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Otteson Mining - A Brief History of Turquoise Mining

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Turquoise, came from Arizona and Nevada, USA. The minerals in the rock have a faint hue of blue or green. Its texture is so soft that Cutting and polishing into white turquoise cabochons that are suitable for use in quality jewelry is not difficult enough. In the process of hardening the texture, certain materials are added in it, and in doing so the white turquoise gain deeper shades of blue or green.

Royston turquoise is known for the vivid light blue colors of its beautiful deep brown. Their unique color ranges make them very different. Royston stones are often two-tone, with dark and light green as well as blue at times. Royston has a heavy matrix that ranges in color from dark brown to gold. The Royston turquoise mined here is known worldwide for its beautiful colors ranging from baby blue to dark green. Sometimes even the colors run together to create spectacular contrasts of color, making Royston turquoise some of the most beautiful turquoise.

Royston turquoise is considered a good investment and are considered as a collector’s item. Otteson mining tops the charts amongst all turquoise mining all over the world.

Turquoise and Ottesons

Royston is a turquoise mine located near Tonepah, Nevada. The Royston District is made up of a variety of mines including Royston, Bunker Hill.  Royal Blue, and Oscar Wehrend. These are some of the oldest and most productive mines in Nevada.

The mines were located in this borough as early as 1902 by Lynn Ottesons. Partnered with a friend, he started mining the Royston for turquoise but got betrayed. In 1960, Lynn moved to Tonopah with his family and Ottesons family has controlled over the district ever since. For three generations, they have processed and produced some high-quality turquoise in the industry.

Types of Turquoise:

1. Black hills Turquoise

From Gilbert Mining district, Black hills are gorgeous black web matrix with blue and green shades. It is found to be extremely rare.

2. Crazy Horse Turquoise

Mined from Monte Cristo range -Esmeralda county, this beautiful Blue Turquoise with black/gray chert is a recent discovery and is making its way into the market.

3. Danny Boy Turquoise

In Royston Hills, Danny Otteson discovered this with the help of his father at the age of 6. This turquoise is very rare as its mining has been dormant for over 30 years.

4. Easter Blue Turquoise

Originally called “Clover Blue Gems”, it is one of the oldest turquoise, it has been mined by many old miners like Lee f. Hand and Lynn Otteson. It was discovered in the early 1900s but after a while, its mining was paused for almost 20 years and it was resumed in the winters of 2018.

Easter Blue produces high-quality turquoise with a thick matrix varying from dark brown to gold in hue, often blue to black green and sometimes two-toned.

5. Miller Mountain Variscite

Famous for its spider web pattern and vibrant color ranges, it was rediscovered in 2012 by Danny Otteson. It is present in Columbus Mining District.

6. Montezuma Turquoise

Both Royston turquoise and Montezuma Turquoise, are mined from the same Royston mining range. This range abundantly produces high-grade blue-green turquoise with a heavy matrix ranging from dark brown to gold in color.

7. Thunderbird Turquoise

It is named thunderbird because of the bright light of the blue turquoise color from this mine. Its former claimers were Longcar and Moppin.

8. Starfox Variscite

These were discovered from Monte Cristo mining district in 2016, they are known for its stunning grey micro web texture.

9. Zeus Variscite

It is known for the stunning spider web of dark blue and spotted Zeus nuggets. It was discovered by Lane Otteson in 2015 from the Monte Cristo mining district.

The Royston turquoise mined here is known worldwide for its beautiful colors ranging from baby blue to dark green. Sometimes even the colors run together to create spectacular contrasts, making Royston turquoise one of the most beautiful turquoise.

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