Sleeping Beauty Blue Round Cabochon-Arizona Gemstone

Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Cabochon for your Jewelry Designs or Turquoise Collection

Handcrafted -One of a Kind Unique Item

12 Carats

Measures Approximately 17 mm in diameter

Mined In Arizona USA

Professionally Cut

Lightly Backed for Stability

From its humble begginings Sleeping Beauty Turquoise from Arizona has become one of the most important Turquoise mines in the world. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise was first found by the Native Americans during the Anasazi times. At this time the Turquoise was mined with hand tools and little bits were collected at a time. The baby blue or "Robin's Egg" blue Turquoise was mainly used as beads and on shells that the Native American tribes of the Southwest had traded for with the Native American tribes of central and south America. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise also made its way to Pueblo Bonito during the Anasazi times along with Turquoise from other deposits in the Southwest.

Today, every person who has been to the Southwest or lives in the Southwest knows the name Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and exactly what it looks like. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is revered and highly sought after due to its pure sky blue color which shows very little to no veining or webbing. The highly sought after stone has made a tremendous impact on the history of Turquoise over the years. For this reason, and the fact that the Arizona Turquoise Mine recently closed in 2012 and is no longer producing, the Turquoise has jumped in value.