Are there turquoise mines in Colorado? Yes! Hear more from a Cripple Creek turquoise miner

By Shanna Lewis
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Five silver rings of different shapes and sizes feature large pieces of variegated blue and green turquoise. The rings are seen from the top and are won on a pair of hands. Three rings on the left hand and two on the right
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Turquoise and silver rings are among the work by jeweler and turquoise miner Clint Cross of North Star Turquoise.

An older man with a light colored mohawk hairstyle and glasses wearing a dark blue t-shirt inlays small pieces of light blue turquoise into a polished piece of irregularly shaped wood. He's sitting at a work table with other wood pieces around him.
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Four chunks of raw turquoise rest on the head of a hand tool used for digging that's laying on the ground.
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A vein of turquoise just uncovered from the ground with a tape measure showing its thickness at around six inches
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A large chunk of raw turquoise still in the hole in the earth where it was found, with a tape measure on it showing that is is about two and a half feet long.
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Irregularly shaped chunks of turquoise spill from a container on a display table.
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Light green-ish blue turquoise with gold spots carved into the shape of a fish and a coral reef
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A man wearing glasses uses a torch at a workbench covered with other tools of a jewelers trade like pliers, tweezers, findings and more
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