Wholesale Lot 1 lb. of Genuine Turquoise Quality Rough Nuggets 1"-3".

This Wholesale Lot features 1 pound of genuine Turquoise nuggets. This mix of stabilized Turquoise is from various mines and features a range of colors from blue to deep green. Most of this Turquoise is tumbled into rough angular chunks. It's perfect for creating any kind of hand made jewelry, from cabochons to drilling into beads. It's a jewelry maker's dream. Let your imagination guide you and you'll find something perfect for this quality material! These nuggets range in size from 1" to 3" with varying thicknesses and profiles. Some pieces are larger than 3" or smaller than 1/2". You will be getting 1 pound from the material 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.