Turquoise Stone description
Valued sacred by Native Americans, turquoise has long been considered a master healer said to assist the absorption of nutrients whilst strengthening the immune system and stimulating tissue regeneration. Its special strengths aid in healing the respiratory, waste and skeletal systems. It is also recommended by crystal healers for detoxification of alcohol, poisons or radiation. Also for infections, high blood pressure asthma and problems with the teeth and mouth. Brings its wearer good luck. Turquoise is used as a metaphysical aid in any situation where clear communication is needed and also as an aid to public speaking. Can also be used to open connections between friends, allowing love to flow whilst enabling true, selfless bonding. Turquoise is said to open all chakras, permitting love, completeness and communication to flow through the entire being and increasing spiritual bonding. It is especially with the 5th ( throat) chakra and can also assist in opening the 4th (heart) chakra.
Number 8 Turquoise
Number 8 Turquoise is a highly prized turquoise stone used in all types of traditional, contemporary and Native American jewelry. It's valued for its trademark spider-web matrix of various shades of gold, black and brown that lace through its unique powder blue stone. With the Number 8 Turquoise mine depleted since 1961 and with limited reserves of this stone in existence, Number 8 turquoise jewelry is one of the most valuable and appreciated stones by collectors.Formed within its host rocks of quartz, chert, and shale, the Number 8 Turquoise Mine provided a consistent amount of valuable large nuggets in its years of production. Located west of the Tuscarora Range in the Lynn Mining District in Nevada, the turquoise from the Number 8 mine consistently displays a light blue color with an attractive spider-web matrix of various shades of black, brown, and gold. From 1925-1929, the Number 8 mine churned out a vast amount of nodular formed turquoise. While this particular deposit's turquoise depleted, the owners of the mine, the Edgar brothers, discovered another deposit of beautiful turquoise containing a spider-web matrix. The Number 8 Turquoise Mine yielded possibly one of the largest nodules known to man, a 150-pound behemoth of turquoise. With less than 10% of the Number 8 turquoise in quality form, a high value is placed on quality stones.
White Buffalo
White Buffalo mined near Tonopah, Nevada. Armed with his tools, his character and his love for the hunt of treasure, Lynn Otteson is the last of a rare breed. A generous man, he needs only the necessities. Otteson wears a cowboy hat, a handkerchief around his neck, a canteen slung over his shoulder and a pickax in his hand. Lying in the ground deep in the desert another legend waits. Rare and beautiful, like the white buffalo, this white rock waits to be discovered. The location only known by him, the two legends meet. Otteson was schooled in turquoise by one of the most ingenious prospectors of our time. He has covered the desert on foot, scouting for turquoise for decades. Even after losing half his foot in a courageous gun battle, he walks the desert.
Lynn unearthed the rare and beautiful treasure.
White Buffalo is a Magnesite and creates very interesting jewelry with its stunning black and white patterns. White Buffalo lies in veins like turquoise surrounded by black chert a black rock similar to flint. It cuts and polishes like turquoise and IT HAS GEOLOGISTS baffled.
Boulder Turquoise
Extremely interesting patterns, surrounded by the host rock. Nevada has been an important source of turquoise since prehistoric time. Host rocks are lime stone, shale, or metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks. This turquoise normally forms narrow veinlets or small nodules along altered zones. The mine is located in northeast Nevada. It was originally discovered in the 1970’s by a Shoshone sheep hearder who stumbled upon a vein of turquoise on the hillside while tending sheep. Production from the property has been small due to the limited amount of time allowed to mine due to the remote location and winter weather conditions. Boulder Turquoise is valued both its beauty and rarity.
Sunnyside Turquoise
The mine is no longer in operation as it has become part of a gold mining operation and a privately owned ranch. The mine was operating in the 70’s. You won’t find much of this great turquoise around, except for old stashes. It was shipped from this property for several years in the 70’s to Arizona and New Mexico where it was incorporated into collections sold by the local Indian tribes.
