1940s VINTAGE NAVAJO CERRILLOS TURQUOISE Coin SILVER Hand Carved Ingot RINGsz6

This is an incredible vintage 1940s Navajo silver ingot ring having a beautiful high grade Cerrrillos turquoise round wrapped in a handcarved silver border with 2 silver bead accents and a graduated handcarved leaf design Truly Awesome Piece! The center stone measures around 15mmx13mm The ring face measures around 1"? The ring size is around 6 Sturdy 16.8 grams.

Cir Mid Century + no marks but tested as coin silver great addition to your collection?? Considered to be the earliest mining district in the country, the Cerrillos mine is just south of Santa Fe in northern New Mexico. Cerrillos Turquoise is considered to be rare today, can be found in almost every color due, and can be a good high-grade stone. Pueblo Indians worked the mine for centuries before the Spanish arrived.

Over two hundred dig sites have been located. One area is located on Turquoise Hill and includes the Tiffany and Castilian mines. The second area is Mount Chalchihuitl.

Cerrillos was the most extensively mined of the prehistoric sites, and is the largest prehistoric mine known in North America.

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