Rare Lime Green Turquoise Nugget — Natural Rough, Cortez Canyon Nevada

Lime green turquoise this vivid doesn’t come from copper — it comes from zinc. And zinc-rich turquoise at this saturation level is found in only a handful of places on Earth. This is one of them.

This natural rough nugget comes directly from the Cortez Canyon formation in Lander County, Nevada — the same limestone-hosted deposit made famous by prospector Orvil Jack, whose discovery of these unusual green stones in the mid-twentieth century put this corner of Nevada on the collector’s map.

Weight: 4.6g
Form: Natural rough nugget — uncut, unpolished
Origin: Cortez Canyon, Lander County, Nevada
Treatment: None — 100% natural, never stabilized, never dyed

At $23, this is one of our most accessible pieces — ideal for first-time buyers exploring Cortez Canyon material, collectors building a reference set of Nevada turquoise, or lapidary students working with natural rough for the first time.

Naturally green turquoise accounts for less than 5% of the world’s turquoise supply. Lime green at this intensity is rarer still.

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