Round Tyrone Turquoise Turquoise Sterling Silver Statement Ring

Experience bold beauty with our Round Tyrone Turquoise Ring! Made with genuine Tyrone Turquoise and sterling silver, this statement ring adds a pop of color to any outfit. A playful addition to your jewelry collection. It has a castellated bezel with a ball rope around the bezel

Tyrone turquoise is mined outside of Silver City in the southwest area of New Mexico. As with many turquoise mines, its original purpose was for copper mining. Turquoise is considered a secondary mineral of a copper mine. Because the money and scale of operation is for the copper, these companies see turquoise as a waste product and it ends up in the tailings. Rarely, some copper companies will allow people to pick turquoise out of these rock “refuse” piles. In the early 1980s, when the Tyrone mine owner, Phelps Dodge, employed a new extraction method of crushing and acid wash, this process destroyed any turquoise within the copper ore. Because of this, Tyrone turquoise has not been mined since then.

Turquoise is a healing stone, and considered a protective stone for women to wear.

Overall 2" in Diameter. This ring is size 8.