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TURQUOISE PROVENANCE :

All of these exquisite cuts come from the renowned Larry Cooley collection. When Larry passed away a few years ago, Federico had the unique opportunity to purchase Larry’s entire collection, which Larry had been carefully assembling and refining over several decades. Turquoise connoisseurs, designers, vendors, lapidarians—you name it—everyone fiercely coveted his collection. However, thanks to Federico’s close, longstanding relationship with Larry and his family, he was able to acquire the entire collection, albeit at a considerable price. This high cost reflects the superior quality of Larry’s turquoise and the unfortunate reality that most of the mines where this turquoise originated are now depleted. Larry was known for carrying only THE best turquoise, characterized by its exceptional hardness—a key indicator of quality in turquoise—meaning his stones did not require any treatments before cutting. Nowadays, some of the rare turquoise pieces he owned simply can’t be found on the market. And if they are, their price per carat is remarkably high. So when this turquoise supply is finally used up, it will truly be gone forever..

THE RING:

THE ADJUSTABLE BYPASS SHANK:
This is presently set at a size 9.5.. If you look at the 9th photo, you will see that the bypass shank is stamped in it’s entirety & is made of a tapered strip of sheet sterling that curls around & is made of heavy gauge sterling. If you need to go smaller by no more than say a size or so, this is something you will have to ask your jeweler to do, since I don’t have the tools to bring it down in size. BUT, if you need it bigger, I can do this for you..(No more than say a 1-1/2 sizes)

PRICING IS BASED ON:

****The Artist, the artists reputation, turquoise quality, amount of carats, the cost per carat for this quality,as well as rising costs with everything increasing in price . Also reflected in price, is the cost that sterling has gone up to, as well as paying an ‘on staff’ crew to do Federico’s designs & the time involved to make..***

DETAILS:

ARTIST: FEDERICO JIMENEZ

TURQUOISE PROVENANCE :LARRY COOLEY COLLECTION

CIRCA MINED: 1950'S -1960'S

PRESENT RING SIZE: 9-1/2

WEIGHT: 1.13 OUNCES (32.2 Grams)

FACE SIZE: 3" X 1-1/2" (At it’s widest)

STONE: NEVADA SAMPLER TURQUOISE

TURQUOISE GRADE: NATURAL-NON TREATED-HIGH GRADE

TURQUOISE CUTS: MOSTLY OVAL CUTS

SHANK STYLE: ADJUSTABLE

HALLMARK: JF/STERLING

COMES GIFT BOXED

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SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT:

Because of the price,this will have a mandatory signature confirmation requirement & will come insured.. If you're not home in the day & need it shipped where it can be signed for,please change that in your "Ship To" section before I create the shipping label***I'm sorry if this may be an inconvenience, but I do not ship expensive pieces without one. This is for your safety & mine.

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PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:

In order to give you close up photos so I can provide you with all the detail, can tend to make the item look much larger & everything is more magnified than in actuality.. So to get an accurate idea of how big this is, please view it on the finger or what you can do is pull out a tape measure & compare to my given measurements.

*****I do not consider myself a 'professional photographer" but I do try to give you photos that are 'realistic" in color, just so you're not shocked, nor disappointed when you get the piece. I find however that photographing anything with 'yellow' in it, (orange, green) can come up a little more vivid than other colors, so please take this into consideration when viewing the photos.. Remember, every monitor is different since some can show something to be more vivid and other monitors can make it look duller.