Turquoise nugget bead-link necklace + earrings
My vendor tells me that this set of turquoise is from the Fox Mine in Nevada. It is a beautiful robin's egg blue, traced with a light black matrix. (You can see my other turquoise necklaces here, here, here, and here.)
The nuggets feel slightly waxy, and range in length from about 12 to 20mm. I joined each with sterling silver wire, finishing with a Bali twisted silver S-clasp.
The length of the necklace is almost 22 1/4 inches (can be worn shorter, by hooking the clasp between two beads as shown), with a weight of 1.5 oz.
I made earrings to match. I bought the large (8mm) sterling silver beads at the ends from the same vendor, but I can't remember from which country they were imported. (They look Thai, but I wouldn't swear to it.) Anyway, the French hooks, headpins, and 2.5mm silver beads are also sterling silver. The finished length of each dangle is about 1 1/8 inches. The earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $69.90 (shipping is free)
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