Pale aqua, the soft blue-green of shallow water, broken into islands by a fine brown spiderweb that warms to gold where it meets the blue, a web like the best of Number 8. Dark brown host rock gathers along one side and across the lower end, holding the color in place. A high, polished dome on a clean oval. The back is the stone's own brown matrix, flat and lightly pitted.
Persian turquoise, from Nishapur in northeastern Iran. Nishapur has been worked for more than two thousand years and is still mined today. Its turquoise has long been prized for its color and quality.
Exceptional, natural and unbacked, cut from old-stock Nishapur rough that was recently found in storage and newly cabbed (Rudy Ridge). Ready for a silversmith to set.
Its size suits a pendant or a bold ring.
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