Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Nugget Large Specimen 166.7g
The most stunning gemmy blue we've seen in a long time! This Natural high grade Sleeping Beauty Turquoise stone is very hard and ready to be cut into large cabochons with spiderwebbing matrix. The sky's the limit with this one! Sky blue nodules float through the quartzy host rock like clouds passing by on a day after a good rain. This large hunk of vintage Sleeping Beauty is a rare and exceptional piece and opportunities like this don't' come along everyday. This nugget has been hewn and trimmed by the previous owner, probably to remove excess host rock. Photographed dry, this stone may be 100 times more brilliant when cut and polished! This one comes from an estate sale of a lapidarist and collector. This large Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Nugget is untreated and completely natural as it was found in the Earth. It weighs 166.7 grams and measures 3-1/2" long x 2-3/4" wide and about 1-1/4" thick. You will receive the exact specimen featured in the photos.
