Native American Handmade Zuni inlay sleeping beauty turquoise sterling silver turtle ring size 6. Stamped sterling.
Beautiful robin egg blue. Not mined anymore.
There are 3 pieces of turquoise soldered and inlayed into a silver bezel with gorgeous silver work surrounding the stones.
There is also slivers of silver separating the stones.
There is two pieces of silver soldered together as a band.
Stamped Sterling silver inside ring.
Sleeping Beauty turquoise is noted for its solid, light blue color with no matrix. The host rock is granite. Sleeping Beauty turquoise is the favorite of Zuni Pueblo lapidaries and silversmiths for the purity in color. This mine was one of the largest in North America.
Size 6
Weigh: 2.5 grams.
The ring is approximately 7/16 inch’s wide and 11/16 inch’s long.
Clean work.
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