Navajo Tufa Cast Kingman Turquoise Bracelet - Darryl Begay (#06)
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Navajo Jewelry
Sterling Silver Tufa Cast Bracelet set with 3 Old Kingman Turquoise Stones
Size - 7 1/8
Inner Circumference - 6"
Opening - 1 1/8"
Largest Stone - 1" tall x 7/8" wide
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Kingman Turquoise comes from a large open-pit copper mine in the Mineral Park Mining District, northwest of Kingman, Arizona and was one of the largest turquoise mines in this country. The area lies in high desert country at an elevation of 3,345 feet and is surrounded by three mountain ranges. The mining district around Kingman, Arizona has always been a large producer of turquoise, at one time the world's largest. First mined by Indians, this area was home to the most extensive prehistoric workings found in Arizona.
The modern production of turquoise dates back to the early 1880©ˆs when James Haas rediscovered these ancient Kingman area mines. Much of the turquoise occurred as seams, masses and veins. The color of natural Kingman turquoise can range from light blue to very dark blue and sometimes tints of green. The matrix is from white, light brown to black and frequently flecked with pyrite and sometimes quartz. The mine became famous for its rounded, bright blue nuggets with black matrix. Few turquoise mines produced nuggets, especially of this quality. In its high-grade form it has always been considered among the top quality American turquoise. With so many thousands of pounds of good quality turquoise produced in the Kingman area over the last one hundred years it is hard to believe that today very little high-grade Kingman turquoise is available.
Other names for Kingman turquoise: Ithaca Peak , The Wall, Tiffany, Courtland, Az., Gleeson
Most desirable: Deep Blue with molybdenum pyrite; Real blue with pyrite; Bird's eye; Water Web; Nuggets
About the artist:
Darryl Begay - Jeweler
Darryl learned the art of Tufa casting from his uncle Bobby Begay.
Through trial and error Darryl has created his own style of jewelry.
Rich in Navajo culture, his hard work has brought Darryl recognition in
the native art scene. Raymond C. Yazzie taught Darryl the difficult
technique of corn row style inlay. Raymond has also been sharing his
metal smithing techniques and has been a mentor to Darryl. The
meticulous carving of thte Tufa stone has brought Darryl to new levels
as his jewelry has become more three dimensional. With a recenrt trip
to the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, Darryl has learned new
techniques which he will incorporate in his jewelry. For now he is
making one masterpiece at a time.
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Related legends:
Silversmithing
When and how
the Navaho acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons
for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and
improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country? More about this legend
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