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Sonoran Beauty Turquoise Earrings FJE1214

Turquoise: Sonoran Beauty Turquoise

Stones: Sonoran Beauty Turquoise

Metal: Sterling Silver

Beautiful bright blue Sonoran Beauty Turquoise earrings with Silver drop and twist wire designs. Handmade by Diné silversmith Burt Francisco.

$108.00

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Twisted wire metalworking is a very old technique used by many Southwestern tribes. It can be found in both vintage and modern pieces.

Seen frequently throughout Native American jewelry, Sterling Silver "raindrops" are a traditional design element. They can be smooth and high polished or they can be starlike and oxidized.

Sonoran Beauty Turquoise hails from Mexico and is considered "stabilized turquoise". Stabilization is the process of hardening a stone that is considered "too soft" to work with. It requires that the stone is exposed to high temperatures and then left to dry. This removes excess moisture from the stone and allows for a hardening agent to be added.

Authentic Handmade Native American Jewelry

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Burt Fancisco

Fortunate to have silversmith parents to teach him their traditional Nava techniques when he was young Burt Francisco was able to produce and successfully sell his own silver and turquoise jewelry before his twentieth birthday. Now in his mid-fifties and a master artisan, Burt still enjoys each new silversmith project and challenge and feels truly blessed for the skills in his hands the joy of his heart that comes from his work. Burt’s studio and home are in the rural Village of Canoncito, NM where he spends much of his spare time “fixing all the stuff in the house that everyone else busts up”. It is also believed that Burt has not removed his baseball cap since 1983.

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