Royston Turquoise
"America's favored Natural Turquoise"
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Royston
Turquoise comes from the Royston mining district located near
Tonapah, Nevada. "Royston Turquoise," originally consisted
of four old Turquoise claims: Bunker Hill, Easter Blue, Oscar
Wehrend, and Royal Blue. Lynn Otteson moved to Tonopah to mine
Royston Turquoise in 1958 and the family have been Turquoise Miners
since. Royston Turquoise in known world wide for having a wide
range of Turquoise colors from a beautiful soft blue to emerald
greens. The color often runs together in the same rock which creates
some of the most spectacular Turquoise stones on earth.
Today the Royston mining district is primarily controlled by the Otteson family. Dean and Danny Otteson, (brothers,) mine what is now know as Royston Turquoise. Once the Turquoise is out of the ground, it is processed, sorted for quality and carefully allocated to the proper markets. Dean and Donna Otteson have a ranch across the valley with a beautiful view of their Royston Turquoise Mine. |
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The Ottesons raise horses and enjoy a most colorful life in what is still the wild west. Royston Turquoise will continue to be a major player in the Turquoise market for generations to come. Together the Ottesons, the Hartmans and friends will fight to keep the integrity of Royston Turquoise high. |
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You
can watch a flick on mining at the Royston mine on the Travel Channel
(Where to find cash and Treasures,) starting in mid December, 2007.
You can even come to Tonopah to come mining yourself, it's awesome,
Click Here! You can find the show times
at the Travel
Channel's Website.
We will be offering high grade Royston Turquoise cabochons, rough material and jewelry on this site. Durango Silver Company will stamp "Royston Turquoise" on as much of the jewelry made with the Ottesons Royston Turquoise as possible, so there is no doubt of the stones origin in the future.
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