RARE AUTHENTIC 25 in. Vintage MORENCI Turquoise large nugget necklace Navajo.

Description

Gorgeous Vintage natural Morenci Turquoise. This necklace has been hand strung with green turquoise seed beads between each piece of turquoise on a nylon coated cable. This strand features a hand made sterling clasp. These turquoise stones are not dyed and feature quartz and pyrite matrix. Size's range from 35mm-15mm long and 5mm-12mm thick. A full range of photos and close ups of the stones have been provided. The intense natural blues a greens you see have NOT been altered this is the true color of these stones! One photo provided also shows gram weight of this necklace.
Recognized for its unusual pyrite matrix, Morenci turquoise comes from southeast Arizona, near the New Mexico border.Colored from green to bright blue, the stone is named for the Morenci Copper mine. .At one time, large turquoise deposits were buried by the owners of the copper mine, to keep their workers busy with copper. In 1956 turquoise mining rights were granted to William “Lucky” Brown, and large quantities of turquoise were produced. Lucky’s sons mined the site until the lease ended in 1984.The mine is no longer leased to private enterprises, and high grade Morenci turquoise is prized and can be difficult to obtain.