Vintage 1970's Navajo Channel inlay bracelet

 BLUE GEM TURQUOISE VINTAGE BRACELET-CHANNEL INLAY

One of a kind...Vintage 1960's Navajo Channel inlay bracelet. Beautiful blue/green Blue Gem turquoise is used in this piece. It has been left in its original form for over 50 years. This private collection bracelet has not been cleaned or polished, and all the natural patina is still there. The bracelet measures 5/8" in width with a 1-1/8" opening and a 5" distance on the inside of the bracelet. Due to its design, it cannot be shaped to fit. Please call for more information about how you can tell if your wrist will fit this piece.

Stone: Blue Gem Turquoise,While the Blue Gem Turquoise mine was very prolific at one time, today it is considered extremely rare, valuable and collectible turquoise. Most of the "finished" Blue Gem turquoise today is in private collections and museums, rarely offered for sale. The Blue Gem Turquoise mine was located deep underground, accessed by tunnels as deep as 800 feet. This is of interest because the Blue Gem Turquoise Mine and the Bisbee Turquoise Mine in Bisbee, Arizona are the only two Turquoise mines (that we know of) where turquoise was found that deep in the earth. Another interesting fact about both Blue Gem Turquoise and Bisbee Turquoise being found so deep underground as that both deposits produced some of the hardest and truest blue Turquoise ever found. There’s just something about Blue Gem Turquoise. It is a treasure: a rare, valuable and historic American turquoise. When we think of Blue Gem Turquoise, we think of translucence, depth, watery, what we mean by "non-opaque, silicated" jewels. This turquoise is hard and often won’t change color, takes a high polish and will be beautiful one hundred years from now. The character and beauty of these stones are impossible to fully capture in images, since this turquoise has a unique character that’s hard to describe. It is like pools of glassy water captured in solid form. We believe this may be some of the greatest turquoise ever mined and once you own a piece you will be addicted to Blue Gem Turquoise.