Earrings

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

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Earring, Sterling Lapis Double Delight Rectangle on Hoops

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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.

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.

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.

Earring, Sterling Roserita Double Delight Rectangle on Hoops

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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.

Earring, Sterling Hoop Cab Lapis on Top of Hoop.

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Find your Silver Lining!

French Wires

1 ½" Long x 1 ¼" Wide

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.

HandMade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987