A clear medium blue leaning toward teal, broken into soft, rounded cells by pale seams and fine brown veins. Along the left edge the host rock comes through in broad patches of chocolate and amber brown, and a thin ochre ring circles a small nodule at the top right corner. The bar is cut as a clean rectangle with squared corners, a low dome and a bright, glassy polish. The back is a flat black backing.
Chilean turquoise, from Chile, where it forms in the secondary oxidation zones of the copper deposits of the Atacama Desert, in the north of the country.
Standard-High grade, stabilized and backed, ready for a silversmith to set. The long, quiet rectangle suits the center of a cuff, a bolo or a bar pendant, with the brown edge running along one side of the bezel.
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