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Beautiful image of hand held blue-green Chalcedony crusted exterior with a pocket revealing interior of Chrysocolla stalactites color of blue. Shell holds beads cut from Chalcedony much like the exterior in first photo. More in greens. Made a pair of earrings from with small round bead accent.

What's that bead again? Oh right let's look on the chart!

Each is made of Kingman mine turquoise and sterling silver beads. Just finished the earrings.

Two examples of coral. Longer is old stock pink Mediterranean coral strung with New Mexican mine turquoise and sterling silver beads, wire, n clasp. Shorter is color enhanced red branch coral, mixed with NM turquoise, two small obsidian beads, sterling silver beads, hook, chain, n steel hooks.

Info on beautiful Arizona turquoise found in Kingman.

Kingman is home to one of only three prehistoric mining sites discovered in Arizona. Which led to the discovery of Hohokam hammers dating back to 600 A.D. Navajo hammers and materials used for polishing and finishing turquoise were also discovered at the Kingman Turquoise Mine, along with water skins and charcoal. Archeologists believed the Navajo tribes in the area used the charcoal to heat rocks that contained veins of turquoise before abruptly dousing the hot rock with water from the skin. This would cause the rocks to fracture, exposing the beautiful turquoise underneath. Kingman Turquoise Mine stones are among the most beautiful and sought after varieties, known for its characteristic veining. Most of the turquoise stones pulled form the Kingman Turquoise Mine are used for the highest quality turquoise jewelry, but some of the stones collected are sold and used in other ways, such as art n crafts. If you do an internet search you will find interesting items for sale. And the prices often will reflect the amount of this precious turquoise stone used. Most turquoise is porous and must be processed for use in jewelry. About three percent of the stones pulled from the Kingman Turquoise Mine are naturally hard enough to be used unprocessed. This is among the most valuable turquoise on he market. Remember natural turquoise will change color in time due to body oils and chemicals used on body, such as cosmetics. I always say, find the item you like, and purchase the product for the stones. If it happens to be a piece of jewelry at some point it can be redesigned. Its the best part of finding good quality stones.

Mexican chunky turquoise with silver accents, handmade clasp. And an inlaid oyster shell from New Mexico. Spiny oyster disks of orange, red, and purple, with Mexican turquoise disks and a handmade clasp n accents in silver.