Turquoise has been worked into silver settings across Southwestern

Amber is fossilized tree resin—not a mineral but an organic gem aged over 30 to 90 million years

and root centers—the stones in this tradition associated with confidence

not pigment-based: no color is chemically present

suspending the stone between two directions at once

Sunstone Sterling Silver Ring Sunstone Turquoise has been worked intoA raw crystal set in silverthe aventurescence visible even in the mount. Sunstone is a member of the feldspar familyoligoclase or orthoclasedistinguished by platelets of hematite or goethite locked in parallel alignment within the crystal structure. Those platelets create aventurescence: a bright, glittering internal scatter of light that shifts as the stone is turned. Mohs hardness 66. 5. Oregon's Harney County is one of the world's most notable