Stone Mountain Mine is located on the western side of Nevada in Lyon County. This is a region that contains the right mineral combinations for turquoise formation within a matrix of interconnected and ancient rhyolitic tufts with small bodies of granodiorite, monzonite, feldspar and andesite scattered throughout the mountain ranges. This combination of geologic history […]
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Green Turquoise from Stone Mountain Mine
Green is not the most notable color when one thinks of the turquoise gemstone. However since I grew up digging around the Stone Mountain Turquoise deposit I have found the color green to be a constant and equal shade in the gradient of nature’s expression we call “turquoise” It took me a while longer to […]