Displaying a beautifully balanced form, with an unimaginable vivid blue color, this ring is made with choice cuts that came from the now closed Arizona Sleeping Beauty mine. Now closed for roughly 5 or so years now, these stones were actually mined decades ago before the mine became depleted & while there was still some top notch quality rocks still coming out of the mine.Its not easy to get this quality any longer, unless you want to pay top dollar per carat & that's if you can find it.. Much of what’s available today are lighter, lower grade softer cuts that have to be treated to enhance their color & stabilized to give hardness to the turquoise so a lapidarian can cut them. The cuts came from Larry Cooley's limited turquoise collection & to learn more about Larry,please put his name in the search bar when you're on the front page of the website to learn more about him & his phenomenal turquoise collection that Federico purchased after his passing.

This is designed solely of 3 different cuts that dictate it’s 2-1/2” long cross design. The cross sits atop of a bypass adjustable shank that has light stamp work in the shanks entirety & is presently set at a size 8.5.. If you look at the backside photo,you will see how the bypass is tightly closed, so to go down in size would throw how the shank sits and would overlap. So I would not recommend going down & so if you do need a larger size, this will only "Go Up" in size. If you do need to go up in size, these can go up no more than say 1 to 1-1/2 sizes from it's presently set size.(I can do this for you!)

** We carry many genres of jewelry that this will pair well with, from bracelets to many different styles of earrings. Put the word “TILE” in the search bar when you're on the front page of the website! **

Artist Recognition, turquoise quality, cost per carat for this quality, amount of carats, turquoise availability, sterling cost & artists time are all reflected in price. Also, anything made with Cooley turquoise will also demand a higher price due to rarity & availability

SPECIFICS:

ARTIST: FEDERICO JIMENEZ

TURQUOISE PROVENANCE :LARRY COOLEY COLLECTION

CIRCA MINED: 1950'S -1960'S

PRESENT RING SIZE: 8-1/2

WEIGHT: 1.25 OUNCES (35.5 Grams)

FACE SIZE: 2-1/2" X 1-7/8"

MATERIAL: SLEEPING BEAUTY TURQUOISE

TURQUOISE GRADE: NATURAL-NON TREATED-GEM QUALITY

TURQUOISE CUTS: Round-Pear/Tear Drop-Square Tile

SHANK STYLE: ADJUSTABLE

HALLMARK: JF/STERLING

COMES GIFT BOXED

SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:

Because of the price,this will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement & will come insured.. If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for,please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping label***I'm sorry if this may be an inconvenience, but I do not ship expensive pieces without one. This is for your safety & mine.

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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:

In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail,can tend to make the item look much larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality..So to get an accurate idea of how big this is, please view it on the finger or what you can do is pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements.

*****I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try to give you photos that are 'realistic" in color,just so you're not shocked, nor disappointed when you get the piece. . Remember, every monitor is different since some can show something to be more vivid and other monitors can make it look duller.