Most of the turquoise nuggets on this page are made by Laura Aguilar. Pictured on the left. Laura does almost all of my nugget necklaces. She has a great sense for matching the nuggets by color and size. I've seen her spend hours picking and choosing nuggets at the turquoise dealer's tables. She lives at Santo Domingo Pueblo with her husband Mathew Coriz and their children. All her nuggets are drilled by hand (of course). The turquoise mostly comes from the Kingman mines in Arizona, some of the greener comes from Nevada. Unless otherwise stated, all the turquoise has been stabilized so the color will not change with wear. No dyes have been added to the turquoise. The colors are all natural.
The first rows are Laura's nuggets. Below that are nuggets by other artists.
Made from Kingman Turquoise. The nuggets are graduated from 3/4 inches. The necklace is 22 inches long Spaced with olivia shell beads.
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Made from Kingman Turquoise. The nuggets are graduated from 5/8 inches. The necklace is 19 inches long. Olive shell beads at the ends.
Made from Kingman Turquoise. The nuggets are graduated from 1/4 inches. Accented with corla beads, Strung with 3mm olivia shell beads. The necklace is 20 inches long.
Kingman turquoise nugget necklace is 27 inches long. The nuggets are graduated from 3/4 inch in diameter. Spaced with 6mm olivia shell in-between the stones.
This necklace is 21 inches long. The largest nuggets are 1 inch in diameter. Old Kingman turquoise. Beads on the ends are 6mm pen shell.
Made from Kingman turquoise. It is 25 inches long. The beads are graduated from 8mm. The tabs are graduated from 1.25 inch.
Made by Marie Aguilar. Strung on melon shell beads. Many shapes and different stones including jet, coral, tirquoise, abalone and spiny oyster shell. 5 strands. 28 inches long.
Made by Marie Aguilar with kingman turquoise. The "chicklets" are 1/4 inch square. The necklace is strung on3mm dark olive shell beads. It is 23 inches long adjustable to 26 inches.
