Handmade
Nacozari Turquoise, Sleeping Beauty Earrings
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Under the Western Sky Earrings
Handmade
Nacozari
Turquoise Earrings
Nacozari turquoise, purple Sleeping Beauty
turquoise, rhodochrosite and Malaysian jade.
Bali and Thai Hill Tribe silver, Bali Sterling
silver spiral ear wires.
The earrings are 1 1/2 inches long from
the top of the ear wire.
(The pictures are enlarged to show
detail.)
Nacozari turquoise was mined in Mexico southwest of Bisbee, AZ. It
is treasured for it's beautiful color and relative lack of matrix. The
Nacozari mine was worked only for a couple of years. This means there
is a finite supply of this turquoise. Nacozari turquoise is considered
to be very
fine turquoise.
Sleeping Beauty turquoise is said to be the best turquoise money
can buy. These beads have been treated to keep their purple color.
Thai Hill Tribe Silver has a very high silver content
(97-99%)
and is
handcrafted by silversmiths in the hills of Northern Thailand using
traditional tribal methods passed down from generation to generation.
Bali silver is handcrafted by silversmiths in Indonesia and is usually
very detailed and intricate. The silver content is the same as Sterling
(92.5%) or higher.
To see matching bracelet click here.
Limited
edition,
designed and
hand crafted by
Michele Doane
$35
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