Medium oval Sonoran gold earrings

Handcrafted by Navajo artist Diane Wylie. Made of solid sterling silver with genunie Sonoran gold turquoise. The stones feature brown matrix with lite blue colooring. The oval shape meaures approximately 3/4" in lenght with a maximum width of 3/8". The siver has a brushed antique finsh.Signed by the artist. Silver post & backings. 

Stone:Sonoran Gold Canyon Turquoise is an interesting turquoise from Senora, Mexico, near Nogales, Arizona, and its neighbor: Nogales, Mexico, which is the northernmost point in all of Mexico. The series of mines bearing this name are on several sites contingent to the American border. They feature a medium blue or often medium lime green to darker green. This is usually accompanied by iron pyrite, or brown matrix.