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DragonRising out of our Desert Drift-wood series, this sterling dragon bears a gift of turquoise from Tibet. Run your mouse over the image to make the dragon fly down into a Viking banquet, linking Oriental and European dragon lore. |
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Meteorite PendantJewelry from outer space? Meteorites have have made their impact all over the world, including the huge crater in Arizona. But few of these landings produced fragments as beautifully sculptured as those from the famous 1947 fall in Russia's Sikhote-Alin mountains. This IFO (Identified Flying Object) is 93% iron and 5.9% nickel, with traces of other elements, held securely in a sterling silver frame made just for this beautiful alien. |
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Lapis LazuliThis necklace features beads and a cabochon of high-quality, natural lapis lazuli, some of which contains golden flecks of pyrite, which you can see in the chunk of rough lapis. The pendant, in sterling silver, has a pierced pattern representing the tree of life. Subtle curves of the metal give the pendant an interesting and sophisticated look. |
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Abalone in Mokume-GanePendant featuring a polished piece of abalone shell set in mokume-gane, or "wood-grain metal." Mokume-gane is an ancient Japanese art of metalworking that involves multiple layers of different color metals carved and hammered to produce contour-map shapes and lines. This piece uses sterling and copper. |
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Lace AgateThis pendant features an outstanding specimen of lace agate mined just over the border in Mexico. The agate's pattern flows upward into a sculptured sterling silver shape that's part of our Desert Driftwood jewelry designs |
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Natural Kingman TurquoiseAnother unique piece in our Desert Driftwood series is this pendant featuring a relatively new discovery, Kingman turquoise of a quality that has not been seen for a couple of decades, except, perhaps, as old pawn and illustrations in Arizona Highways. The stone has a matrix of golden chalcopyrite that emphasizes the strong blue of the turquoise. |