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Durango Silver Co Reveals New Collection of Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons
Oct 27th
Old Turquoise, New Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons
Durango Silver Co reveals a new collection of Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons
Durango Silver Co is widely known for being the best source for authentic Bisbee Turquoise cabochons and Bisbee Turquoise jewelry. Since the late 1960′s Durango Silver Co. has been using highgrade natural Bisbee Turquoise cabochon in their handmade sterling silver and gold Bisbee Turquoise jewelry. The Hartmans have always prefered to use high grade natural Turquoise and other gemstones in their jewelry, and Bisbee Turquoise is one of the highest grades of natural American Turquoise to ever come out of the ground. Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons are hard to find today since the Bisbee Turquoise mine has been closed for over 40 years. Most of the ” Bisbee Turquoise cabs “ or Bisbee Turquoise cabochons on the market today are either cut from collections of old rough Bisbee Turquoise or are vintage Bisbee Turquoise cabochons from when the mine was producing.
Durango Silver Co.’s Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons
Durango Silver Company has bought several large collections of Bisbee Turquoise over the past 10 years, including the Mickelson/Matthews collection. These Bisbee Turquoise collections have included rough Bisbee Turquoise, Bisbee Turquoise jewelry and Bisbee Turquoise cabochons. Today, DSC cuts modern cut cabochons from old stock Bisbee Turquoise rough. These new Bisbee Turquoise cabochons are in some ways better then the vintage cut Bisbee Turquoise cabochons. These new Bisbee Turquoise cabs have a higher polish and a smoother cut due to advances in stone cutting technology. Dillon and John Hartman cut Bisbee Turquoise cabochons in every shape and color including high dome cabochons. These new Bisbee Turquoise cabochons are also being matched for row bracelets, cluster jewelry, earrings, and more. You must take a look at the Durangosilver.com website for these rare and gorgeous American Turquoise cabochons.
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Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons
Oct 4th
Natural Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons
Bisbee Turquoise is some of the rarest and finest Turquoise to ever be mined. Bisbee Turquoise cabochons can be found in the finest Turquoise Jewelry in the world and Bisbee Turquoise cabochons are sought after by every fine jeweler and collector world wide. Bisbee Turquoise cabochons are cut out of Turquoise rough that was mined in the “Lavendar pit” in the Copper Queen mine in Bisbee, Arizona USA. Rough Bisbee Turquoise is almost impossible to come by and can only be purchased from individuals that have old stashes or collections from when the Bisbee Turquoise mine was in production. T`he rough Turquoise from the mine is perfect for cutting Bisbee Turquoise cabochons as it is some of the hardest Turquoise in the world. The color of these Bisbee Turquoise cabochons is a true blue for the most part. Having said that there was material that came from the mine that produced green and aqua blue Bisbee Turquoise cabochons.
Ever since the openning of the Bisbee Turquoise mine Bisbee Turquoise cabochons have been highly sought after and have always had a high price tag associated with them. Bisbee Turquoise cabochons retain a higher price tag due to the color, hardness and beauty of the matrix or host rock that Bisbee Turquoise has. The Bisbee Turquoise mine was one of the only Turquoise mines to produce a majority of gem grade Turquoise, rather than chalk. Most of the Arizona Turquoise mines produce more Chalk Turquoise than gem grade Turquoise. This is a major reason that Bisbee Turquoise is so desireable, a long with the fact that Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons are some of the only Turquoise cabochons in the world to have a deep blue color naturally. Most Turquoise has to be stabilized and Enhanced to acheive the deep blue colors that high grade natural Bisbee Turquoise cabochons have. During the Turquoise boom of the 1950s through the 1980s jewelers could not obtain Bisbee Turquoise cabochons unless they had an in with the miners. Bisbee Turquoise has always been the cream of the crop and even during the Turquoise boom when other Turquoise brought 50 cents to a dollar a carat, Bisbee Turquoise would bring a dollar a carat to 15 dollars a carat! Today a quality Bisbee Turquoise cabochon can be purchase for 5 dollars a carat up to 300 dollars a carat!
Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons By Durango Silver Co.
Durango Silver Company started cutting Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons when John, Dillon and Estell Hartman purchased the Cecil Mickelson / Bob Matthews collection. This collection included over 300 lbs of Bisbee Turquoise rough, Bisbee Turquoise cabochons as well as lapidary equipment. Cecil Mickelson was the proprieter of Mickelson Jewelry Co. and the brother-in-law of Bob Matthews who was the only person to ever have the rights to the Bisbee Turquoise that came from the Lavendar pit in the Copper Queen mine in Bisbee, Arizona USA. Mickelson’s Jewelry Co. specialized in Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry. Now Durango Silver Co. specializes in Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry and Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons.
Durango Silver Company recently purchased a new old stash collection of natural Bisbee Turquoise that they will be cutting into Bisbee Turquoise cabochons and Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry. Keep your eyes peeled.
Vintage Bisbee Turquoise Cabochons
Bisbee Turquoise has been mine and cut by modern humans since the 1920s. There is evidence to believe Bisbee Turquoise cabochons were cut by the Anasazi Indians. Vintage Bisbee Turquoise do not always look as good due to the style of the times. Many Turquoise cabochons were cut in the “Nugget cut” where the turquoise nuggets were simply polished off enough to reveal the color. Also, during the turquoise boom many artists and stone cutters could sell as many Turquoise cabochons, especially Bisbee Turquoise cabochons, and Turquoise jewelry as they could make, therefor, they did not take the time to cut the cabochons as nicely as they do today. There are sure to be many vintage Bisbee Turquoise cabochons out there that could be re-cut into an AAA grade Bisbee Turquoise cabochon.
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