Personally speaking, I believe that the jewelry that comes out of the Zuni Pueblo is genuinely so beautiful,so much that you can't turn your back on each pieces beauty. Their work is highly appreciated in regards to using some of the tiniest stones/shell & also for their incredible picturesque mosaic work. At 1st glance one thing you can't help but immediately notice with these earrings, is for the fact that they were apparently designed by someone so HIGHLY skilled, when you look at how each and every stone is IMPECCABLY and PRECISELY cut by hand!

These are designed in a "Sunburst" cluster that are made with high quality tiny pieces of turquoise, that have maintained their blueness all through their years of wear which validates their quality. This non change in color, also tells you these cuts are a higher quality & "harder" turquoise. And when it comes to the quality of turquoise, the harder the turquoise, the higher the quality & the higher the quality, the less the color changes over time.

When you look at the pristine workmanship, I believe these could have been originally made for someone very special, like for a family member or maybe spouse, where lots of love & extra time was spent by the artist to make these.

TAKE NOTE:
If you wear screw backs, then these are definitely worth wearing.. If you don't wear screw backs, you have an a few options to turn them into a post or clip style earring. The recommended way would be to look for a 'laser' jeweler & the advantages of a laser jeweler is for the fact that they wouldn't use heat in order to solder, so therefor no stones would have to be removed to convert ,plus there would be no loss of natural patina.

The other way would be to use your every day regular jeweler who would have to remove each stone in order to use heat to solder & then you are charged per removal. Also if you go this route, the serrated bezels can likely be ruined upon removal & also you will lose the natural patina. They would have to give you fake patina to restore the finish.(This is something you would have to find & pay for)