Description
Natural Searchlight Turquoise nugget choker with sterling silver beads between each nugget. The 18” choker has five sterling silver beads and a toggle closure.
The Searchlight turquoise mine located in Clark County was worked for many years by Native Americans long before Europeans arrived. Commercial mining began sometime in the 1890's. It was worked extensively and was very productive of high quality blue turquoise in the decades after it was first "re-discovered" in 1890. It has not been an active mine for many years.
