Navajo Natural Gem Grade Spiderweb Kingman Turquoise Bracelet (#27)
$3,200.00
Turquoise Jewelry
Inner Circumference: 5 3/4"
Opening: 1 1/2"
Total: 7 1/4"
Width: 2 1/4"
Hot dang that is some nice rock. You bet it is! The turquoise in this bracelet is super high-grade natural Kingman and it is definitely way, way nice. The silver work was done sometime in the late 1960s or early '70s by an unknown Navajo silversmith. This cuff is signed with a rocking M, and stamped "Sterling" and "Navajo". The piece is of the old style, having been created of heavy silver with deeply stamped impressions. This bracelet is big and beautiful, and a bountiful example of just how extraordinary Kingman turquoise can be.
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Kingman Turquoise
Kingman Turquoise comes from a large open-pit copper mine in the Mineral Park Mining District, northwest of Kingman, Arizona and was one of the largest turquoise mines in this country. The area lies in high desert country at an elevation of 3,345 feet and is surrounded by three mountain ranges. The mining district around Kingman, Arizona has always been a large producer of turquoise, at one time the world's largest. First mined by Indians, this area was home to the most extensive prehistoric workings found in Arizona.
The modern production of turquoise dates back to the early 1880’s when James Haas rediscovered these ancient Kingman area mines. Much of the turquoise occurred as seams, masses and veins. The color of natural Kingman turquoise can range from light blue to very dark blue and sometimes tints of green. The matrix is from white, light brown to black and frequently flecked with pyrite and times quartz. The mine became famous for its rounded, bright blue nuggets with black matrix. Few turquoise mines produced nuggets, especially of this quality. In its high-grade form it has always been considered among the top quality American turquoise. With so many thousands of pounds of good quality turquoise produced in the Kingman area over the last one hundred years it is hard to believe that today very little high-grade Kingman turquoise is available.
Other names for Kingman turquoise: Ithaca Peak, The Wall, Tiffany, Courtland, Az., Gleeson
Most desirable: Deep Blue with molybdenum pyrite; Real blue with pyrite; Bird's eye; Water Web; Nuggets
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Precious Stones
Turquoise; Precious stones have symbolic implications. For example, turquoise if a "collective term for all the precious stones, wealth, or mixed offerings. Good fortune is attributed to this stone." Both white shell and turquoise are emphasized in Kinaalda? More about this legend