At the center of the dawn is the dewdrop heart, the pulse of the new day crowned with water and adance in the light of the rising sun. Wings calls the water, the sun, and the heart to the circle with this necklace, a dancing heart carved from the sky and webbed with golden light. The pendant is formed of an ethereal specimen of Hachita turquoise, pulled from the earth of the southern reaches of this land now called New Mexico, all sky blues and mottled mountain greens marbled with sunny golden-bronze matrix. The focal cabochon, cut into the shape of a dancing heart with the tail flying in the wind, is set into a scalloped bezel and trimmed with twisted silver, then crowned above the throat with a round cabochon of sunny translucent citrine. The slider-style bail is cut into a subtle flare and stamped freehand in a pattern reminiscent of an eagle’s feather. The pendant hangs from a cascading strand of ultra-high-grade gemstone beads in all the colors of the morning sky: blue spiderweb turquoise alternating with faceted citrine flowing upward into repeating gradients of electric green chrome diopside, rich light green jade, more citrine and webbed sky blue turquoise, and sterling silver accent beads. Each side is anchored by alternating chips of translucent green peridot and tiny rounds of blue spiderweb turquoise, culminating in a small series of tiny diamond-cut sterling silver miniature rounds. Pendant including bail is 2-3/8″ long by 1-3/4″ across at the widest point; bail is 3/8″ long by 5/16″ across at the widest point; heart cabochon is 1-1/2″ long by 1-1/2″ across at the widest point; citrine cabochon is 3/8″ across; bead strand hangs 25″ long, excluding findings (all dimensions approximate). Full view shown below.
Pendant: Sterling silver; Hachita turquoise; citrine
Bead Strand: Blue spiderweb turquoise; faceted citrine; chrome diopside;
jade; sterling silver; peridot; diamond-cut sterling silver
$1,400 + shipping, handling, and insurance
SOLD
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