This is a once-in-a-lifetime find, like a ten-pound raw gold nugget. Worth more as a specimen, than it's weight in gold.

This is the most rare, beautiful Lander Blue turquoise ever. Dark blue turquoise in extremely hard, black host rock.

High-grade turquoise is the most rare gemstone in the world. It is very rarely found, only a handful of mines have ever produced the highest-grade of turquoise.

If you are a jeweler, artist or gallery owner you have a customer that wants this turquoise in a setting. And will pay handsomely for it.

This Lander Blue rock was thrown to the side during excavation. It had a lot of overburden, white crusty brine.  The overburden has been knocked off entirely.  Very, very hard.

This Lander Blue is a beautiful stone, looks like a starlit night, all overburden has been removed, is very, very hard and exceptionally rare.

NO TURQUOISE LOOKS LIKE LANDER BLUE.

There is Lander Blue being sold that looks similar to high-grade Lone Mountain or high-grade Hubei, which it is.

However, there is no high-grade Lander Blue that looks like Lone Mountain, Indian Mountain, Hubei, nor any other kind of any high-grade turquoise.

Lander Blue Turquoise has a unique look.

This is a stunning Lander Blue stone.

Very simple to polish due to it's hardness.

There is a lot of kaolin clay and calcium carbonate in the gravel bar placers of Crescent Valley and Battle Mountain foothills and mountains, such as the Lander Blue turquoise mine location. After millennia, this appears as a solid brine crust on nuggets, geodesics and rock formations. 

Beneath the overburden crust is often an unbelievably high-end nugget. Other times, the nugget falls apart like the crust. 

The provenance on this turquoise is rather simple. We have proven chain of custody and provenance from the mining family.

There is no turquoise mined anywhere in the world that has the appearance of Lander Blue. There was so little of it mined.

Weight is  9639 KTS, 1928 Grams, 4 pounds & four ounces, 110mm X 125mm X  130mm at thickest point. Nugget has not been cut, is natural.

When wet, nugget smells like dirt.  Untreated.

Spiderweb runs throughout the entirety of the rock. Photos taken damp to enhance color.

Lander Blue rock has been in storage in a rock garden in Carlin, NEV since mined. 

Owned by Richard Dann (Richard mined Indian Mountain), who passed in 2006. 

Marvin Syme was the custodian of the Lander Blue turquoise. Marvin traded one pound of Lander Blue Rough with Jim Elquist (Blue Gem turquoise mine owner) for three pounds of Blue Gem.  Marvin also traded this Lander Blue with Richard Dann for some Indian Mountain turquoise. Jim Elquist got about 1200 carats of cabochons out of his one pound of Lander Blue. Richard put his Lander Blue  in his rock garden and never worked it.

Richard was given this nugget by Marvin Syme, one of the original Lander Blue miners. 

Marvin Syme was the custodian of the Lander Blue rough turquoise. Marvin Syme only traded Lander Blue with two persons, Richard Dann and Jim Elquist.

Lander Blue did not end up in any random miner's stash and there were no early investors in Lander Blue turquoise (Hank Dorian was one of the most well-to-do persons in Battle Mountain/Lander County). Provenance matters, it helps to authenticate the turquoise by showing chain of custody.

Originally this nugget had some overburden crust that made the nugget look like there was little chance that it would produce a great cabochon.

Photos do a great job of showing the Lander Blue classic look. Looks like a starlit night.  No turquoise looks like Lander Blue. 

There is no better provenance than buying turquoise straight from the miner or his widow.

Provenance comes with this Lander Blue rock in a notarized affidavit, complete with description, provenance and photos.

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