Vintage Estate Sterling Silver Bisbee Turquoise Cuff Bracelet Native American
VINTAGE ESTATE STERLING SILVER BISBEE TURQUOISE CUFF BRACELET NATIVE AMERICAN. This is an amazing high grade natural blue turquoise stone bisbee bracelet centered with a lovely calico pattern. The pattern is the highlight however it is mostly pyrite and turquoise with a little black matrix which gives it that third color giving it the actual calico pattern. Wonderful Smoky Bisbee Turquoise Stone with exquisit Navajo filigree silverwork, it is an outstanding piece of Turquoise Jewelry and with a Bisbee Turquoise Stone. Bisbee Turquoise is one of the most beautiful types of Turquoise that has ever been taken out of the ground in North America.
It's striking true blue color ranges are spectacular and the chocolate matrix that the Turquoise is found in, extentuates it's beauty. Bisbee Turquoise is some of the finest Arizona Turquoise and there is no Turquoise on earth that is comparible to Bisbee Turquoise, as it has it's own unusual charicteristics that are unique only to itself.
The Bisbee Mine was originally founded in the mid 1870's and by 1975 when it was closed had become the largest and richest mine the world has ever known. Taking out over 8,000,000,000 pounds of copper the mine was given the name "The Copper Queen". The Bisbee Mine also produced nearly 3,000,000 ounces of Gold, 77,000,000 ounces of Silver and billions of pounds of lead and zinc! The Bisbee Mine also produced a variety of outstanding minerals including Malichite, Azurite and of course Turquoise that are by products of the metals and minerals that are native to this Mine.However, mining at Bisbee did not include mining for gemstones, any Turquoise or other gemstone materials were discarded by the mining companies and prohibited to be taken out by the minors due to liability reasons. The item "VINTAGE ESTATE STERLING SILVER BISBEE TURQUOISE CUFF BRACELET NATIVE AMERICAN" is in sale since Thursday, September 17, 2020.
This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Ethnic, Regional & Tribal\Native American\Bracelets". The seller is "4744366" and is located in Andover, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country of Origin: UNITED STATES
- Modified Item: No
- Material: Stone
- Style: Cuff
- Featured Refinements: Turquoise Cuff
- Ethnic Origin: Native American
- Main Stone: Turquoise
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Brand: Estate
- Jewelry Type: Bracelets
- Tribal Affiliation: Navajo