11 carat teal blue turquoise cabochon from near Yerington NV (Harcross)

Weight: 11.1 carats

Dimensions: 17.4x15.8x5.2 mm

Description: A turquoise nugget from a Harcross deposit fashioned into a high-domed teal-blue turquoise cabochon. Harcross turquoise is an early grouping of claims nearby Stone Mountain Mine. This turquoise cabochon is un-backed and untreated.

* The main Harcross claim appears to us as being also named Taubert #1. Harcross is from the early prospects near Stone Mountain Mine. The turquoise from Harcross is very hard material typically forming in seems but with occasional nuggets in voids where clay had settled with colors ranging from dark blue to light blue to teal-green.