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Turquoise mineEsmeralda County, Nevada

Desert Springs

Desert Springs turquoise from Esmeralda County, Nevada: high-grade, multi-colored material from deep blue to bright orange to forest green.

Desert Springs turquoise with black spiderweb matrix, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Mineral
Turquoise
Discovered
2020
County
Esmeralda County
State
Nevada
Desert Springs turquoise with black spiderweb matrix, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Material from Desert Springs

History of the mine

A 2020 "hat find" with Rodney Frisby: high-grade, multi-colored turquoise running from deep blue to bright orange to forest green. The country rock here is exceptionally hard, so the deposit remains undeveloped and largely unexplored.

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Rough and finished cabochons from Desert Springs and our other mines are sold through Instagram, where new material is posted first.

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