Sterling silver ring is beautifully designed and set with New Lander Turquoise.
Ring Size: 9
Stone Size: 0.78" x 0.49"
Width: 1.19"
Shank width: 0.19"
Material: Sterling Silver (Silver925)
Weight: 0.63Oz 17.86Grams
Artist/Tribe: Thomas Jim (Navajo)
Thomas was born in Jeddito, Arizona in 1955. He learned silversmithing from his uncle, John Bedone. He uses only the finest quality stones, which he sets into heavy, deeply stamped sterling silver work. He is renowned for his concho belts, bolas, belt buckles and squash blossoms. He has won best of show at Santa Fe Indian Market as well as best of jewelry at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial.
Stone:New Lander Turquoise
The most famous gem material from the New Landers mine is the Chalcociderite and Variscite with black spider web matrix. Most of This material looks like Lander Blue only it is green, orange, and yellow, but mostly green. A lot of this material is labeled New Landers Turquoise, but it appears to be variscite or chalcociderite rather than turquoise.
Note: This ring is sized according to US standards.