A spider web matrix of colors ranging from golden brown to black set off the unique color of this stone. Beautiful green and blue/green colors were found. Turquoise from this mine presents some peculiar features: good color and extreme hardness, great matrix marking in spider web patterns and wafers. Turquoise from this mine is rarely seen today and of the best grade.
Carico Lake Turquoise
Carico Lake turquoise is named after the location of its mine on a dried up lake bed in a high, cool area of Lander County, Nevada.
Its clear, iridescent, spring green color is due
to its zinc content and is highly unique and
collectable. Carico Lake turquoise is also found in a dark blue-green color with a black, spider web matrix. The Carico Lake mine is primarily a gold producing mine. The very limited amount of this turquoise and the limited time allowed to mine it makes this glorious turquoise a valuable addition to one's collection.
Hachita Turquoise
The Hachita turquoise mining activity dates from pre-historic to 1905. Hachita was also called "Azure", but also went by many other names.
Hachita turquoise is from a group of mines near Old Hachita, Grant County, New Mexico. They include the Azure, Cameo, Galilee, and Aztec claims. The name "Hachita" comes from the Spanish term for "Little Hatchet". The small town itself was located in the foothills of the Little Hatchet Mountains in the Hachita Valley.
Crow Springs Turquoise
Crow Springs, also known as AnnJax or Bluebird, is located near Tonopah, Nevada. For 12 years, this rare stone has not been available until 3 years ago, when Dennis and Lucy Cordova took it over and began mining it. The Smith family previously owned the mine. This family had been mining turquoise in Nevada since the 1870’s. In 1909, William Petry discovered a deposit one mile southwest of the Crow Springs claim. In 1939, Ann Cooper Hewitt, heiress to the Cooper Hewitt fortune, made from inventing the mercury-vapor lamp and the first fluorescent lighting, filed claim to the mine and built a home there, which she called AnnJax. She did little work on the property and then abandoned it. Crow Springs is known for its characteristic light green color contrasted with a bright red matrix which is the host rock, rhyolite. The mine includes a tunnel that digs 175 feet into the mountain; inside of which, Dennis Cordova discovered a bountiful deposit of commercial grade gold and silver. The current owners are also co-owners of the Pilot Mountain mine. They have been mining for 3 years and cutting the precious stone for over 35 years.
Turquoise Mountain and Birdseye
This turquoise come from the same mine in northwestern Arizona near the Kingman mine. The mine was closed in the 1980s. It is light to high blue, with both webbed and non-webbed matrix. "Birdseye" describes stones from this mine that show areas of light blue circled with dark blue matrix, resembling the eye of a bird. It is a beautiful addition to one's collection.
Dry Creek Sacred Buffalo Turquoise
When discovered in the Dry Creek Mine on the Shoshone Indian Reservation near Battle Mountain, Nevada in 1993, they were not sure what it was. Because of its hardness, they decided to send it to have it assayed and their suspicions proved correct; it was in fact turquoise. It was not until 1996, however, that it was finally made into jewelry. Turquoise gets its color from the heavy metals in the ground where it forms. Blue turquoise forms when there is copper present, which is the case with most Arizona turquoise. Green turquoise forms where iron is present, the case with most Nevada turquoise. Sacred Buffalo turquoise forms where there are no heavy metals present, which turns out to be a very rare occurrence. The lack of any specific color consistency makes this stone distinctive and unique from other turquoises. To date, no other vein of this turquoise has been discovered anywhere else and when this current vein runs out, that will be the last of it. Authentic Sacred Buffalo Turquoise is from the Dry Creek Mine. Sacred Buffalo Turquoise is known as white turquoise, but is not to be confused with white buffalo, aka Howlite. They are not the same. Howlite (white buffalo) is a beautiful stone but it is not a turquoise. Do not be confused or misled into believing that howlite is white turquoise. Because this unique turquoise from the Dry Creek Mine is as rare as the sacred buffalo, the Indians call it "Sacred Buffalo" Turquoise. The Shoshone Indians are not known for jewelry work and as a consequence, the Shoshone sell or trade the Sacred Buffalo turquoise to the Navajos in Arizona and New Mexico, who then work it into jewelry. So many geologic chains of events must synchronize to create just one thin vein of turquoise that the mineral can rightly be envisioned as a fluke of nature. Turquoise is a rare and improbable product of an incalculable number of chemical and physical processes that must take place in the right combination and proper environment over a time span of hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of years.
