TURQUOISE PROVENANCE:

These heart stopping , luscious colored cuts are just another perfect example of the turquoise that came from the late Larry Cooley's collection.. Larry was a serious "scholar" in the turquoise industry & had a vast collection from every single mine,with only the finest, most premium qualities on hand, so when artists like Federico would come to buy, this was the go-to guy that everyone went to.

Larry collected for decades & since then,many of our mines have since closed down (including the Blue Gem in these) & since his collection was mined before they started treating turquoise, means that his turquoise was all natural & one thing you wouldn't find would be low grade-inferior cuts & or treated stones. Long story short, when Larry passed some years back, everyone was willing to pay top dollar to buy his whole collection,but because of Federico's connection to Larry, Larry's family offered Federico his AMAZING collection.. Yes it was over the top in price, but worth every dollar & some of Federico's most beautifully designed pieces have Larry's turquoise.(The quality in these is dictated in the price) To see more: Click on the name "Larry Cooley Turquoise” in each category

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THE EARRINGS:

These are made with top notch-premium grade cuts of both Nevada Royston Turquoise & RARE Blue Gem turquoise that are made with grades that only a turquoise connoisseur would appreciate! They are beyond outstanding and a true collector of turquoise would die to have quality turquoise at this level! For those who actually know their turquoise, would know then how hard it actually is to get your hands on this type of quality & color, in regards to both mines.

Its been years since the Blue Gem mine closed & many don't realize it, but now if OR when you do find Blue Gem, there is no comparison and especially in color to the older cuts like Larry had..These are NOT your everyday Royston/Blue Gem cuts that you're finding across the internet.

Since these cuts hog all the spotlight, the wisest thing an artist can do to showcase them, is to place them in a simple bezel setting.. There’s no elaborate sterling work that dare take the attention away from them. They're designed in a graduated tier style where the rectangular cuts are laid horizontally & get larger as they progress to the bottom, which is finalized with some phenomenal-gem quality trillion cuts of Royston! These cuts alone, speak for themselves, where you have no words left to say.

A NOTE:: ** You are paying for the quality & rarity in these earrings..In this business, you pay for what you get. And just like with any other gemstone, there are 'grades' with some being low grade which are less expensive, while others are high grade and are more expensive.. Turquoise is the same, with the cost being higher for 'natural turquoise' that are a high/excellent grade. I always say "look at the price" & that should give you some clue as to how good something is, especially in jewelry. Though I must say, that anything with Larry's turquoise will always come with a higher price tag, due to the quality & limited supply***

****The Artist, the turquoise quality, the carat weight, the cost per carat for this type of quality, sterling cost & artists time are all reflected in the price****

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ARTIST: Federico Jimenez

TURQUOISE PROVENANCE: From Larry Cooley's Turquoise Collection

METAL: Sterling

METAL FINISH: Contemporary

STONES: Natural Premium Grade BLUE GEM & ROYSTON Turquoise

STONE CUT: Rectangular-Trillion

COMBINED WEIGHT: 28.4 Grams (1 Ounce combined)

MEASUREMENTS: 3-5/8" X 5/8" (Width is taken in the middle)

EAR STYLE: Posts(Come with jumbo sterling ear nuts)

HALLMARK: 'JF/STERLING'

Come gift Boxed!

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SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:

Anything with this high of a price tag, will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement & will come insured.. If you're not home in the day & need them shipped where they 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:

*****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. However, I do find photographing anything with 'yellow' in it, (orange, green) can come up a bit more vivid than other colors, so please take this into consideration. Please know that all screen monitors are different, so the materials can look brighter (or duller) ,more intense or less intense from one computer/phone to the next.

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 more larger & everything is more magnified & exaggerated than in actuality. Close up's make the item look so large & then you get it in hand & you are shocked since the item is much smaller than how they looked in the photos..So to get an accurate idea of how big these are,please either check them out being worn to get a rough idea (photo 2) or you can pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements.