Santo Domingo Handmade Natural Gem Grade Stennich Turquoise Bead Necklace - Ray Lovato (#147)

Southwest Jewelry 31" long Wrap: 4 3/4" We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on every purchase. Stennich Turquoise August “Gus” Stenich was an elderly Austrian emigrant who owned a gold mine along with several significant turquoise claims, including his namesake, Stenich. Gus quickly developed a reputation as an ornery and suspicious character, figuring this type of reputation would help protect his claims from the many turquoise scavengers and cheats who would steal turquoise and gold from his claims when he was in town buying supplies. The Stenich mine and all of Gus’s claims were willed to J.W. Edgar upon Stenich’s death. It is said that his last will and its details were written out on an old bread wrapper paper that was found with Gus’s body at his Stenich campsite. About the artist: The gift of humor is a blessing to those who have it, and to those of us exposed to the comic. From an early age, Steve and I have been blessed with the humor of Santa Domingo artist Ray Lovato.