This rough specimen material is from the family of William Lucky Brown, who mined and contracted the Morenci turquoise from the mid 1930’s to 1984. It is solid Natural material that features many of the characteristics often found in Morenci turquoise. You might see quartz (whitish crystal like) material, Kaolin (more grayish) material, Hematite (black areas), Pyrite (shiny fool’s gold) flecks mixed in with the hematite and pyrite areas in the mother rock or darker matrix. The specimens we offer are 100% natural. Very clean material with all the beautiful characteristics of the Morenci turquoise. Some very deep blue in quartz with pyrite showing.

The weight is 39 grams. The size is approx. 1 1/2” long x 1" thick x 1 1/8" wide. Note: 1^st picture is taken inside under natural light and is wet. 2^nd picture is taken outside in sunlight and material is dry.