This is a one-of-a-kind strand of VERY RARE Dry Creek Turquoise graduating nuggets measure approx. 7x11mm up to 9x16mm.

Dry Creek Turquoise gets its color from the heavy metals in the ground where it forms.  The Dry Creek mine, which has also been known as the Godber and Burnham mine, is located in northeast Nevada.   Blue turquoise forms when there is copper present and green turquoise forms where iron is present, the turquoise from the Dry Creek mine has no heavy metals present, thus the pastel color, this is a very rare occurrence. This mine produces a creamy pastel-blue and blue-white turquoise, very hard, gemmy and available only in very small quantities. The matrix in Dry Creek Turquoise is typically light golden or brown-gray to gray-black. This is definitely collectors turquoise!