Documented Turquoise Stone Study — Real Stones, Mine by Mine
Every turquoise mine has a fingerprint — a signature range of color and matrix. We're documenting it, mine by mine, with real stones from a private collection photographed in the T.Skies studio.
Carico Lake● Stone study live
Pilot Mountain● Stone study liveTap a mine to open its field guide — and, where we've photographed the collection, its documented stone gallery. The “stone study” tag marks the mines with real stone galleries live now; the rest fill in as we shoot them.
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Carico Lake, Nevada
Famous for an unusually wide range — classic blue with black spiderweb, the mine's signature apple-green, and the rare white faustite. Eight documented stones, photographed close.
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Stones shown are documented reference examples from a private collection, photographed in the T.Skies studio — not sold individually. © Turquoise Skies Inc.