Earrings
Earrings, From Simple Sterling designs. Colorful, Contemporary, Casual, Convertible. All designs made in our shop by hand here in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
HandMade in Santa Fe, NM Since 1987.
All designs Copyrighted.
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Visit product page →Earrings, Flash Dangles
Such Delightful Flashing Dangles for the Holiday Season!
3" long. Sterling
Lots of movement.
Hand Made in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.
All designs copyrighted. Award Winning Design!
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Visit product page →Earrings, Dragonfly Oxidized Bones in Sterling
2" long. Oxidized Sterling
Our Series of "Bones" inspired designs are so much fun. Oxidation adds drama and texture. Lots of movement.
Hand Made in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.
All designs copyrighted. Award Winning Design!
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Visit product page →Earring Opal Hoop Cab Dangles on Wires in Sterling
French Wires
1 ½" Long x 1 ¼" Wide
Cultured Opals are a lab created stone. It was a project started some 20 years ago by a turquoise fanatic and chemist. Lab created opal is pretty but gets dull, and it just doesn’t really capture the light dispersement that real opals do. This was because no one was really getting those silica dioxide particulars small enough to mimic Mother Nature. The nano particles of silica dioxide are just the same as natural opal. They are almost as small as an atom. The matrix is a nod to turquoise and the two together are magic. It takes about a year to grow. It is more durable than natural opal and this makes this material ideal for rings and bracelets as detergents won’t hurt it. It has a hardness of 5.5 on the Mohs scale.
HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987
All Designs Copyrighted
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Visit product page →Earring, Sterling Lapis Double Delight Rectangle on Hoops
Are you looking for something Modern and Versatile?
1 ½" Long
Many ancient cultures believed that Lapis Lazuli contained magical powers. In the Middle Ages, monks powdered the stone and kneaded it into dough with beeswax, resin and linseed oil, for use in illuminated manuscripts. Today, people around the world consider lapis lazuli to be a stone of awareness, able to impart knowledge and wisdom. It is reputed to bring about harmony in relationships and to cleanse the mind bringing about self-acceptance.
Denim Lapis has more Quartz inclusions, thus the lighter color, a blue jean Blue.
Simple Elegance!
HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.
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Sold outVisit product page →Earrings, Boulder style Cerrillos New Mexico Turquoise Oval on French wires.
Embody the Spirit of the Southwest in Genuine Turquoise Jewelry! These look like the Turquoise hills themselves.
2 ½" long
The Cerrillos Turquoise mine is a turquoise mine located in the Cerrillos Hills, 20 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is one of the oldest and most important turquoise mines in North America.
The Cerrillos Hills have been mined for turquoise since at least the 12th century. The turquoise from Cerrillos was prized by the Ancestral Puebloans, who used it to make jewelry and other objects. The Spanish also mined turquoise in Cerrillos, and the mine was active until the early 20th century.
The Cerrillos Turquoise mine is a open-pit mine. The turquoise is found in veins that run through the sandstone. The turquoise is mined by hand and then sorted by quality. The best turquoise is used to make jewelry, while the lower-quality turquoise is used for other purposes, such as making paint.
The Cerrillos Turquoise mine is a popular tourist destination. Visitors can tour the mine and learn about the history of turquoise mining in Cerrillos. The mine is also a popular spot for rockhounds, who come to search for turquoise.
Handmade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.
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Sold outVisit product page →Earrings, Tyrone New Mexico Turquoise Oval dangle from Sweet Sterling Hoops.
Embody the Spirit of the Southwest in Genuine Turquoise Jewelry!
Truly the most amazing collection of Tyrone Blue Turquoise.
2 ½" long
Tyrone Turquoise
Turquoise mining in the Burro Mountains near Silver City, New Mexico, has been going on since pre-historic times. The Tyrone mine produced great quantities of hard, deep and bright turquoise as well as pale spring green turquoise. "Turquoise John" or John Coleman, is credited with the modern unearthing of Turquoise in this area. It is said he discovered some of the old mining activities while he was on a hunting trip in 1875. Research resulted in the discovery of the ancient excavations.
The mine hasn't produced any turquoise since the 80's. This turquoise is highly collectible.
Handmade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.
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Visit product page →Earring, Turquoise Hoop Cab Dangles on Wires in Sterling
French Wires
1 ½" Long x 1 ¼" Wide
The mine where a piece of turquoise was found—not its color, nor its matrix, which refers to the veins and patterns of the stone—is the primary factor in determining its value. Historically speaking, the finest turquoise came from the mountains of Asia. In the 20th century, however, the copper-rich American Southwest supplanted them as the primary source of rare, and valuable, specimens, including collector favorites such as Bisbee, Lander Blue, and Number 8 (Black Web). Tibetan Turquoise is highly prized. Hubei also has some of the most beautiful natural Turquoise.
HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987
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Visit product page →Earring, Sterling Turquoise Double Delight Rectangle on Hoops
Embody the Spirit of the Southwest in Genuine Turquoise!
Are you looking for something Modern and Versatile?
1 ½" Long
Campitos Turquoise
Mined in Mexico
Campitos Turquoise was mined extensively in ancient times, with evidence of trade with Native American peoples. The Toltecs and Aztecs left much evidence of the importance of turquoise to these cultures. Campitos is unique in several ways. It grows in clay as free-form nuggets, rather than as veins which is typical of many North American turquoises. Its color is said to most closely resemble Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, and ranges from a light to medium blue, occasionally with pyrite inclusions, giving it a bit of sparkle. A lovely, hard stone with beautiful color, Campitos is a favorite for jewelry artisans.The mine as we know it today has been producing since the 1980's.
HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.
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Visit product page →Earring, Sterling Roserita Double Delight Rectangle on Hoops
Are you looking for something Modern and Versatile?
Lightweight and colorful, these earrings are great for all day at work or for evenings with friends.
1 ½" Long
Rosarita is a very rare material.
In the early 1940’s Gold Prices spiked. As a result of the new high prices some Prospectors revisited the old gold mine areas in places such as Colorado, California, Alaska, etc.
These crusty codgers would build brick kilns over open pits and super-heat that gold-bearing ore that still litters the sites. The return was small and the practice only lasted about 5 years. The gold would sink to the bottom and the beautiful red gold slag would run off down the mountains, and solidify into boulders of Brilliant Red and Orange, much like Obsidian is formed in a volcanic reaction.
It is very rare, but we are lucky enough to have a nice collection. The material is durable and readily polishes to a beautiful shine. So far we have found no other information on it. We feel very blessed to have such a lovely earth element to work with. Rosarita is the only material available in such a true red color. Some pieces have swirls of orange and these are even more rare.
Rosarita was named after a beach in Mexico because of the brilliant color.
HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987.
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