Turquoise Nugget Necklace - Hubei Province

Beautiful large Turquoise Nugget Necklace. Strung with seven large and several small Hubei province turquoise nuggets. This necklace is from an old collection strung in the 1990's. The nuggets are drilled and strung on strong nylon thread and embellished with silvertone findings and multistranded bead sections. Hubei Turquoise is extracted from the Hubei mine located in the Hubei Province of central China which has been the most prolific mine in Asia, colors ranging from spring green to an attractive sky blue with dark veined matrix (spider web pattern) that could be considered some of the world's finest Turquoise. Two of the finest mines in the Hubei province, Yungai (Cloud Mountain, which is now closed) and Zhuxi (Bamboo Mountain) produce natural Turquoise that is equal to a number of the finer Nevada mines that are now closed. please check images for measurements