Nevada Blue Gem Turquoise and Jewelry

Nevada Blue Gem Turquoise had it hayday from about 1920 to the mid 1960's when both of the deposits dried up. The Fred Harvey Company, Sunbell, Maisels and several other early Turquoise Jewelry manufacturers used Blue Gem Turquoise for many years as their staple as both the Tonopah Blue Gem and the Battle Mountain Blue Gem Mines were big producers of high quality rock.

Collectors and Turquoise Jewelry admirers all agree Blue Gem Jewelry is tops! Blue Gem Turquoise Jewelry has the look that everyone likes without a doubt! It is the apitimy of Turquoise and Blue Gem Turquoise made/makes spectacular Jewelry.

If you are interested in seeing either Tonopah Blue Gem Jewelry or Battle Mountain Blue Gem Jewelry, Durango Silver Company uses a lot of authentic Nevada Blue Gem Turquoise in their Jewelry. You can find blue and blue green Blue Gem Turquoise from Northern and Southern Nevada in Rings, Pendants, Bracelets, Necklace and more at their online store.

You can often find Blue Gem Turquoise in the Hartman's Vintage Turquoise Jewelry Store as well. They collect old Native American Indian Jewelry and you can bet they hunt for Jewelry with Blue Gem Turquoise!

Blue Gem Turquoise from Battle Mountain Nevada is generally true blue in color with white, tan, golden and light brown matrix. It is a high-quality Turquoise that is hard and very stable. The mine played out in the mid to late 1960's with very little found since. It is very scarce as it was a favorite by Native American Indian Jewelry artists, Turquoise Jewelry Manufacturers of the Southwest and Contemporary Artists as well. It is very rare to find it in the rough or cut stones, most people that are lucky enough to have Blue Gem have it made into Jewelry.

Blue Gem Turquoise from the Tonopah Nevada are is generally blue/green to beautiful greens and even lime green in color. It has golden color Ryolite matrix and you can often find Tonopah Blue Gem Spiderweb Turquoise. Tonopah Blue Gem generally ran in the seems of the rock which created thin viens of Turquoise. It is usually very rich in color and has a spectacular aray of colors with great matrix configuration. Tonopah Blue Gem Turquoise played out in the 1960's to 70's as well and the same situation is at hand with this Turquoise as well - it is very seldom seen for sale.