Vintage Sleeping Beauty Mine Turquoise Nugget Necklace and Earrings
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$248.00
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Nugget Necklace and Earring set
Sleeping Beauty Mine was world famous for its iconic robin's egg blue turquoise of unique clarity. The mine has long been closed, but this gorgeous pristine vintage set dates from the 1970's - the mine's heyday.
The mine where a piece of turquoise was found—not its color, nor the veins and patterns of the stone—is the primary factor in determining its value. In the 1970s and 1980s, jewelers wanted turquoise with consistent and flawless color. Only one mine fit the bill: Sleeping Beauty.
The Gila, Arizona mine was closed in 2012, and Sleeping Beauty jewelry is becoming more and more sought after.
This beautiful set is Native American made, and was purchased from a well-known gem and jewelry dealer in Oxford County, Maine in 1978, who was also known for Tourmaline. Her Native American jewelry supplier traveled yearly to purchase on the Navajo Reservation.
Turquoise is said to connect heaven and earth and help you connect to the spiritual world. Calming, grounding, and like the clear desert sky, brings a peaceful feeling to the wearer. It is a stone of wisdom, tranquility, protection, good fortune, and hope.
- 16" Vintage Turquoise Nugget choker with sterling hook clasp
- 1-1/4" Turquoise Nugget and silver hoop earrings
Sacred Geometry
Geometry is all around us.
In nature, plants, animals, crystals, planetary alignments -- in physics, and in mathematics. There are recurrent shapes and patterns throughout everything - they are viewed as symbolic of universal spiritual concepts. Sacred geometry is sometimes viewed as proof of creation - for some the architecture of the universe, and the gemoetry of consciousness.
In Indian tradition, Sri Yantra is a device for spiritual advancement. Its 9 interlocking trianges represent a path toward enlightenment.