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This beautiful piece was hand made by Navajo jeweler, Calvin Martinez. The bracelet was created from substantial hand rolled and hammered ingot sterling silver with an incredibly unique diamond shaped reposse' design highlighted down the center. The piece is deeply stamped using his home made tools with twist wire set flush at the edges of the shank. The bracelet is perfect for everyday wear and sits on the wrist with a deep and impressively lustrous patina.
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This gorgeous piece is Navajo jeweler Calvin Martinez's take on the classic western style cowboy buckle. The piece is created from labor intensive ingot sterling silver that is first melted down, rolled and hammered into shape. The buckle is slightly domed at its center to create a concho. Elegant stampwork is displayed in the middle and edges to set off the beauty of the stone. A lovely high grade natural Royston turquoise sits at the center of the piece. The cabochon features beautiful hues of both blue and deep hunter green with golden matrix.
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This gorgeous ring hold a large gem grade natural Morenci turquoise from southern Arizona. The gem is deep sky blue with vibrant glistening flecks of pyrite throughout. It sits in Jennifer's signature bezel, curling over the edges of the stone. The bezel is created out of thick sheet chiseled with mathematical intensity. The shank of the ring is equally beautiful. Made from a heavy gauge the elegant band is split at the top into nine pieces to hold the face. The finished ring is large and impressive, the perfect piece to wear to your favorite cocktail party.
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This is Calvin's take on the classic western cowboy buckle. Rolled and hammered out of ingot sterling and shaped to create a concho, the buckle is beautifully stamped in the middle on a slightly raised dome. The edges of the buckle are the classic concho style created by his ancestors. In the middle sits a small high grade natural Carico Lake turquoise to set off the design of the piece. A stunning reposse' design is the perfect compliment to the turquoise at it's center.
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A heavy rolled ingot shank was distinctively stamped by Calvin Martinez to create this fine row bracelet. Three lovely high grade natural Carico Lake spiderweb cabochons sit atop the shank in hand made bezels surrounded in twist wire. The gems are separated by smooth sterling buttons and are sky blue with chocolate-brown and tan webbing. This is the perfect Calvin row for every day wear.
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This simple row bracelet was made from ingot sterling silver by Navajo jeweler, Calvin Martinez. Perfect for everyday wear it features three matching natural Carico Lake turquoise gems set in hand made bezels surrounded in twist wire. The gems are blue-green with subtle spider webbing. The bracelet is perfect to be worn by itself or with your favorite bangles.
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Rick Martinez collaborated with his brother Terry to create this magnificent concho belt. Rolled and hammered from thick ingot sterling silver, the belt was made for Terry's daughter to wear in her graduation ceremony from middle school. Every effort was made to finish the eight conchos in perfect replication. The stamp work is intensely complex and superb. The diamond pattern is overlaid in the center of each piece. The buckle is unique and proportioned to set off the rest of the belt. The finished piece is classic Navajo wearable jewelry, to be worn with pride for generations.
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This outstanding bracelet was laboriously created from ingot sterling silver that was rolled into heavy thick ten gauge. The shank was then deeply stamped using Terry's home made tools. The stamping is incredibly complex with a design reminiscent of butterflies in flight. The domed shape of the band is unique as well due to the thickness of the sterling silver ingot. Atop sits a lovely high grade natural Royston spiderweb turquoise cabochon. The gem is blue green with tight golden webbing. It sits in a precisely hand chiseled bezel. The finished bracelet is one to be worn with pride every day or to your favorite event.
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Deep lustrous blue Candelaria turquoise was chosen to set atop this fine ring. This look is the classic representation from this famous Nevada mine. The dark reddish-brown matrix is found in multiple layers of the natural stone. The bezel holding the gem is hand cut and the shank is heavy thick ten gauge adding substantial weight and a great feel when worn. The band is deeply stamped and etched in Leonard's signature style for effect. The finished ring is dazzling on the finger.
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Rolled and hammered sterling silver ingot jewelry is the hallmark of the Martinez family who work on the Navajo reservation. Rick Martinez has produced this highly wearable bracelet using this historic technique. The shank is rolled from thick ingot and deeply stamped at each end. Reposse' scallops are punched out and applied next to the turquoise adorning the top. A high grade natural Easter Blue turquoise is set in a hand made bezel surrounded with twist wire. The gem is blue green with golden host rock matrix that is the classic look from the mine. The finished bracelet is perfect for everyday wear.
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Darryl Dean Begay has carved a masterpiece out of tufa stone to create this fine bolo. Entitled "American Spirit" it has a double image. On the one hand when you view the piece you see a beautiful American flag. Looking closer you see the nose of a Yei with a gorgeous gem grade natural Bisbee turquoise as the eye. The American spirit is a Navajo deity imposed against the flag. The gem is classic deep Bisbee blue with smokey reddish-brown matrix. It is encased in a solid eighteen karat gold hand made bezel accentuating the rarity and quality of the stone. The bolo sits on a fine thick hand woven cord finished with tufa cast tips full of hands of man symbols and gem grade Bisbee cabochons at the ends. The finished bolo is an extraordinary creation by one of the most talented Native American jewelers of our time.
