COLLECTIBLE Hachita Turquoise Museum Grade - American Mined - Mineral Specimen For Sale

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COLLECTIBLE Hachita Turquoise Museum Grade - American Mined - Mineral Specimen:
$1206.00

Extremely Rare CollectibleHachita Turquoise MineralSpecimen

The Hachita Turquoise Story

Hachita turquoise is from a group of mines near Old Hachita, Grant County, New Mexico, that include the Azure, Cameo, Galilee, and Aztec mines. The name Hachita originates from the Spanish term for Little Hatchet. The small town was located in the foothills of the Little Hatchet Mountains in the Hachita Valley of New Mexico while the turquoise deposits, themselves, were located in the Turquoise Mountains about 6 miles west of the town.

Mined intensely in prehistoric times, settlers first came to the area, when stories told by the Indians, mentioned turquoise deposits found in the foothills of the Little Hatchet Mountains. As prospectors began working deposits, around the 1880s, they found not only the turquoise but silver, copper, and gold. Many of the original turquoise tunnels found were so ancient and carefully refilled by the Indians that they were onlydiscovered by later mining activity. Some were said to have become so hard that the material had to be blasted loose.

These were hard mines to work as the nearest settlement, of any size, was a few hundred miles away, and the furnace-like conditions of the desert were extremely harsh. Much of the turquoise that was found was a hard, fine, pure blue color. Most of the old stock Hachita turquoise, found on the market today, is predominately green with a light to dark brown matrix, often forming a beautiful spider webbing. As mining in the area has stopped, Hachita turquoise has become rare and extremely collectible.

This stunning specimen weighs approximately 603 grams

Natural unstabilized turquoise

Dimensions of this specimen are approximate and at its longest points

Height =5.82 in (148.00 mm )

Width =2.28 in ( 58.00 mm )

Thickness =3.11 in (79.00 mm )

Havingmined and collected turquoise formore than50 years,I am now offering some ofthese raredisplay collectibles.

Each specimenis expertly selected and handcrafted here in the USA.

I have very carefully hand polished parts of thisvaluable specimen to further display its natural beauty.

It comes with a beautiful 5 in. square solid walnut display base and2 special mineralidentification cards.

This is a great piece for a museum or private collection.

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