OLD DEPOSIT Number 8#TURQUOISE Navajo Vintage STERLING SILVER Pin BROOCH

  

This is an amazing Navajo single stone silver pin brooch This piece contains a beautiful center dome shaped turquoise stone that appears to be from the wonderful earlier Number 8 turquoise mine. Number 8 is one of the most rare mines in the world. Surrounding the stone are impecable silver rope design with silver raindrops The center stone measures 1"½×1"inch Cir. Pin brooch measures 1"¾×1"¼ Sturdy 17.6grams. The Number Eight (Number 8 or #8).

Turquoise mine in Eureka County north of. Carlin, Nevada was discovered in 1925 and. At present, the mine is. The mine produced some of the largest. Nuggets of turquoise ever discovered.

Almost all the turquoise produced is of the spider web type, with the matrix varying from. The colors grade from very light blue to very dark blue, some with interesting tints of green. Mines, Number 8 turquoise has certain. Characteristic colors and matrix patterns that.

Shades of blue Number 8 turquoise are quite. Rare and highly valued by collectors.