Southwest Turquoise Mines
Turquoise Mines in the American Southwest produce the most beautiful Turquoise Stones
Native American Artists have been using Turquoise from the mines in the Southwest to create their Traditional Jewelry for many years.
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Native American Artists have been using Turquoise from the mines in the Southwest to create their Traditional Jewelry for many years.
Meanings Of Zuni Indian Fetishes The Zuni Universe is divided into six directions-North, East, South, West, Sky & Underground & each direction is represented by a specific animal- The Mountain Lion guards the north, the Bear guards the west, the Badger guards the south, the Eagle guards the sky, the Wolf guards the east & the Mole guards the inner Earth.
John Nelson was born in Winslow, Arizona. He has been working with silver and turquoise since the 70’s.
Navajo Artist Freddy Charley was born and raised in Shiprock, New Mexico........
Sonoran Turquoise tends to have a brilliant green color with a matrix of brown and traces of pyrite which add a special sparkle to the stones.
Genuine White Buffalo Turquoise Jewelry created by Navajo Silversmiths.
Elgin is a Navajo Artist from Gallup New Mexico
Each Sterling Silver Drop is handmade by Navajo Silversmiths for Bold Contemporary Native American Jewelry Design.
Navajo Pearls are traditionally made sterling silver beads. Silver beads are a traditional art form for Diné silversmiths, and the beads have as many expressions as there are artisans.
Quality Native American Jewelry by Artie Yellowhorse
Few gemstones have such a variety in appearance as to have individual character and personality as the Number 8 Turquoise.
The White Buffalo are sacred to many Native Americans. The Lakota (Sioux) Nation has passed down the The Legend of the White Buffalo–a story now approximately 2,000 years old–at many council meetings, sacred ceremonies, and through the tribe’s storytellers.
The Morenci turquoise mine produced a turquoise that is light to bright blue in hue.
Native American Artists use this beautiful stone with Sterling Silver to create one of a kind pieces of Jewelry.
The terms “Kingman” or “high blue” refer to the blue color usually displayed in this stone.
For thousands of years, turquoise has been treasured both for its natural beauty as well as its presumed power to heal.
The Apache turquoise being produced here is an absolutely beautiful blue stone with eye popping black or red web matrix.
Each American turquoise mine is marketed by a name, such as Pilot Mountain Turquoise, #8 Mine Turquoise or Sunnyside Turquoise.
Channel inlay, cluster and needlepoint are traditional Zuni jewelry styles.
The Pilot Mountain Mine is located in western Nevada, east of the small town of Mina and was first mined around 1930.
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