Tortoise Turquoise Cabochon

Beautiful Caramel Colour Natural Tortoise Turquoise Cabochon

36.5 Carats Natural Tortise Turquoise Cabochon. This stone was handcut in Durango Colorado by Dillon Hartman and measures 40.88mm long X 21.98mm wide with a 5.54mm Dome. TT084*

This stone has been backed with a highend polymer. This has been an industry standard for over 50 years. Stone on this site that are not backed will state so in their description.

The Tortoise mine is a new mine in Nevada that we own and operate in partnership with Nevada Turquoise Company. This mine produces stellar material!! We have only started on This mine (we are only 5 feet down in the pit and are finding AAA grade material! The Tortoise produces green, blue, brown, white, yellow and red material with beautiful black spiderweb. We have determined that the mint green and blue materials are Turquoise and the white material is Chalcociderite, we are currently having the other materials assayed. We have vein material, nuggets and nodules. We have pulled out several nodules the size of softballs, and a piece of vein. that is 3ft x1 3/4ft x 2 inches thick! All the materials have a hardness of between 6 and 8 on the mohs scale. When you see This material you will fall in love!

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SKU:	DSTc00005