An exceptional Sleeping Beauty Turquoise cabochon weighing over 16 carats, with the vivid, pure robin's egg blue color that made this Arizona locality famous. The Sleeping Beauty Mine near Globe, Arizona, was renowned for producing some of the finest blue Turquoise in the world before mining ended in 2012. Much of the Turquoise on the market has been stabilized to improve its durability, making natural, untreated and unstabilized material especially desirable. Finding a solid, beautifully polished cabochon of this size and color is increasingly difficult. A particularly fine example of one of America's most celebrated Turquoise localities
16.15 carat / 21.0 x 16.2 x 6.7 mm
Estimate: $425 - $450
