Pendants
Pendants, Sterling and Colorful Stone Inlaid by John Hull. Simple and elegant.
Clean, Contemporary, Colorful and Convertible!
Hand Made in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Since 1987.
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Sold outVisit product page →Pendant, Orange Rosarita Spear Shape in Sterling
"If you're not willing to risk the unusual, you'll have to settle for the ordinary"
Price for Pendant only.
3" including Lobster Claw 1" wide.
Shown on Chains from this site.
This is the real thing. Orange Rosarita from our personal collection.
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.
Pendant Charms - Collect them all - Rainbows of color and fun!
Handmade in Santa Fe, NM since 1987
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Sold outVisit product page →Pendant, Small Heart in Kingman Turquoise.
Lobster claw clasp.
Beautifully whimsical!
The Kingman turquoise mine, in Arizona, is the last remaining commercially producing mine in the United States. Evidence suggests turquoise was mined in the surrounding areas dating as far back as 600 AD.
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 →Small Heart in Opal.
Lobster claw clasp. Oxidized here. Available in Satin Finish
Beautifully whimsical!
Shown here on our Small Disk Chain sold separately on this site.
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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