Vintage Hubei Turquoise (China) Big Chunky Rounded Nugget Bead Strand, 16 inch strand
Nuggets are slightly irregular, and range in size from15x17mm-18x22mm
Beautiful Vintage Turquoise From the Hubei mine. This turquoise is getting harder to find and the price is skyrocketing. This is a great find. You wont find this quality at this price often.
This turquoise comes from a mine in the Hubei Province in central China that has been the most prolific mine in Asia. The qualities of turquoise that come from Hubei range from very soft material, needing to be treated to make it usable, to an attractive green spider web, to a very hard and fine blue with dark veined (spider web) matrix that could be considered some of the world’s finest turquoise.
