Old Pawn NAVAJO.Sterling Silver,Genuine RED CORAL&CARICO LAKE Turquoise Bracelet

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Old Pawn NAVAJO.Sterling Silver,Genuine RED CORAL&CARICO LAKE Turquoise Bracelet:
$252.98

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This beautiful Old Pawn NAVAJO Sterling Silver (.925), Genuine RED CORAL & CARICO LAKE Turquoise Braceletmeasures 4 1/2\" inner circumference with a 1 3/4\" gap. It is 1 1/4\" wide on top.

It is not stamped \"sterling\"but has been tested as sterling silver by our jeweler.

It has beautiful craftmanship around the stones.

TheEarringsare HANDCRAFTED!

The Bracelet weighs over 12 grams!

Pink and Red Coral

Precious coralis a gemstone quality variety of natural coral, closely related to reef-building \'stony\' coral. Precious coral is a deep water coral that forms in rocky seabeds with low levels of sedimentation, typically in dark Environments of over 500 feet deep, including caverns and crevices. Precious coral is slowly built by very small marine animals known as coral polyps. These tiny, soft-bodied creatures form with minute, hard shells that accumulate as the colony grows. Over time, the colony begins to form complex branches and skeletal structures composed of hardened calcium carbonate, and colored by carotenoid pigments. These biological formations grow very slowly, often as little as just 1 millimeter per year, ranging in size from small, hand-sized structures to enormous coral reefs.

Most coral gemstones available today are varieties ofCorallium rubrum, a very specific pink to red colored species of the coral genus. In the trade,Corallium rubrumis sometimes referred to as \'noble coral\' and is considered to be the most desirable type of coral for jewelry. Noble coral also includes the popular \'angel skin coral\', a pink to salmon colored coral.Corallium rubrum, along with fossil coral,agatized coral, coral sand and coral fragments are not regulated or protected from international trade, meaning that they can be imported and exported to most countries without permits. However, coral of Hawaiian origin is protected under the Lacey Act and cannot be harvested and exported from the USA. Other types of regulated coral (mostly from China and Hawaii) includeCorallium japonicum,Corallium elatius,Corallium secundumandAntipathes grandis. Although these may require permits for international trade, they can usually be traded domestically.

Coral is an organic material and like otherorganic gemstones, it is not an especially hard or durable gemstone. It has a hardness rating of 3 to 4 on the Mohs scale, which can easily help distinguish and identify coral from similar colored gemstones such ascarnelian, rhodonite orspessartite garnet. White and red coral with a calcium carbonate composition has a specific gravity or density of 2.60-2.70 and a refractive index of 1.486-1.658. These specific gemological properties, combined with coral\'s translucent to opaque form, can easily help identify natural coral from imitations or similar gemmy materials.

Though precious coral is found in locations all around the world, Torre del Greco (near Naples, Italy) has been the top coral trading center for over 200 years, processing nearly 75% of the entire world\'s supply of coral. Most of the precious coral available today is harvested from the western Mediterranean Sea, especially in Sardinia. Notable deposits are also found in the Red Sea, the Bay of Biscay, the Malaysian Archipelago, the Midway Islands, Japan, Taiwan, Australia and the Hawaiian Islands. Precious coral from Hawaii, coastal Japan, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea is considered to be the finest coral of today.

Precious coral typically exhibits a range of warm pinkish to red colors, including light-red to salmon (momo coral), and medium-red (Sardegna coral) to deep ox-blood red (moro coral); color is known to fade when worn. Noble coral has the most desirable uniform color, but can often exhibit streaks or spots of white to pinkish red, especially angel skin coral. Precious coral can also be found in other colors such as gold, white, black and blue. Gold colored coral from Hawaii is extremely rare and highly desired for its slight chatoyancy. Black and blue coral is not often used for gems or jewelry as its trade is heavily regulated.

Precious coral is typically translucent to opaque. When unworked, it has a naturally dull, matte luster. Polished coral exhibits an attractive vitreous luster. Coral is polished with fine-grain sandstone and emery, and then finely polished with felt-wheels.

Precious coral is most often cut en cabochon due to its softness and opacity. It is popularly used for beads, ornamental carvings and sculptures. Cabochons can be found in just about any shape, but ovals, rounds and free-form shapes are most popular.

Natural coral is typically untreated, but some materials may be dyed to achieve a more valuable color. There are a variety of other materials used to imitate coral, such as glass, bone, conch shell and plastic.

Carico Lake Turquoise:

The Carico Lake Turquoise is located South of Battle Mountain in Lander County, Nevada.This Turquoise Mine produces Turquoise in multiple shades of blues to beautiful greens.

Carico Lake Turquoise has becomevery popularand highly collectible in recent year for its beautiful shades of a spring colored lime green running through a sea of light sky blue with golden brown spiderweb matrix.

The Carico Lake Turquoise Mine produces beautiful blue Turquoise but is most known for its spectacular shades of lime green colored gemstones.

This fabulous lime green coloration is actually caused by a close relative of Turquoise mineral called faustite, the combination of faustite and zinc associated with the Turquoise creates one of the most beautiful coloration effects in American Turquoise that has ever occurred in nature.

The Carico Lake Turquoise Mine also produces very rare pseudomorph clams that have been fossilized with Turquoise. This Turquoise isvery rareand very expensive.

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Items Detail: Old Pawn NAVAJO Sterling Silver, Genuine RED CORAL & CARICO LAKE Turquoise

Sterling Silver:.925 silver
Nickel Silver:This used to be named German silver, and silversmiths haveused it for the last century for making jewelry. It contains no actual silver and many buyers prefer it over sterling because it does not tarnish and has a shinier look.
Genuine Turquoise:Real turquoise stone, although it may be stabilized to protect it.
Block Turquoise:Again, this has been used by artisans for decades. It is created in a laboratory and sold to silversmiths by jewelry supply stores in large blocks, hence, the name, block turquoise. Other stones that are made in blocks will described as such.
Pawn Jewelry:Jewelry that has been pawned by the owner to a pawn shop, usually in New Mexico. OLD Pawn is jewelry that is vintage or older and was pawned, then acquired by someone else from the pawn
.720 Silver: .720 Silver is the same quality used in production of vintage/old coins. This silver consists of 72% pure silver.