Beautiful Bamboo Mountain Turquoise Rectangle Cabochon for your Jewelry Designs or Turquoise Collection
Handcrafted, One of A Kind Unique item
Rectangular Cabochon
Beautiful Combination of Green Colors
Measures Approximately 22 Millimeters in Length by 20 mm in Width
Lightly Backed
Professionally Cut
In Chinese, the Bamboo Mountain Mine is referred to as the Zhuxi mine, located in the Hubei province of China. This mine closed prior to 1995. Most Bamboo Mountain turquoise is various shades of green although blue material does exist.
Some of the most beautiful Turquoise in the world comes from The Hubei Province in China. China has a long and rich turquoise history. There is evidence of Chinese Turquoise use at least as far back as 1700 BC. Chinese Turquoise is increasingly harder to get in the United States due to Their mines being closed off and The increased popularity of Turquoise Jewelry in China.