Morenci & Blue Diamond - Turquoise Cabs

MORENCI

Similar to the Bisbee mine, the Morenci mine owner didn’t see the value in turquoise. They wanted to focus only on mining copper, as it was Arizona’s main mining export.
They heard that workers had begun to pursue turquoise instead of copper by bringing it home and selling. They promptly mined the turquoise and buried it deep underneath the waste rock in order to force the miners’ attention to copper.
It is highly demanded because the webbing consists of pyrite, aka “Fools Gold.”

BLUE DIAMOND

The Blue Diamond mine is located in Nevada. The mine produces a very hard light to deep blue turquoise, with a swirl or mottled pattern of light and dark blues. It has brown to black matrix. The mine is located at a high altitude and cannot be mined in the winter months due to the extreme cold and snow.