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Famous Turquoise Mines. Red Mountain.

  • Sep 14, 2021
  • 1 min read

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Red Mountain turquoise. Photo Arland Ben.


Although Red Mountain was not located until 1971 it is considered to be one of the seven classic turquoise mines as defined by Bob Brucia in the Nevada Gem Collection. While it has several looks it is best known for a deep blue dark web.

In this video Mike tells a bit about the history of the mine and we see some beautiful Red Mountain turquoise.



 
 
 

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