Natural Carico Lake (NV) Turquoise/Fausite Focal Pendant Beads, Select One Stone
A-18x27mm, B-15x28mm, C-15x23mm
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Carico Lake Turquoise has been around for a long time and was once one of the mines that produced a large amount of the Turquoise for the Native American Indian Jewelry and Southwest Silver Jewelry businesses during the big Turquoise boom of the 1950s through the 1980s in America. The Carico Lake Turquoise mine Produces Lime Green Turquoise (many say this is Faustite, however it is a debate) as well as blue Turquoise. The blue Carico Lake Turquoise and aqua blue - green Turquoise is the main majority of the material that was taken out of the mine. Having said this, as of late the main marketing trend for Carico Lake Turquoise is focused around the rare Lime Green Turquoise or Faustite from the mine. This is mainly due to the striking color and scarceness of the material. During the Turquoise boom, blue was king, and this material was over looked for the most part, by most individuals.
Once western mining was established, the mine passed through the hands of American mining legends like Gus Stennich, who left the mine to JW Edgar. The mine continued to change hands and eventually came to rest with Ernest Montoya, the owner of Sunwest Silver Co.
