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Fox Turquoise from Crescent Valley, Nevada.  Rich greens, blue-greens and blues with or without matrix..a great stone to work with offering many surprising and rewarding results! The Fox has been around for hundreds of years and has proven to be a reliable and beautiful source of turquoise. The Fox Mine is also the source of Green Tree and White Horse Turquoise. 


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Carico Lake Turquoise from Lander County, Nevada.  Produces a variety of graded turquoise in wide range of colors. From rich green to deep blues with great matrix.  It is phenomenal turquoise to cut with its assortment of color variations and webbing!  


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#8 Turquoise from Eureka County, Nevada. Noted for it's light powder blue to dark blue color with golden brown to black matrix webbing. Very rare as the mine has been closed for some time! The operators of the Fox Mine have just recently released this collectable material from their limited supply.


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Damele from Lander County, Nevada. Offers amazing turquoise with truely distictive colors. From rich lime green to bright chartreuse often with yellows, white, orange and browns mixed in to the dark matrix. Awesome stuff! The varasite is just as remarkable.


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New Lander Turquoise from Crescent Valley, Nevada.  Consistantly hard material offering amazing colors in shades of green, blue-green, glacier or ice blues, and incredible matrix.  A really unique stone to work with offering great results! 


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Green Tree from Crescent Valley, Nevada. Another outstanding stone from the owner and operators of the Fox Mine. So named for its dark rich green and blue green colors.


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Pixie from Crescent Valley, Nevada. Beautiful shades of lime green to rich dark green often mixed with charcoal black and swirls of golden brown matrix. A great hard stone with alot of character!


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Sleeping Beauty Turquoise from Gila County, Arizona.  Used primarily for my inlay as it offers a consistent uniform blue that is easy to match and cut into sets.  


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Ithica Peak and Turquoise Mt. - Kingman, Arizona.  Great material offering the famed "Kingman Blue" color with Pyrite and Quartz.


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Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan.  Fatally attracted to deep blues!  Enjoy it's richness and intensity with or without the pyrite... Fun to work with silver or gold!


Lapis Lazuli from Chile.  Offers a lighter shade similar to faded jeans!