ABOUT HAPPY PIASSO:

Born in '72 in Socorro, NM & was raised in Alamo, NM.. Happy has been making jewelry approximately half of her life & learned the art from her husband "Rudy Willie", who she teams with.. Her husband Rudy is apart of the well known “Willie Family”, who have all made a name in the industry & are all good, if not great, at what they do. . Rudy's brothers are "Ronnie, Lonnie ,sister "Melissa" to name just a few from this huge family of artists. Rudy's nieces/nephews are Shaminika Willie, Tawny Willie (Formally Cruz) Cooper Willie & Dakota Willie (Plus more!) You can see all these artists in my listings! Happy is an artist that never strays from giving us traditional looking jewelry & is committed to this look that was passed on from their Navajo ancestors .

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ABOUT THE TURQUOISE:

In the hills of Kazakhstan sits the Golden Hills mine,where this turquoise is only mined in the winter month's during the freezing cold & snow.They cannot mine it it the summer due to the area flooding due to the conditions there.It is difficult to get because of the environment & the location.

Kazakhstan turquoise is one of the prettiest turquoise being mined & due to it's popularity, it's actually both Sonoran turquoise & Kazakhstan that are some of the highest in demand, when it comes to turquoise in today's market..We love our USA turquoise, but buyers just can't get enough of these 2 non-USA mines!

The blues this turquoise is known for,is for it's unique periwinkle color that has these wonderful undertones of lavender with brick color-reddish brown clay color matrix.It is truly unbelievable when it's in the sun!

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DESCRIPTION:

Sitting pretty all by itself, is a fabulous cut that has all the characteristics that we love with this particular turquoise! Intermixed with it's beautiful brick colored matrix,are the true periwinkle colors that play a dominate role in the cut.

Helping to frame & accentuate the stone are little hand made star conchos that follow the stones shape in it's entirety..These are all hand made by Happy where we melted sterling into little beads & then stamped them to create the 'star' design. The face sits on a corrugated 1/4" shank & the sterling has a mirror finished look.

Artist, turquoise quality, cost per carat for this quality, amount of carats, sterling cost & artists time are reflected in price

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INFO:

ARTIST: Happy Piasso

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Navajo

SIZE: 7-3/4

FACE MEASUREMENT: 1-1/2" x 1"

WEIGHT: 16 Grams

STONE: Premium Grade-Kazakhstan-Golden Hills Turquoise

STONE SIZE: 29.8 mm x 16.7 mm (Roughly 1-1/8" x 5/8")

STONE CUT: Free Form Oval-ish

METAL: Sterling Silver

METAL FINISH: Contemporary

ADJUSTABLE: No

STYLE: Traditional Navajo-Kazakhstan-Golden Hills-Turquoise Ring

HALLMARK: H.Piasso Sterling

Comes Gift Boxed

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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. Although jewelry generally always looks better in person, you still have to take the monitor you're looking at the item with, into consideration. Please go through each photo to see any variation to get an idea. Whether it be your computer monitor or phone screen, the item can appear to be either more vivid (Or duller).

In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, photos can tend to make the item look much more larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality. So to get an idea of size,please view it on hand (photo 2) or if you have a measuring tape,please pull that out & then compare everything to the measurements I provided you with.