Most of the turquoise nuggets on this page are made by Laura Aguilar. Pictured on the left. Laura does almost all of my nugget necklaces. She has a great sense for matching the nuggets by color and size. I've seen her spend hours picking and choosing nuggets at the turquoise dealer's tables. She lives at Santo Domingo Pueblo with her husband Mathew Coriz and their children. All her nuggets are drilled by hand (of course). The turquoise mostly comes from the Kingman mines in Arizona, some of the greener comes from Nevada. Unless otherwise stated, all the turquoise has been stabilized so the color will not change with wear. No dyes have been added to the turquoise. The colors are all natural.
The first rows are Laura's nuggets. Below that are nuggets by other artists.
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Made by Torevia Crespin. The "nuggets" are shaped from all different materials and are 1/2 inch square and 1/8 inche thick, They are made from turquoise, pipestone, serpentine, jet, coral and different shells. The necklace is strung with owhite melo shell beads, 5mm in diameter. It is 32 inches long. Finished with the traditional string wrap.
