This ring is a unique and beautifully crafted Navajo handmade large pilot mountain turquoise ring featuring 925 silver. The design represents a piece of Native American culture from the US, making it a collectible item which shows traditional craftsmanship and materials.
The stone size: 34x22mm
The size: 7 1/2
Weight: 19.6 grams
The hand stamp band measures 7mm at the widest and narrows to 4mm at the back.
There is patina on the back of the ring.
Although it\'s not stamped sterling or signed it was made at The Kevin Randall Sterling Studios. I personally picked out the stone. Kevin Randall has been a promoter of Navajo jewelry for years. In his beginning, his Navajo silversmiths stamp their work KCT (Kevin CharlesTrading) and sterling silver, which gave the buyer confidence that all items are produced
by Navajo silversmiths. His goal was to create an environment where their creativity and heritage changed his identifyingsistamp to KRS ( Kevin Randall Sterling) .The Pilot Mountain Turquoise mine is located in western Nevada, east of the small town of Mina. As with most turquoise mines, this mine opened as a copper claim. Pilot Mountain turquoise was first mined around 1930 as a tunnel mine. Then it became an open pit mine when heavy equipment was available around 1970. While Pilot Mountain is considered an active mine, it is a very small operation. The miners we worked with went in twice per year, bringing out only about 150 to 200 lbs. of rough stone each time. One of the interesting parts of mining is “not knowing what you are going to hit next.” Pilot Mountain turquoise forms in thin seams, with some nugget formations. According to a former owner, the turquoise that formed in thin seams was high grade with deeper blue-green colors. Most Pilot Mountain turquoise is called “grass roots,” meaning the best deposits are found within ten feet of the surface
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