Lone Mountain Turquoise 4-6mm Nugget - 18 Inch #1210 Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred

Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as “poor man’s lapis” because of its similar color and much lower cost

creating striking veins of deep blue to sky blue hues often interlaced with white or colorless streaks

Considered by ancient Egyptians and Romans to have powers of beautification and wrinkle protection

It occurs in bright turquoise blues and darker blues as well as rust reds

It is composed of silicon dioxide

Lone Mountain Turquoise 4-6mm Nugget - 18 Inch #1210 Blue Sodalite is sometimes referredThe Lone Mountain turquoise mine was rediscovered in 1920 by Lee Hand, a man known as the "turquoise king" of his day. It is considered rediscovered because it was believed to have been mined by pre historic Native Americans around 1000 A. D. What makes Lone Mountain so special? First, its long history of Native Americans mining and adorning themselves with Lone Mountain turquoise going back possibly to pre historic times. A prospector of the old west