Cold chisel stamped ring w/ Golden Hills turquoise

Handcrafted ring by Navajo artist Philbert Secratero. The ring features single stone design that is surrounded by straight line stamping .This mounting mesures approximately 1-1/4" x 1" that is crafted with a method called "cold chisel", which is when the artsit does all the stamping without annealing the silver first. This statement looks good on any finger and is a true one of a kind ! 

Stone: In the Russian hills of Kazakhstan sits the GOLDEN HILLS mine. The Turquoise is only mined in the winter months during the freezing cold and snow as rains flood the mine during the summer. The location of the mine is remote and difficult to bring equipment in and out of. It is the only Turquoise known to have the unique coloring of bright blue with a Lavender undertone.