Turquoise is an icon of the desert Southwest, with enduring cultural significance, especially for Native American communities. Yet, relatively little is known about the early history of turquoise ...

Turquoise from Cerrillos varies from blue to green, depending on the mine. The turquoise family of stones also includes the closely related minerals of chalcosiderite, aheylite, fausite, and planerite ...

The Turquoise Mining District includes the towns of Courtland and Gleeson. The area was originally mined for turquoise by Native Americans who used it for medicine stone. It was heavily prospected by ...

Researchers are blending archaeology and geochemistry to get a more complete picture of turquoise's mining and distribution in the pre-Hispanic Southwest. Turquoise is an icon of the desert Southwest, ...