There were three different locations all called the Blue Gem mine, and each produced a great variety of turquoise, from intense blues to deep green combinations with a hard, irregularly distributed matrix. While there are other mines in Nevada of the same name, the Battle Mountain Blue Gem mine& the Tonapah Blue Gem Mine, which began production in 1934 and is now closed, yielded the most valuable Blue Gem turquoise because of its rich color and its hardness. It is greatly desired by collectors. One of our favorites! The Battle Mountain Turquoise is an all time favorite and classic American Turquoise and very hard to beat. Blue gem has been called by Gem collectors and scientists to be the perfect color of Turquoise.. better than Persian! If you ever have the opportunity to see the best Blue Gem Turquoise you will never forget it.

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Blue Ice Turquoise is from a newer discovered found in 2005 by a prospector named William Murdoch, here is what he said "I found this near Yerington, Nevada and named it partly because it looked like blue ice and partly because I had to break through a layer of ice to get to it." In recent years a copy cat has come out.. Turquoise from Mexico that is being called Blue Ice. Both look simular to each other. Blue Ice Turquoise from Nevada, USA is harder then the Blue Ice Turquoise from Mexico. The Blue Ice Turquoise Mine material is fairly hard to obtain and little is produced. The super highgrade that I have seen from this mine resembles old Battle Mountain Blue Gem Turquoise. This mine now belongs to Ernie Montoya.

One of the Edgar's projects. The Blue Medicine Nevada Turquoise Mine produced a fine spider web matrix turquoise that was very high-grade and is now very rare.As with a lot of the Edgars mines, this was only mined for a short time and it is unknown whether or not there is more Turquoise in the Blue Medicine Nevada Turquoise Mine. Almost a varacite clarity to this stuff. Great webbing and coloration. Look at this American turquoise... has a certain Tibetan Turquoise look. Wouldn't this look great in some gold and turquoise jewelry?

An exceptionally fine and beautiful turquoise. Intense, vivid blue interspersed with amazing Reddish/Brown matrix in a very intricate spider web pattern. This Blue Thunder turquoise with was found in very minimal quantity in the early 1980's and is very seldom seen today. Blue Thunder has a great black spiderweb look to it. Alot of this material is very nicely and evenly patterned with spiderweb matrix. In the past it would not be a stretch to have a beautiful cabochon cut from this Turquoise that was the size of an egg. Today, you would be lucky to get a stone the size of a quarter. It is highly sought after by high end contemporary jewelers and collectors, and are rarely available.

Blue Wind Turquoise was some of the greatest spiderweb Turquoise to ever come out of the ground. Blue Wind Turquoise has the look and feel of Lander's Blue. It is so extremely beautiful it is hard to do do it justice with words. There are many rumors, and facts that state that the Blue Wind Turquoise actually came from the Lander's mine. We personally can prove this is not true as we have spoke to the members of the Edgar family personally about the mine. The early workings of the mine only produced about 100 pounds of turquoise before it played out, another one of Nevada’s turquoise ‘Hat’ mines. The Blue Wind name came from the windy black swirls that were seen blowing through the stone. Blue Wind Turquoise is a fabulous medium to dark blue Turquoise with deep black spiderweb. The webbing in most of this turquoise is very evenly distributed. This Turquoise is so fine, it is one of the most valuable and illusive Turquoise in the world. Blue Wind Turquoise has sold for as much as $300.00/ct and is considered by those that know about it to be the best Turquoise in the world, rivaling Lander Blue Turquoise. Absolutely gorgeous.

Carico Lake turquoise is named after the location of its mines on a dried up lake bed in a high, cool area of Lander County, Nevada. This famous old Turquoise mine produces mainly a light blue color Turquoise that sometimes has a light brown spiderweb matrix. The Carico Lake Turquoise mine also produce Turquoise with black matrix as well. The Carico Lake Turquoise mine is most famous for its Lime Green Faustite, which most people call Lime Turquoise. Its clear, iridescent, spring green color is due to its zinc content and is highly unique and collectible. Carico Lake turquoise is also found in a dark blue-green color with a black or brown, spider web matrix. The Mine has been open for sometime now. A fair amount of This turquoise has been recovered. The less common lime green turquoise which is suspect to actually be predominately faustite, is very very valuable due to it rarity and demand. It is hard material. This mine is also known to produce rare psuedomorph clams that are filled with turquoise. As of late this mine has been owned and operated by Ernie Montoya of Sun west Silver. Ernie has used this turquoise to create some wonderful gold and silver jewelry. This has really added to the turquoise jewelry market's diversity.

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This Nevada mine Produces a beautifully white tight black spider webbed Chalcociderite as well as a gorgeous green and rare blue Varascite with a black or brown matrix. It is excellent cutting material, almost no waste. The Colorback mine I or in the old days Turquoise Boy mine is one half mile north of the Badger mine and 3.5 miles North-Northwest of Tenabo near Crescent Valley, Nevada. Turquoise is associated with an opalized sill that dips intruding black chert. The chert adjacent to the sill is brecciated and contains the turquoise. The Colorback II mine has Chalcosiderite and Varacite material rather than turquoise as the major find. The Chalcosiderite has a beautiful black spider web pattern with white, blue, green, yellow, or orange hues. These stones go great with red coral and turquoise or by themselves. The Variscite is a beautiful light green or brown with black spider or matrix throughout the stones. Some of this material is close to the look of the New Landers Mine Material and the Tortoise Mine material. Super gorgeous and super hard. This is great material to work with. I highly recommend it!

Cortez or Fox is on of Nevada’s most productive turquoise mines. In the 1940’s, Dowell Ward purchased the old Cortez claims and developed them using the names Fox, White Horse, Green Tree and Smith to differentiate among the colors produced in the area and to create a larger perceived share of the turquoise market. The area produces a huge amount of good quality blue, green or blue-green stone with a distinctive matrix. Most of This turquoise that we have cut has been a light to medium blue with a dark color of green of blue spider web. Much of the Fox Turquoise was cut into nugget beads in the old days. Today it is hard to obtain good old Fox Turquoise and they also produce a stabilized form of Fox Turquoise today. I preffer the good old Fox that has the wonderful bubbly nuggets. This is by far some of the Best Turquoise Nevada has ever produced.