Sleeping Beauty Turquoise - The Sleeping Beauty mine located in Globe, Arizona is an active mine producing a wide range of turquoise that is highly prized for it's solid soft blue color, with little or no matrix. The color of the turquoise ranges from royal blue to a light sky blue. The mine originally was worked for copper & gold. Recently, it has produced gemstone quality turquoise in quantities to satisfy the market. The miners lease portions of the “dumps” & sort turquoise from there. ♥ Turquoise gemstone

Sleeping Beauty Turquoise - The Sleeping Beauty mine located in Globe, Arizona is an active mine producing a wide range of turquoise that is highly prized for it's solid soft blue color, with little or no matrix. The color of the turquoise ranges from royal blue to a light sky blue. The mine originally was worked for copper & gold. Recently, it has produced gemstone quality turquoise in quantities to satisfy the market. The miners lease portions of the “dumps” & sort turquoise from there. ♥