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A super rare Blue Star turquoise was chosen to create this stunning ring. Blue Star is a tiny hat claim in central Nevada that produced just a small amount of turquoise a few years ago. This is the gem grade. Deep translucent blue-green with complex chocolate spiderwebbing, the natural cabochon is exotic and dazzling. Arland sets it in his unique hand chiseled bezel onto a starburst design. His famous shank exhibits solid fourteen karat gold petroglyphs that are painstakingly cut by hand and individually overlaid. The finished ring is one of his finest, extraordinary to wear and highly collectible.
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This extraordinary bolo features two incredibly gorgeous gem grade natural Bisbee turquoise cabochons as the focal point of the piece. The cabochons are deep Bisbee blue with vibrant purple and reddish-brown matrix signature to the mine and are enclosed in Arland's distinctive hand chiseled bezels. They sit as sentinels in a perfectly round bolo back. Surrounding them are solid fourteen karat gold petroglyphs made entirely by hand and overlaid in four sections. A deer, stars, moon, lightning, turtle, mountains and migration symbols cause the bolo to shimmer when worn. Exceptional keepers and tips each with petroglyph figures finish the piece attached to a unique hand woven cord. This creative bolo is a beautiful expression of a master goldsmith at the epitome of his career.
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Navajo jeweler Harry H. Begay has created one of the finest bracelets of his career with this magnificent one of a kind piece. Deep Bisbee blue spiderweb from the Lavender pit is the rarest and most beautiful from this famed mine in southern Arizona. Three outstanding gems sit in the center of this piece matched to perfection. They are set in hand chiseled bezels encircled with hand twisted wire and droplets that taper up and down in size. The shank is made from labor intensive heavy hand rolled and hammered ingot sterling silver. Deep stamping is displayed next to finely chiseled stars and overlaid flairs on either side. The finished bracelet is a masterpiece, one of Harry's best and hence extraordinary and collectible.
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Darryl Dean Begay Rare Gem Grade Bisbee Turquoise Solid 18K Gold Over Tufa Cast Sterling Silver Ring
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This incredibly beautiful ring features Darryl's great talent as a master of carving tufa stone into complex shapes. The shank of the ring is heavy with a perfect feel while worn on the finger. Atop the shank sits an electric deep blue gem grade natural spiderweb Bisbee turquoise from the Lavender pit of the mine. The cabochon sits in a heavy solid 18 karat gold bezel signature to the artist. The finished ring is a gorgeous example of his finest work.
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Red web Candelaria turquoise is widely recognized as some of the finest to have been mined in Nevada. It is exceedingly rare to encounter this turquoise on today's market as most has been collected in the last few years. To find 25 matching gem grade natural cabochons in a single piece is extraordinary. The stones are deep electric blue with reddish brown spiderweb matrix. Calvin, the great contemporary master of complex cluster work, has created one of the finest bracelets of his career. The bracelet glows with intensity while worn on the wrist as only the most collectible jewelry is able to do.
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Dry Creek turquoise, also known as Valley Blue was mined outside of the tiny mountain town of Austin Nevada. The finest quality that was produced at the claim is a lovely translucent glacial blue with gold and chocolate matrix. Jennifer has set this fine gem grade natural example in her signature high hand chiseled bezel that wraps over the top of the gem with perfected precision. A smooth outer rim of silver work is attached to a heavy shank split into seven sections. The finished ring is a Curtis masterpiece.
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Apache Blue turquoise of this size and beauty is exceptionally rare. Large specimens from a hat claim are an anomaly. Most are very small as only a finite amount of turquoise was produced. This gem is deep electric sky blue with black complex host rock matrix through out. It sits in a large shadowbox created out of thick half round wire. Twist wire encircles a finely hand chiseled bezel. Reposse' flower petals sit on either side of the heavy split shank. Scallops are placed below for effect with stars above. The finished bracelet is dazzling and highly collectible.
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Two toned Royston turquoise is the highest grade found at the mine, a unique look found only at this famous claim. This natural gem is sky blue and hunter green with tan and chocolate host rock matrix. It sits in a beautiful shadowbox encased in a hand chiseled bezel surrounded in twist wire. Large scallops hide the split shank on either side. Large and dynamic, the ring makes a bold statement when worn on the finger.
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This stunning bracelet is Terry's unique signature style. Thick round wire creates the split shank. Layers atop are beautiful reposse' leaves with fine stars and deeply stamped scallops at the end. A shadow box is created to place atop the shank. Twist wire encases a hand chiseled bezel that holds a massive rare and seldom seen gem grade natural turquoise from the Danny Boy mine. This hat claim has produced very little over the years. The gem is bright sky blue with dark black spiderweb host rock matrix. The finished bracelet is magnificent to behold and wonderful to wear.
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