Utah Turquoise & Variscite Mines & Turquoise Facts

Example Pictures are not necessarily
the highest of grade, rather a good example of a common look from
a particular mine.
Kennecot - Bingham Turquoise Mine
Kennecot Turquoise is a bi-product of the Kennecot Copper Mine
in Utah. This turquoise mine didn't produce much high grade turquoise.
Most of what we have, and have cut is pretty soft and a light blue/green
color. I would love to have some killer Kennecot turquoise. Hopefully
we will see some more here in the future and will be able to provide
more turquoise facts for the Kennecot mine. If anyone knows more
about the Kennecot turquoise mine, please enlighten me.

Deep Green Utah Variscite

Snowville Varascite Cab |
Utah Variscite
This is some of the world's best Varascite.
A lot of this material comes from Fairfield,
Utah.
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine
This is what is commonly know as Fairfield Varascite.
This mine was open in the 50s and is said to be closed and
no longer contain Varascite.
Fairfield,
Utah
Snowville Variscite Mine
Absolutely stunning Varascite. This material
looks closer to Nevada Varascite then it does to Utah Varascite.
It was being mine in small production of a rancher's land.
He was very kind about it, until the miners got greedy and
tried taking a trackhoe in. This event caused the rancher
to ban anyone from the area.
Lucin Variscite
This is some gorgeous material, and fairly
common at this time. The most common is the lighter green
variety. Some of this material can be very dark emerald
green. A lot of this material has white matrix.
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Example Pictures are not necessarily
the highest of grade, rather a good example of a common look from
a particular mine.
I will continue to add to this list and eventually
attempt to have a listing of all turquoise mines that have existed
in Utah. Unfortunately, not many Utah turquoise facts have been
easy to find. I need your help! If you know of another legitimate
mining operation or old mine claim in Utah, contact me at: durangodillon@gmail.com
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