![]() ![]() ![]() We have rings, earrings, pendants - sm, medium and large, 2-strand heishe & turquoise necklaces, mosaic earrings & pendants, zia pendants, safety pins, key chains, money clip, tie bar, tie pin, bic lighter covers, bracelets - single band, double band, 3 & 5 stone solid band bracelets and rough cutoff Turquoise pendants - small, medium and large. We have pounds of rough White Angel Variscite and cabachons for sale. We are now only selling turquoise stones set in silver jewelry from the Little Chalchihuitl & Little Blue Bell. ![]() We have been mining for many years and our mines are getting depleted. The green color comes from the iron content in the stone where the Turquoise is mined. We get rare green natural turquoise which I make into cabachons and set in sterling silver to sell in our shop. My family and many of our friends have helped me work the claim. Still dreaming of the green color turquoise, I decided to file a mining claim with the Bureau of Land Management on that same spot I found so many years ago. I used a hammer and chisel and gathered up 2 lbs of rough natural turquoise covered the seam and headed for home. I came across a vein of brilliant green stone and stopped to chip off some of the vein. Thirty five years ago, I was walking in a New Mexico snow storm, taking the long way home around Grand Central Mountain in the Cerrillos Mining District. ~ The Story of the Little Chalchihuitl Turquoise Mine ~ ![]()
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