Z Artie Yellowhorse - Navajo
2-1/4" Earrings
Pietersite/Pietercite
Medium Freeform
Brown-Gold-Olive
Medium Freeform
Single Bead & Dome Top
Sterling Silver

Artie Yellowhorse, Navajo - New Mexico, USA

These are some of the most unique and stunning earrings I have ever seen.  Cabochons of natural Pietersite/Pietercite consisting of abstract sections of fibrous chatoyant olives and greys mixed with brown/gold. It is set in incredibly consistent handmade silver beads.

This is one of my favorite stones but historically Artie has been out of it when I am in New Mexico (I prefer to choose my own pieces). Summer of '17 found me picking through a tray a raw stones. I had them make cuffs, pendants, earrings, and rings. 

I've had both gold/brown dominant and blue dominant variations.  

This is one of my favorite stones but it is both hard to get and expensive. I was fortunate enough in summer of '17 to pick through a tray a raw stones. I had them make cuffs, pendants, earrings, and rings. I've had both gold/brown dominant and blue dominant variations.  I've been trying to sprinkle what have throughout the year.  I still have a few items that remain un-posted.

First found in 1962, there are only two known sources of Pietersite in the world, Africa and China.

Please don't ask me which picture represents the earrings best, they all do, it's totally light and angle dependent. 

The accompanying photos show the piece under a variety of light conditions.  Unfortunately the beauty of the chatoyance cannot be adequately represented. 

I've NEVER had someone tell me the pictures of Pietersite looked better than the item.

Gift Boxed

Height (total): 2-1/4"H

Drop (from post): 1-7/8"

Diameter Silver Dot: 1/2"

Dimensions (Lower earring only): 1-1/4"H x 13/16"W 

Dimensions (cabochon only): 25mm x 15mm

Depth: 1/4"

Weight:  .6oz/18gr/.04lbs

Signed: Artie Yellowhorse

Hallmarked: Sterling

P113017