Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Sterling Waterfall Necklace Pansy Johnson

Stone:This waterfall necklace features clusters of beautiful and very rare AAA Grade Sleeping Beauty turquoise cabs (rare, polished, natural).Sleeping Beauty turquoise comes in a pure sky blue or robin's egg blue color and is relatively stable and suitable for jewelry making. The Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Mine, located in Globe, Arizona, is one of the most famous turquoise mines and produces some of the most desirable turquoise in the world due to the purity of its color. The mine closed for a second time (first time in the early 1960s) in August 2012, which has skyrocketed the price of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise.The mine's name comes from the mountain the mine is located in, which from far away looks like a sleeping woman lying on her back with her arms crossed.Artist:Pansy Johnson is a silversmith living in Gallup, NM. She was born in the 60's. In 1975, she learned how to silversmith when major fashion designers and celebrities began wearing turquoise and silver. The popularity of tur