Semiprecious stones like amber or lapislazuli

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#107
Really cool. I love a whopping big ring on the index or second finger. I wear a huge contemporary NA silver ring that way (no stone). Yours seems to talk back to your pretty jade bangle. :)
 
#109
udalrike said:
Can you show us, JellyV? Only if you want to.....
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Sure. My manicure leaves something to be desired, so ring only. And only silver, no stone.
By Cody Sanderson, a young contemporary Navajo artist who has a sort of rock and roll/avant garde aesthetic. He decorates the back and even the interior of his rings, which is pretty cool. He does use turquoise, but he's really all about the silverwork.

Mine is easily 2 inches long and heavy.

I've wanted a bracelet from him for years...someday.

http://www.codysandersondesigns.com/
 

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jellyv said:
Your jewelry is pretty and I'm sure you enjoy it, but most of this is turquoise only in color, not turquoise the gemstone material. Hopefully it was not sold to you as being turquoise. It's mostly dyed howlite or reconstituted "turquoise" (a mostly resin product). One ring appears to be actual turquoise.

I'm a turquoise collector and enjoy seeing everyone's semiprecious stones.
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Just curious for your opinion jellyv, is this the one that appears to be actual turquoise?
 

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jellyv said:
Sure. My manicure leaves something to be desired, so ring only. And only silver, no stone.
By Cody Sanderson, a young contemporary Navajo artist who has a sort of rock and roll/avant garde aesthetic. He decorates the back and even the interior of his rings, which is pretty cool. He does use turquoise, but he's really all about the silverwork.

Mine is easily 2 inches long and heavy.

I've wanted a bracelet from him for years...someday.

http://www.codysandersondesigns.com/
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Stunning! Must be very heavy!
 
#114
Molly0 said:
Stunning! Must be very heavy!
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Thank you. It is heavy! Part of what I love about it. It's like wearing a bracelet, almost.

Molly0 said:
How nice to know. Thanks!
Asymmetrical is a common theme then?
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No, it really isn't. You see it in a lot of the 1960s and 1970s production, fueled by Anglo preferences. Navajo and Zuni traditional design is very much about symmetry and balance.

Your ring looks very much a 1960s-1980s era piece.
 
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jellyv said:
Thank you. It is heavy! Part of what I love about it. It's like wearing a bracelet, almost.



No, it really isn't. You see it in a lot of the 1960s and 1970s production, fueled by Anglo preferences. Navajo and Zuni traditional design is very much about symmetry and balance.

Your ring looks very much a 1960s-1980s era piece.
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Ah. Thanks again, jellyv. I definitely have some reasearch to do.
 
#120
Nice Uli! Do you wear your turquoise very often?

I don't. I found this cute little pendant in my turq box, which my sister gave me about 20 years ago. (Needless to say, it required extensive polishing as it was so oxidized!). It reminds be of a teeny robin's egg.
 

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