Description
Whitby Jet And Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Sterling Silver Bracelet.
Approx 7.5 inches.
Most geologists agree that jet is a fossilised Araucaria tree. The result of millions of years of compression of decomposed wood similar in type to Chile pine or Monkey Puzzle. A precursor to coal, jet is warm to the touch and comes in hard or soft form – hard if found near saltwater, soft if close to freshwater. The jet discovered at Whitby is of the Jurassic age, approximately 182 million years in the making.
The sleeping beauty turquoise mine is near Globe, Arizona. The stone received its name from the mountains around the mine, which are shaped like a sleeping woman. However, this mine closed in 2012.
But surprisingly, it didn’t close due to a lack of turquoise. This mine produced both turquoise and copper, and when it was sold to a new owner, they chose to focus on copper mining instead.
This closure affected the sleeping beauty turquoise market and the prices have drastically increased since 2012.