Sterling Silver Ribbon Turquoise Pendant
Weight: 21 grams
Length of Pendant: 1.5 inches or 3.8 cms
Width of Pendant: 0.75 inches or 2 cms
Length: 13 to 26" ( 33 cms to 66 cms )
Such an amazing versatile pendant necklace. It is made using the beautiful boulder turquoise. Everything is made using sterling silver. It can be worn as a choker or a long pendant necklace. The sun at the back of the chain is such a beautiful addition. The stamp work is unique and you wouldn‘t find such a piece anywhere.
Boulder Turquoise or Ribbon Turquoise is simply when a stone cutter takes natural Vein Turquoise (Turquoise in its natural host rock) and cuts in the direction to create the vein going through the rock like a ribbon or splotches of turquoise in the host rock like a Boulder Opal. In the olden days stone cutters would take the is Ribbon turquoise or Boulder Turquoise, which they called "Saw Rock" and they would cut the thin vein out for a pure Turquoise stone. If the Turquoise vein was too thin or spotty, like the material used in boulder turquoise or ribbon turquoise stones, the miners would through it in the tailings pile. Most Natural Turquoise comes in the vein form as opposed to nuggets or nodules.