Extra large butterfly pin/pendant by Navajo artist Joe Eby

Handcrafted butterfly pin/pendant. Made of solid sterling silver with genuine  Pilot Mountain turquoise. This unique piece features detailed stamping throughout with a  elongated triangular turquoise stone in the center. Highly crafted and a great example the artists work. It's duality is that it has both a hook on the back as well as a pin. The artist has signed it with his hallmark of a spider with the letter E in the center. This piece is the largest of the butterflys the artist makes. 

Materials: sterling silver & Pilot Mountain turquoise

Measurements: 4" x 3"x 1"

Stone: The Pilot Mountain mine is located in northern Nevada, in Mineral County, near the town of Tonapah. It is still producing and is worked by one family. The stone is highly admired for its deep blue-green colors. In addition, it can show light blue to dark green colors on the same stone. This graduation in color is unusual and makes the turquoise very collectible. The matrix is black to golden brown. Although sometimes a little porous, or pithy, Pilot Mountain is a hard stone and takes a good polish.