Featured Turquoise belt buckle

Hello again. I found this belt buckle with this big- but alas, broken- piece of turquoise.

I confess to near total ignorance here and ask for your opinions on age, the impact to value being broken makes, if you think it's Navajo, or any other observations.

Thanks everybody!

 

I don't see it as having a Navajo look to it....
the break in the stone ....not a value hit....imo...

 

Hello Potteryplease, Could we see a picture of the back please? I see it- sorry : )

 

Here's a close up of the metal work and another of the back that better shows how it's indented beneath the stone.

 

And now that I'm thinking of it, is a belt buckle jewelry? Maybe I should have posted in the tribal forum... oh well!

 

possible mine source ...
https://www.nevadagem.com/pages/categorypages/easterblue.html

 

https://forum.turquoisepeople.com/ as well may have some knowledge.

I love the look of your buckle. It strikes me as an older Navajo piece possibly made by a beginner smithy. I like the conch style (pounded rounded center).

Do you think it's sterling? Kinda looks like nickel or something else?

 

Amazing to be able to find the mine... That individual patterns and compositions in the stone are that identifiable is amazing to me.

 

Yes, I'd think it was sterling silver, though obviously not marked. It's hard to get a really accurate picture of its color, but it looks like silver here in person.

We're other metals used in Southwest jewelry?

 

Each mine can have variable colors and patterns which look similar to other mines.The only real way to know which mine turquoise comes from is to buy from the mine. examples..... https://waddellgallery.com/pages/turquoise-materials

 

ya...I think it counts..!

 

that avi..!
which one are you?

 

Squash blossom necklace... it's on my to-look-for list!

 

take a number......heehehehe!!!!

but ya.....always on the look out for that special one.....

 

Just finished watching the New Peter Jackson beatles get back doc

John Lennon a magnificent different level

Paul McCartney erm......

 

Not fair really, Paul was a genius

Just not John

I was in a miserable charity shop the other day, and happy Xmas war is over came on and I nearly filled with tears

Something about his voice

 

YES.... my wife , her nephew...and I ...did 7 hrs over in 3 days.....
so, ya.....the moment I saw that ...I knew....

oh....& the Lads.....great...

the Yoko............ what a waste of space !

 

we'll get into that ....later......maybe on Rants....
I think we've jacked PP's thread enuf...!!

 

When yoko started singing, all the local cats congregated outside my window