2 1/8" wide Tips - 2 1/8" long Watch the Video! $1,650.00

Small intrusive bodies of argilized quartz monzonite are the host rock for Pilot Mountain turquoise. The turquoise occurs in seams, veinlets, and nodules up to an inch or more in thickness. It is variable in color, ranging through the entire blue spectrum, often with a greenish cast with dark brown to yellow mottled matrix patterns. The best colored and hardest stones generally were found in the hard, iron-stained portions of the intrusive, and the softer, pale-blue stones were in the light-colored, soft parts of the intrusive. Other croppings of turquoise occur on the same hill.

Pilot Mountain turquoise comes in every turquoise color imaginable. The best cut gems from this mine are hard and durable they range from a bright blue, to a dark blue with a greenish cast, to very dark blue. Strong dark brown limonite mottled patterns are associated with this material. Gem quality Pilot Mountain turquoise is very beautiful and desirable indeed.

Artists who create Pilot Mountain Turquoise Jewelry:

Darryl Cadman

Tommy Jackson

Allison Snowhawk Lee

Unknown Artist

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