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Campitos turquoise is found in the mountains of Sonora, Mexico. It’s a stone beloved by the native populations, and beyond, for countless generations. It comes from the Cananea mines of that region of Mexico, some 35 miles from the U.S./Mexico border and approximately 150 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona. Campito is a Spanish word that means “little field.”

What makes Campitos stand out from other turquoise varieties is how it forms. It is found in clay material as free-form nuggets 90 percent of the time and in rock veins the remaining 10 percent. The presence of copper in Campitos helps give it its blue hue while iron is responsible for its shades of green.