25.5 cts Bisbee Turquoise Cabochon (#024)
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Bisbee turquoise jewelry is highly coveted by collectors worldwide. The
signature look for Bisbee turquoise is a dark lavender blue color with
a deep chocolate
brown to black matrix. Some of the most distinctively recognizable
Indian jewelry has
been set and photographed containing classic Bisbee turquoise. As with
all turquoise, there is a wide variety
of quality from the Bisbee mine where color and matrix patterns can
vary a great
deal.
The most productive period of the Bisbee turquoise mine was the 1950's
and 1960's. The mine has been closed since the early 1970's and is
currently owned by Phelps Dodge Corp. Bisbee Mine. Arizona, Cochise
County. Turquoise is a copper compound and, in the case of the Bisbee
mine, is found in the open pit copper mine known as the Lavender
Pit. At this mine, it is typically found as stringers up to
a few inches wide; as small nugget-like masses in granite and
quartzite; or as minute stringers in massive pyrite.
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