Included in this lot is a Beradine Begay Tsosie Navajo Native American Cerrillos turquoise and sterling silver ring. This ring showcases a beautiful cut Cerrillos turquoise gemstone. Initially, Native American miners at Cerrillos simply gathered loose turquoise from the surface or chipped it from outcrops. When that surface material was exhausted, they turned to digging open pits. Later they followed rich veins underground, driving narrow, twisting drifts using only crude stone hammers and the heat of fires to crack the solid rock. The gemstone in this ring shows a beautiful matrix of limonite and quartz along with the stones natural green color. The gemstone has been expertly placed in a shadow box setting and features a braided rope border. The back of the dual band ring is stamped “BBT STERLING”. The ring measures a US size 7.