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Regular price $2,400.00 Save $-2,400.00Award-winning Yaqui jeweler Michael Horse set a 65kt rare Blue Gem stone in this traditional, sterling silver setting. Two graceful leaves surround the magnificent turquoise with a leaf attached to each side. The two top leaves are attached to a handmade sterling silver chain with a hook and eye clasp. The links on the chain are wide enough to easily shorten it without permanently cutting the chain. More about Michael Horse and Blue Gem turquoise below.
Size: 21.5" Long - Setting 2.75" H x 2.25" W
More about Michael Horse here More about Blue Gem turquoise from our friends at Sunwest Silver: The Blue Gem mine, which is no longer active, produced almost every shade of green and blue turquoise imaginable. The Blue Gem mine site is located near Battle Mountain. It produced a great variety of turquoise, from intense blue to deep green combinations with a hard, irregularly distributed matrix. The Battle Mountain or Blue Gem mine, which began production in 1934 yielded the most valuable Blue Gem turquoise because of its rich color and hardness.Of the several Nevada mines that are named Blue Gem, this is the largest and most famous. Blue Gem turquoise tends to form in very thin slab forms rather than nugget, although the largest nugget ever found weighed 178 pounds. This mine was one of the deepest with lots of underground tunnels. Blue Gem closed in the 70’s and there does not seem to be much available today.