Irregular shaped Dry Creek turquoise bracelet

Handcrafted bracelet by unknown Navajo artist. Made of solid sterling silver with genuine Dry Creek turquoise. The stone is known for its lite blue to white coloring with flicks of lite to dark brown matrix. This beautiful simple setting consists of saw cut sheet silver and measures 3/4" across. This is a small bracelet with a inside measurement of 5-1/2" and a 1" opeing allowing it to fit wrists up to 6-1/2 inches.

Stone:The Dry Creek Turquoise Mine is located on the Shoshone Indian Reservation near Battle Mountain, Nevada. The mine was first discovered in 1993, but the nature of the material led to much confusion, due both to its extreme hardness and odd color. After having the material assayed, it was proven to be turquoise. The miners at Dry Creek have also found a white stone at this deposit that is mistaken as “white, turquoise”.