Durango Silver Company - Rough Gemstones and Turquoise

Durango Silver Company specializes in cutting and making jewelry with the finest Turquoise & Gemstones we can obtain. We are rockhounds, collectors, and recently have become associated with a Turquoise mining operation, thus find ourselves with too much rock to store, so we decided to start letting some go. We will post material as it is available. On the rough Nevada Turquoise, we have a lot in stock and we can get as much as you need within a reasonable time frame (depending on rarity of the material). As you may know the Bisbee Blue Turquoise is very rare and the mine is not currently being worked, so its availability is limited. All Cutting Rough is NATURAL unless otherwise stated.

Bisbee Blue Turquoise (limited quantity)
The Bisbee turquoise is a hard, finely webbed or dendrite, high blue stone, known for its "chocolate brown" matrix. Bisbee Turquoise also comes in a beautiful dark green color. This is RARE material, and usually is not offered in the rough. We accumulated a large amount and are willing to part with some. Great material! Every pound is hand sorted and graded as best as it can be, But if you know Bisbee, you know it is always a wonderful suprise to cut. Each pound will have a mix of all matrix patterns, colors, and size of nuggets and vein, it will be a majority "Bisbee Blue" in color.

One Pound Small Cabbing or Inlay Material .......................... Sold Out

Blue Creek Turquoise
The Blue Creek Turquoise Mine is located in the Candelaria Hills mining region of Nevada. This mine produces a beautiful blue-green spiderweb turquoise in large vein and waffers. This material is gorgeous! It is fairly hard turquoise and is nice for cabing or inlay.

One Pound of High Grade Material ......................................... $350/pound

Rough we sell is vein
between 1/8" thick to 12" thick.

Pilot Mountain Turquoise
The Pilot Mountain mine is located in northern Nevada. It is still producing and is worked by the Nevada Turquoise Company. The stone is highly admired for its deep blue-green colors. In addition, it can show light blue to dark green colors on the same stone. The matrix is black to golden brown. Pilot Mountain is a hard stone and takes a good polish, and is nice for cabbing or inlay.

One Pound of No Matrix Blue Lg Vein Material ...................... Sold Out
One Pound of Mine Run Material ........................................... Sold Out
One Pound of High Grade Material ......................................... Sold Out

White Creek
The White Creek Mine Produces a beautiful white turquoise, and yes it is actually turquoise, not mangesite. Alot of this material has a slight blue tint to it, and it looks alot like Dry Creek turquoise. The other look of this material is very similar to the White Buffalo Mangesite look. Good stuff, cuts nicely.

One Pound of Cutting Material...................................................$150/pound

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Contact Information:

17897 Hwy 160 W
Durango, CO 81301
Phone: 970.375.2401

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