Five pounds of Genuine Cananea Turquoise.

Real, Solid, Genuine Turquoise by the Pound! This Stabilized Cananea Turquoise lot is all solid Turquoise. This Turquoise is just full of natural character with its sky-blue and robin's egg hues swirling about together in a captivating current. The pictures below show five pounds of stabilized Cananea turquoise. You will be getting five pounds of Turquoise from a large collection of Cananea turquoise with the same characteristics as the stone pictured below including large solid hunks measuring 3 to 6 inches in width. The Turquoise you receive will vary only slightly in color and shape. This Turquoise is perfect for creating any kind of hand made jewelry. It would be great for cutting into cabochons for bracelets, pendants, buckles, and bolo ties. Large rocks like this could be carved into sculptures or fetishes. The scraps from carving could be drilled into beads for stringing chokers and necklaces. This is quality turquoise. The possibilities are endless, let your imagination run wild!

Turquoise is a highly sought-after mineral and is possibly the most valuable, non-transparent mineral in the jewelry trade. It has been mined for eons since at least 6000 BC by early Egyptians. Its history also includes beautiful ornamental creations by Native Americans and Persians. Its popularity is still quite strong today. Although crystals of any size are rare, some small crystals have been found in Virginia and elsewhere. Most specimens are crypto crystalline, meaning that the crystals could only be seen by a microscope. The finest turquoise comes from Iran but is challenged by some southwestern United States specimens. The name comes from a French word, which means stone of Turkey, from where Persian material passed on its way to Europe.