Kingman Turquoise 6mm Blue Brown Rondelle - 15-16 InchKingman turquoise, mined in the Acerbate Mountains near Kingman, Arizona, is renowned for its vibrant, intense blue hues, often featuring a black, "water web" matrix. Operated by the Colbaugh family, the mine is one of the largest and oldest producers of American turquoise, famous for producing nuggets in a wide color range from pale blue to dark green.

An iron oxide-hydroxide mineral

first known as saualpite

The name of this particular calcite probably came about because of its distinct ocean blue and tan bands

Olive Green Opal certainly features its namesake olive

turquoise and white stone that can have streaks and patterns of white

Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as “poor man’s lapis” because of its similar color and much lower cost

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue to green associated with true Turquoise

and forms within a host rock such as ironstone or sandstone

Cat’s Eye is a quartz stone that appears in a range of colors including white

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite is also known as Blue Argentinian Calcite

it is believed to have been worn Cicero

with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns