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Handmade RARE Nacozari Turquoise Earrings

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Handmade Nacozari Turquoise earrings with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and fine Thai Hill Tribe silver.

Small rectangles of blue Nacozari turquoise, slivers of purple Sleeping Beauty turquoise, small carnelian beads and Thai Hill Tribe fine silver beads and charms (up to 99.9% pure silver) and sterling silver ear wires.

The Nacozari turquoise mine was located just south of the border in Sonora, Mexico. It was a working turquoise mine for just a few years. Nacozari turquoise is considered collectible since it is no longer being mined and is becoming more rare.

This Sleeping Beauty turquoise is permanently dyed this beautiful shade of purple. The Sleeping Beauty mine was in Globe, Arizona and is also now closed.

Nacozari and Sleeping Beauty turquoise are both considered fine quality turquoise and are both rare.

The earrings are about 2 1/4 inches long from the top of the ear wire. All metal fine silver or sterling silver.