BackSterling Silver Arrowhead Chain & Turquoise Mountain Turquoise Necklace - Jack & Mary Tom (#01)
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Navajo Jewelry
Sterling Silver Arrowhead
Necklace set with Natural
Turquoise Mountain Turquoise
21 3/4" long
Pendant - 2" tall x 1 5/8" wide
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We are grateful for the opportunity the trading post gives each of us for not only making new friends, but meeting outstanding artists. This Turquoise Mountain Turquoise Necklace by Jack Tom represents another great opportunity for our son, Grange, to learn about excellence in Navajo silver jewelry. Jack Tom has done what I believe your top Navajo artists do best by beginning with an exceptional turquoise stone and building a beautiful setting which enhances the beauty of the stone.
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Turquoise Mountain:
This mine is located in the Mineral Park Mining District. Cerbat, Cerbat District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts. (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA, near the Pearce-Gleeson road. Map Reference: 31¡46'31"N , 109¡49'23"W. Mineralization is thin, irregular stringers and small lenses of turquoise in joints and fractures in granite and Bolsa Quartzite along the intrusive contact. The Turquoise Mountain mine was closed in the 1980s. The mine has been, "officially and unofficially", re-opened from time to time depending on the market demands for this precious stone. Rumor has it that the Tiffany Company was once involved with the Turquoise Mountain mine, providing the gem to the eastern market.
The Turquoise Mountain mine produced distinctive stones with a wide range and variety of unique blue and green colors with both webbed and non-webbed matrix. The "Birds Eye" variety consist of stones that show areas of light blue circled with dark blue matrix, resembling the eye of a bird. Although Turquoise Mountain is located within the boundaries of the Kingman deposits, it is considered a classic mine in its own right because its turquoise is so distinctive in appearance. The mine is said to have derived its name from a comment made upon discovery, "This is a mountain full of turquoise". Material from Turquoise Mountain has also been sold as ÒOld ManÓ or ÒOld Man Mine TurquoiseÓ, "Ceremonial", "Ithaca Peak", "The Wall" and many more.
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When and how the Navajo 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?
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