Multi color turquoise and spiny oyster shell dangle earrings

Navajo handcrafted earrings by artist Loretto Delgarito.The unique design features a dangle of turquosie and spiny oyster shells. The coloring of the turquoise and shell have a beautiful contrast. The long earrings have a simple mounting of sheet silver and twist wires. The silver has a darken antique finish.The have silver posts and large secure silver backings. They have a light weight for a long earring.

 Material: Sterling silver, Sonoran turquoise and spiny oyster shell

Measurement: Cluster 2" x 1/2"

Shell: Spiny Oyster Shell -Living Spondylus shells are, indeed, very spiny, but the polished product looks very smooth.In the American Oceans, the Spondylids occur along the North American coasts, as far north as North Carolina, on the Atlantic Coast, and northwestern Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. It develops in waters to South America. 

Stone:Sonoran Gold 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. Very little hard natural material has been mined here. Most has needed stabilizing to be useful. The high-grade natural material is a medium blue or often medium lime green to darker green. This is usually accompanied by iron pyrite, or brown matrix. The high-grade turquoise from this mine is rare and is considered both esoteric and valuable.