Turquoise Sterling Silver Belt Buckle.

This Turquoise Silver Belt Buckle is an impressive piece of hand made Turquoise jewelry art. This Belt Buckle features a large nugget of genuine Turquoise. This Turquoise has been set up against a brilliant display of Sterling Silver. Sterling Silver feather figures and hand made Sterling Silver dots give this belt buckle extra detail. Turquoise and Sterling Silver, you can never go wrong with that. Made in our shop. This Turquoise Buckle is 2-3/4" by 3-1/4" with a 1-3/4" wide keeper on the back. Signed by local artist Lucky or with our hallmark. Stamped Sterling and Hand Made. Turquoise stones may vary. The photo is an excellent representation of the one of a kind hand made buckle you'll receive. You'll be getting one from the group.

In Arizona turquoise ranks first in terms of value of production and is also the best known of its gem materials. As stated earlier, nearly all important deposits of turquoise are located near copper occurrences or in copper deposits in arid desert regions of the world. Thus, the world famous turquoise deposits associated with certain of the large Arizona copper deposits are to be expected. Turquoise is or has been mined from a number of these copper mines as a byproduct, usually by outside contractors. The financial and operating terms of the collecting contracts vary from mine to mine. Some of the operations are little more than the efforts of individual commercial collectors. Some are essentially full-scale mining operations that are simultaneous with, but separate from, the regular mining operations; and still others operate on an on-call basis as turquoise is uncovered by the regular copper mining operation. Regardless of the size or the sophistication of the initial mining or recovery operation, the actual turquoise is recovered by careful extraction using hand methods.