Tyrone Turquoise Handmade Stone Pendant Wrapped in Silver

This pendant is made of Tyrone Turquoise and hand-wrapped in 12 gauge sterling silver wire.

This pendant is made of New Mexico, Tyrone Turquoise and hand wrapped in 12 gauge sterling silver wire. Tyrone Turquoise encompassed a group of mines in the Burro Mountains near the town of Silver City, New Mexico, and is associated with the Tyrone Copper mine. It has been said that more high-grade turquoise was produced in this area than any single deposit on record. Turquoise mining in the Burro Mountains had been carried out in prehistoric times and then later by the Spanish. Artifacts, stone tools along with fragments of turquoise and hammers of the local granite were common at the sites. The largest mine in the area was the Azure mine. It was located 10 miles southwest of Silver City and was opened in 1891. It became not only the most famous turquoise mine in the area but the country. Pogue states in his 1915 classic work on turquoise that "It has been operated in modern times more extensively than any other turquoise mine in this country, and its stones are the equal of the Persian gems. 

Size:  1 3/4" x 1 1/8"

Silver chain not included. Shipment includes only pendant shown in pictures.