HUGE 8.70 CARAT NATURAL SQUARE CABOCHON CUT PINK TOURMALINE FROM THE LITTLE THREE CALIFORNIA MINE

NATURAL AND UNTREATED SQUARE CABOCHON CUT TOURMALINE FROM THE LITTLE THREE MINE IN CALIFORNIA. BEAUTIFUL SATURATED PINK COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES A LARGE 12X12 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 8.70 CARATS. SLEEPING BEAUTY TURQUOISE IS FROM A MINE NEAR GLOBE, ARIZONA WHICH WAS FOR YEARS PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE WORLDS HIGHEST QUALITY TURQUOISE. KNOWN FOR ITS DEEP AND SOLID BLUE COLOR WHICH IS EVEN THROUGHOUT THE STONE, AS WELL AS ITS BEAUTIFUL PATTERN WHEN FOUND WITH THE DARKER VEINS MANY COLLECTORS DESIRE. RECENTLY THE SLEEPING BEAUTY MINED GREATLY DECREASED ITS OUTPUT OF ROUGH MAKING MANY BELIEVE THE MINE MAY BE NEARING DEPLETION. MOST OF THE GEMS AND JEWELRY CONTAINING SLEEPING BEAUTY TURQUOISE ARE FROM PIECES MINED 5-10 YEARS AGO AND STORED MAKING NEWER MATERIAL SUCH AS THIS HARD TO FIND. MOST OF THE STORED MATERIAL THAT IS EING SOLD HAS BEEN PICKED THROUGH AND CONSISTS OF LOWER QUALITY AND STABILIZED (HEAVILY TREATED) GEMSTONES.