Gaspeite
Gaspeite is a recently discovered stone in the western
hemisphere, found in 1966. It comes in shades of almost
neon green to pale green, often with black or brown veining.
Emotionally, it reduces distress and brings assurance.
It reduces ignorance, particularly emotional ignorance. It also helps attracts friends and friendship. Aboriginals use Gaspeite to bring visions and grant success. Metaphysically, gaspeite is best known for helping to bring spirituality into every day life.
It brings good fortune and helps prevent loss. Physically Gaspeite has been used for heart problems, lungs, and gallbladder. Gaspeite is primarily related to the heart chakra.
Spiny Oyster (Spondylus Princeps)
This shell is found in only one area along the Baja coast, California. The shell comes in three colors Red, Orange & Purple. After 90ft of water the reds and oranges appear. Purple is found in water from 0-60 ft.
The shell of this oyster has been found in archeological excavations of the Anasazi and other native peoples of the desert southwest. Spiny oyster shells have been found in the same excavations in which turquoise was also found, showing that ancient people appreciated the same beautiful combination of colors and materials we enjoy today.
These finds not only demonstrate early people's interest in
jewelry, it also shows the existence of long-distance trading.
Moonstone
Moonstone's energies are soothing and nurturing to the mind, emotions and body. Prevents over-reactions to personal situations that involve the emotions. Moonstone's energies are feminine in nature. They can help us all become more sensitive and loving. The subtle energies of moonstone can help to open and cleanse your heart. It helps to balance the menstrual & hormonal cycles, while melting away the anxiety and stress that may occur at this time of the month.
Use Moonstone for problem solving and decision making. Simply hold it in your left hand or place it under your pillow for guidance to life's questions. Although moonstone is seen as a feminine influence, it can also help balance the male and female aspects of yourself. This makes moonstone a good choice for men too because many men could benefit from being more sensitive & better at expressing love. In India, moonstone is considered sacred. It is said to bring good fortune, but, more importantly, it is seen as a tool to promote spiritual enlightenment. Moonstone can help you become more intuitive. It can also boost psychic ability. Moonstone comes in colorless, white, yellow, orange, and gray, translucent to opaque white. In some moonstones you may also see a rainbow, then called a Rainbow Moonstone. Moonstone has a hardness of 6.
Labradorite
Labradorite brings out the best qualities in you, to be all that you can be. It’s a powerful self esteem building stone and has a very balancing harmonious energy. It protects ones aura and helps purge negative thought patterns. It gives great insight and vision and allows one to communicate these gifts in a beneficial way for the self and others. It helps you integrate the new energies coming in and helps ones intuition, especially the timing of things. Labradorite can open up psychic awareness is in dream state. It will often tell you things which you aren't aware in the waking state. From Labrador, Canada.
Chariote
Chariote - A Versatile & Exotic Design Stone with Character. Discovered in Siberia’s Murun Mountains, Russia and named after the nearby Charo River, introduced 1976. Opaque bright purple, with wild swirls of fibrous material, one of the strangest looking natural gemstones. In particular it transforms negative emotions such as anger and fear into positive feelings. Charoite is a great stone to wear for those that suffer from phobias & nightmares. Charoite strengthens its wearers self confidence & enhances concentration. This stone strengthens its wearer's work spirit & love of work, will power & endurance. On the physical level Charoite is a very strong healing stone, lessens rheumatic pains & strengthens the muscles. Charoite can enhance courage, inner strength, and appropriate assertiveness. Physically, Charoite is helpful for speeding up healing of all kinds, headaches, liver problems, alcohol detoxification, cramps, heart problems, & nerves. Charoite lessens pain, especially head aches and this wonder stone absorbs negative radiation. Charoite makes striking pieces of jewelry with its full range of character from solid color to zones of swirly mixtures of silky purple and sprays of black zones.
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