Navajo Dry Creek Turquoise 3 Stone Cuff with stamped detail

When discovered near Battle Mountain Nevada, they were not sure what it was.  Because of the hardness of the stone, and the color of the vein, a decision was made to have it assayed and their suspicions proved correct, it was turquoise.  Dry Creek Turquoise is a natural stone and has not been treated with any process to change the color and/or the hardness of the natural materials of the stone.  Turquoise gets its color from the heavy metals in the ground where it forms.  Dry Creek Turquoise forms when there are no heavy metals present.  The lack of any specific color consistency and exotic matrixed varieties makes this stone distinctive and unique from other turquoise.  To date, no other vein of this turquoise has been discovered anywhere other than the Dry Creek mine so when this vein runs out, there will be no more.