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.
Made from Kingman turquoise. It is 21 inches long. The beads are graduated from 6mm. The tabs are graduated from .75 inch.
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Made from Kingman Turquoise. The nuggets are graduated from 5/8 inches. The necklace is 19 inches long. Olive shell beads at the ends.
Made from Kingman Turquoise. The nuggets are graduated from 1/4 inches. Accented with corla beads, Strung with 3mm olivia shell beads. The necklace is 20 inches long.
Kingman turquoise nugget necklace is 27 inches long. The nuggets are graduated from 3/4 inch in diameter. Spaced with 6mm olivia shell in-between the stones.
This necklace is 21 inches long. The largest nuggets are 1 inch in diameter. Old Kingman turquoise. Beads on the ends are 6mm pen shell.
Made by Marie Aguilar. Strung on melon shell beads. Many shapes and different stones including jet, coral, tirquoise, abalone and spiny oyster shell. 5 strands. 28 inches long.
Made by Marie Aguilar with kingman turquoise. The "chicklets" are 1/4 inch square. The necklace is strung on3mm dark olive shell beads. It is 23 inches long adjustable to 26 inches.
Made from Kingman Turquoise and spiney oyster nuggets, the nuggets are 1/4" in diameter. The 2mm beads are made from pen shell. The necklace is 28" long adjustable to 40+ inches with braided string. This is how Santo Domingo Pueblo necklace were traditionally finished. Its comfortable and quite versatile. Made that way for you to slip over your head to wear. I can finish with silver beads and chain for adjustment, but I don't recomend.
Made from Kingman Turquoise, the nuggets are 1/4" in diameter. The 2mm beads are made from pen shell. The necklace is 22" long adjustable to 30+ inches with braided string. This is the traditional way to finish a necklace at Santo Domingo Pueblo. You can adjust to the length you want and then just slip over your head to wear. No clasps to come undone. I can finish with silver beads and chain if you want, but I don't recommend.
