Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise 18K gold charm pendant, Handmade Gold Charm, Turquoise Charm, Turquoise Dainty Charm, Minimalist Pendant

SKU-PJCHTU-40

Weight - 200 Miligram

Stone Size : 3*5 MM Pear

Size - 5*8 mm Without Bail

Bail Size - 4.5 mm

Stone - Sleeping Beauty Turquoise

Metal - 18k Solid Gold

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SLEEPING BEAUTY TURQUOISE .


Sleeping Beauty turquoise is noted for its solid, light blue color with no matrix. The host rock is granite. Sleeping Beauty turquoise is the favorite of Zuni Pueblo lapidaries and silversmiths for the purity in color. This mine was one of the largest in North America.

The Sleeping Beauty turquoise mine was named after the mountain range where it is located, which from a distance is said to resemble a sleeping woman with her arms crossed. Increased government regulations and mining costs led to the mine's closure in 2012.