Kingman Arizona Turquoise Jewelry

Explore the unique tradition of turquoise in our region with local artisans of quality handmade jewelry crafts and fine art.

Kingman arizona turquoise jewelry.

Black arrow jewelry art has offered native american made kingman turquoise jewelry since 1996. Kingman turquoise 4mm heishi 16 bead strand arizona turquoise diy jewelry southwestern style beading supply native turquoise tsb4h kingmanturquoisemine. Sterling silver arizona kingman turquoise and opal inlaid spiral dangle earrings samifinejewelry. Kingman main street is proud to present its inaugural turquoise festival.

Nestled in the acerbate mountains of arizona kingman was mined by prehistoric native american tribes dating back over a thousand years. Canada mart carries a wide assortment of historic route 66 southwest souvenirs. The kingman mine in northwestern arizona is one of the largest turquoise mines in the southwest. This event celebrates kingman arizona as home of the largest turquoise mine in the southwest united states and one of six worldwide.

Kingman turquoise mine to the left is a photo of mineral park just outside of kingman arizona and to the right is the main pit at the kingman turquoise mine the most prolific american turquoise mine. The sheer amount and quality of kingman jewelry s blue coloration have made its stones one of the most fashionable styles of jewelry worn in america. The kingman turquoise mine is most prominant of all arizona turquoise mines for production and has become the most widely used turquoise in jewelry world wide. The kingman turquoise mine in arizona has produced the largest quantity of turquoise stones in recorded history.

Kingman blue has become a color standard in the industry famous for its rounded bright blue nuggets with black matrix called kingman web turquoise. Today the mine is owned and operated by colbaugh processing. Stabilized kingman arizona turquoise cabochon heart gemstone es 034 52 50. The kingman mine in arizona is one of the largest turquoise mines in northern america.

Colbaugh s grandson marty colbaugh operates the mine today. Today kingman turquoise is found in american turquoise jewelry as well as turquoise jewelry from around the world. Stabilized kingman arizona turquoise claw cabochon gemstone 2ad 003 42 00 ct. Kingman turquoise mine is one of the oldest and largest turquoise mines in the world.

The mine was first discovered by james haas in the late 1800s. Everything from keychains hats and t shirts to mugs ashtrays and shotglasses. Stone hammers found in the mohave county northwest of kingman az prove that kingman turquoise was first mined by native americans as early as 600 a d. Chuck colbaugh found the artifacts in may of 1962 and mr.

This the last arizona turquoise mine in production today.