Two Small New Lander Cabochons- 6.16 Carats

Description

These two Cabs represent how diversified the coloring from the New Lander Mine can get.
These beauties were recently cut and polished by a master gem cutter in Durango Colorado.   The Cabs have wonderful polish and are backed with Devcon for additional strength.  I obtained the rough in the mid 1970's in trade for ore from a Lander County mine I worked called the Blue Nugget.  It was some of the very first ore taken out of the mine.  To my knowledge there is no known original rough left at least not of this quality.  These Cabs are called Royal Web because they are cream of the crop from the New Lander Mine.
Some refer to these stones as Turquoise, but in reality they are known as Chalcosiderite, a close cousin to Turquoise.  The New Lander Mine is located in Lander Country Nevada close to the famous Lander Blue Turquoise Mine. That mine is defunct, but Cabs from it are probably the most expensive in the world bringing up to 0.00 per carat.  The black matrix is very similar to Lander Blue while the colors of the stones vary from different shades of green to blue and lighter blue.
You will see offering for New Lander, but almost none is of this quality as these Royal Web Cabs usually sell for .00 per carat and up.