Authentic Native American Jewelry

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 Turquoise & Stone Style Guide

🔹 Mojave
Origin: Kingman Mine, Arizona, USA
A stabilized composite made from Kingman turquoise mixed with copper/bronze matrix, pressed and dyed in bold hues. Durable with a Mohs hardness of ~5–6.

🔹 Spiny Oyster
Origin: Pacific coastal waters, crafted in the Southwest
A striking blend of spiny oyster shell, turquoise, and copper. The shell brings vivid orange-to-red tones, long prized in Southwestern jewelry.

🔹 Bypass
Origin: Design style (stones vary from AZ, NV, or Mexico)
A jewelry setting style where turquoise stones are placed in open-ended or overlapping bands for rings and bracelets.

🔹 Rose Dahlia
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
A composite style blending pink/red dahlia shell, turquoise, and copper. Developed in Kingman by the Dahlia family.

🔹 Ice Blue Dahlia
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
A pale-blue version of the Dahlia composites, crafted with the same techniques as Rose Dahlia.

🔹 Honey Dahlia
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
Golden-yellow variation in the Dahlia line, crafted with shell and turquoise composites.

🔹 Golden Hills
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
Warm golden-toned turquoise composite in the Dahlia-inspired family.

🔹 Pink Conch
Origin: Pacific coastal regions
Turquoise-infused pink conch shell with copper inlay, creating soft pink-and-blue patterns.

🔹 Number 8
Origin: Number 8 Mine, Tonopah, Nevada, USA
A collectible turquoise known for its sky-blue tone and golden to brown spiderweb matrix.

🔹 Kingman
Origin: Kingman Mine, Arizona, USA
One of the most famous turquoises, with robin’s-egg blue to deep navy tones.

🔹 White Water
Origin: Campitos Mine, Sonora, Mexico
Rare turquoise with creamy-white to pale blue-green hues.

🔹 Boulder
Origin: Colorado, USA
Turquoise still attached to its host rock (ironstone), creating earthy brown-and-blue contrast.

🔹 Spiderweb
Origin: Nevada & Arizona, USA
Valued turquoise showing web-like    dark matrix lines across vivid blue stones.

🔹 Cotton Candy
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
Pink-purple Dahlia composite variation made with turquoise and shell.

🔹 Royston Ribbon
Origin: Royston Mine, Nevada, USA
Natural turquoise with blue-green to seafoam tones and a fine brown or golden matrix.

🔹 Tonopah White Buffalo
Origin: Near Kingman, Arizona, USA
A bold black-and-white stone often mistaken for turquoise but technically distinct.

🔹 Blue Bird
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
Bright sky-blue stabilized turquoise composite with intense color.

🔹 Blackjack
Origin: Nevada & Arizona, USA
Turquoise featuring a deep black matrix, contrasted with blue or green stone.

🔹 Emerald Valley
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
A green-to-emerald toned turquoise composite in the Dahlia series.

🔹 Palomino
Origin: Kingman, Arizona, USA
Golden beige-to-honey toned stabilized turquoise composite.

🔹 Wild Horse
Origin: Nevada & Arizona, USA
A striking mix of brown-to-red host rock with veins of pale turquoise or white.

🔹 Sonoran Gold
Origin: Campitos Mine, Sonora, Mexico
Known for its green-to-blue tones, sometimes with golden nugget-like matrix.

🔹 Black Onyx
Origin: Brazil, India, Uruguay, Madagascar, USA
 A sleek, opaque chalcedony often dyed jet black. Durable and used historically for carvings and inlays.

 🔹 Handmade Navajo Pearls
Origin: Southwestern USA (New Mexico & Arizona)
Sterling silver beads made using traditional Navajo silversmithing. Each bead is hand-cut, soldered, polished, and strung.
Sizes range from 3mm to 20mm.
Tip: Look for slight variations and oxidized finishes, true signs of authenticity.

 

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