Genuine Turquoise Nugget Solid Cananea Turquoise Large Specimen 3 pounds 11 ounces 242931-TC
Genuine Turquoise Nugget Solid Cananea Turquoise Large Specimen 3 pounds 11 ounces.
Real, Solid, Genuine Turquoise by the Pound! This is a huge nugget of genuine Turquoise from the Cananea mine. This Turquoise is full of natural character with its sky-blue hues swirling about together in a captivating current. A museum quality nugget that would make a great addition to any mineral collection as it is. This Turquoise nugget is rock solid. It won't chip or fracture when cut. It's perfect for creating any kind of hand made jewelry. It would be great for cutting into cabochons for bracelets, pendants, buckles, and bolo ties. Also, a large rock 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 an incredible, one of a kind Turquoise nugget and we'll actually be sad to see it go. This stabilized nugget weighs 3 pounds 11 ounces, or 1670g (1.67kg). It is about 7" long by 4-1/2" tall by 4" thick. Completely full of deep sky blues with some pyrite and mica sprinkled about its surface. You will receive the one of a kind Turquoise nugget pictured below.
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. Today, it is more popular than ever and its use around the world is prolific. The finest turquoise comes from Iran but is challenged by stone found in the southwestern United States. The name comes from a French word, which means stone of Turkey, from where Persian material passed on its way to Europe. Certain Native Americans called turquoise "Chal-cui-hui-tal", meaning "the highest and most valued thing in the world". The Zuni believe that blue turquoise was male and of the sky and green turquoise was female and of the earth. The Zuni, along with many other Native American groups, believed the stone could help protect them from demons or help a person feel intuitively the difference between good and evil as well as protect against accidents and various dangers. To actually see a bright blue nugget of Turquoise on the otherwise gray and dusty desert floor is to know the incredible nature of this stone and will lead anyone to realize what the American Indians have known to be true for millennia - that Turquoise is special, sacred, and has power. |