Small vintage Persian turquoise ring

Navajo handcrafted ring from the 1970's. Made of solid sterling silver and genuine Persian turquoise. This small ring has beautiful silver details that frame the turquoise stone. The mounting measuring 1" in length by 5/8" and sets on a split wire shank. Comfortable enough to wear on any finger. This is a great example of a 1970's Navajo ring.

STONE:  (Persian Turquoise) Persia is known to have some of the world’s oldest Natural Turquoise mines in the world. Perhaps the first type of turquoise that was introduced into western culture through the Silk Road, Persian Turquoise became available to Europe, Western Asia and America The word turquoise was coined when Persian Turquoise was brought from Turkey mines in historic Khorasan, a province of Persia.