Beautiful Green Natural Turquoise Mountain Turtle Long Oval Cabochon for your Jewelry Designs or Turquoise Collection
Handcrafted- One of a Kind Unique Item
This Turquoise Stone Would be a Beautiful Ring Stone
Approximately 30 mm in Length
19 Carats
Mined in Arizona USA
Glossy High Polish Finish
Lightly Backed for Stability
Professionally Cut by Garrett McGinnis Master Turquoise Cutter in Manassa, Colorado
The Turquoise Mountain Area was Discovered and Developed by Native Americans for thousands of years. Located in the Mineral Park Mining District in the is located in the Acerbate Mountains approximately 14 miles Northwest of Kingman Arizona. The Turquoise Mountain Mine is located adjacent to the Kingman and Ithaca Peak Mines. It was commercially mined since the 1880’s to early 1900’s by the Aztec Mining Company, The Los Angeles Gem Company, Arizona Turquoise Company, Southwest Turquoise Company and Mineral Park Turquoise Company and now Colbaugh Processing Inc. Chuck Colbaugh has had the mining contract for Ithaca Peak and Turquoise Mountain since the early 1960’s and it is still in the family today run by Marty and son Josh Colbaugh.