Begin to shop for turquoise jewelry Turquoise jewelry and Native American jewelry are now and have been in high demand for the last one hundred years. Quality turquoise jewelry and native american jewelry at affordable internet prices has always been our specialty at The Turquoise Trader. We take the utmost care in hand selecting the turquoise and sterling silver jewelry offered in our online store. We have sold turquoise jewelry for over thirty years. We offer turquoise rings, necklaces, earrings, and watches. Turquoise Myths—Facts? Turquoise jewelry attracts money, success, and love. Its powers include protection, healing, courage, friendship, and luck. It preserves friendships, makes friends of enemies and is a symbol of generosity, sincerity, and affection. Turquoise jewelry strengthens the body, aids in tissue regeneration, creates peace of mind, emotional balance, and a general sense of well being. Turquoise was carried by physicians of the fifteenth century. They claimed that the stone would counter the harmful effects of poison. They prepared a potion containing finely powdered turquoise, which, as well as proving to be a powerful antidote to scorpion stings, was also considered effective in banishing the pains arising from possession by demons. Looking at turquoise or placing a stone on the eyes was believed to soothe inflamed or strained eyes. Turquoise is the official birth stone for the month of December. American Turquoise Mines Ajax Turquoise The Ajax turquoise mine is near Royston Nevada and gives us light blue turquoise with dark blue veins. This is one of the newer mines. Bisbee Turquoise Located in Bisbee, Arizona, this mine was one of the first to put turquoise on the market. As with much turquoise, this is a copper mine. Bisbee turquoise is known for its dark blue color and black matrix. This mine is now closed. Battle Mountain Turquoise This turquoise is highly sought after by collectors as this mine is now closed. Opened in 1934, it produced both green and blue turquoise with a fair amount of matrix. Cerrillos Turquoise Located between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, this turquoise mine was mined by the ancient Pueblo tribes between 1300 and 1600 and is the oldest turquoise mine in North America. Turquoise was later extracted by the San Marcos Pueblo and was traded from Mexico to the east coast. To this day, there are many turquoise dig sites in the area. Cripple Creek Turquoise Miners discovered this turquoise mine while looking for cold in Colorado and this mine is still in operation. Dry Creek Turquoise Discovered in 1993 near Battle Mountain, Nevada, this mine produces what is known as Sacred Buffalo Turquoise. Ground metals give turquoise its color and, as there are none here, this turquoise has no color. This type of turquoise has been found no where else. Kingman Turquoise This turquoise mine is located near Kingman Arizona. Kingman turquoise is blue with a white matrix and is one of the more common turquoise stones. Lone Mountain Turquoise Located in Esmeralda county, Nevada, this turquoise is known for its spider web matrix. This turquoise will hold its color and is one of the more valuable of turquoises. Manassa Turquoise Located in Colorado, this turquoise mine was mined by the ancient pueblo people, lost, and then rediscovered by gold miners in the late 1800’s. This turquoise has many shades of green with a golden matrix. Morenci Turquoise The Morenci is located in southeastern Arizona and is a copper mine. The turquoise extracted from here, much carried out by the workers and miners, is a dark blue turquoise with irregular iron pyrite matrix. Number 8 Turquoise Calin, Nevada is the home of this turquoise. It was active from the 1930’s through the 1950’s and produced a light, powder-blue turquoise with brown, black, or reddish spider web matrix. Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Located near Globe, Arizona, this turquoise is a light blue with no matrix. This is a large mine and produces much turquoise. This can be seen in much of the Navajo turquoise jewelry. We offer online sales of the highest quality turquoise jewelry at low internet prices. Click here turquoise rings for rings, click here ladies turquoise watches for ladies’ watches, click here mens turquoise watches for men’s watches, click here turquoise bracelets for bracelets, click here turquoise earrings to find earrings, and click here turquoise pendants for pendants. Much of our jewelry has matching pieces to make a turquoise jewelry set.