While old natural Kingman turquoise is rare, they have recently gone back into older sections of the Kingman mine and are bringing out some new natural Kingman Turquoise. The mine is currently owned & Operated by the Colbaugh family's company, Colbaugh Processing. Besides the nugget form, the most desirable Kingman turquoise is a deep blue with molybdenum pyrite also, deep blue with pyrite as well as in a "bird's eye" pattern with "water web" matrix. However, much of the turquoise from Kingman occurs as seams, masses and veins, rather then in nugget form. This high blue color has become a "color standard" in the industry, reflected by the name "Kingman Blue". In its high-grade form it has always been considered among the top quality American turquoise. Few turquoise mines produced nuggets, especially of this quality. The most famous stones from this mine are rounded bright blue nuggets with black matrix. Matrix can range from white, light brown to black and frequently flecked with pyrite and occasionally quartz.
Natural Kingman Turquoise ranges in color from light to very dark blue and sometimes tints of green. However, modern production of turquoise dates back to the 1880's when James Haas rediscovered the area. The Kingman Mine district was first mined by Native Americans it was part of the most extensive prehistoric workings in Arizona. One of the largest domestic turquoise mines, it is found in a large open pit copper mine in the high desert country. Kingman Turquoise originates in the Mineral Park Mining District near Kingman, Arizona. Amber Azurite Charoite Chrysocolla Chrysoprase Coral Emerald Fluorite Fossil Ivory Jet Labradorite Lapis Larimar Ocean Jasper Malachite Mother of Pearl Quartz Crystal Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Rose Quartz Sugilite Sodalite Tiger Eye Turquoise Variscite Zoicite & Ruby in Zoicite.Earrings Jeff's Neckware Bracelets Pins, Buckles & Pendants Rings.
Amber Black Jade Azurite and Malachite with Chrysocolla Fluorite Fossil Walrus Ivory Gaspeite Jet Labradorite Lapis Ocean Jasper Rhodocrosite Rhodonite Ruby In Zoicite Sonoran Cuprite Sugilite Tiger Eye.Abalone Miscellaneous Shell & Beads Green Snail Pearl Buttons Mother of Pearl Pearl Jewelry.The Coral Story Rough Coral Coral Cabs Coral Beads Coral Jewelry Coral Specimens.Turquoise Story Rough Turquoise & Raw Variscite Turquoise Cabs Turquoise Beads Turquoise Jewelry Turquoise Specimens Turquoise Mines.Herb was the major source for Nevada Blue cabochons when he was actively cutting, and you’ll see his stone in classic pieces by Charles Loloma and Lee Yazzie, among other great native jewelry artists of the time. Filling is not our practice as we specialize in natural stone, but many of the vintage cut stones are that way, and they are no less beautiful! We’ll always let you know if we think the stone offered is filled. Much of that was cut away in the finishing of the stone, but some can remain. A common practice back then was to coat the top of the rough with epoxy to fill holes and irregularities before cutting. We are also cutting new stones ourselves from Herb’s beautiful rough, so we will always tell you in the listing who did the cutting.
Herb and his wife Dottie were avid stone cutters, and many of our stones offered here are their vintage cuts from the 1970’s and 80’s. Today, due to extremely difficult access, the Nevada Blue Mine is no longer producing. Some of the finest material was mined in the 70's, and Herb purchased most of the mine's production directly from the Hammons during that time. Our Nevada Blue material was mined by the Hammon family from the late 1960's up into the early 1980's, and for the past 40 years had been part of the collection of Herb and Dottie Lindner. The Nevada Blue mine has a long history, first mined in 1901 under the name Pinto/Watts. There are also other minerals associated with it including opal, rich red-brown limonite, and acicular crystals of either wavelite or selenite…very unique! Nevada Blue turquoise is a fascinating stone, characterized by wild, bold red and black matrix in bright blue and intense, high-grade spiderweb.
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