This is a superlative Navajo Native American jewelry one stone silver ring. This piece contains a very old and unique stone that consists of a exquisite damele nevada turquoise Surrounding the stone is a marvelous hand carved silver with accenting silver rope The ring face measures around 1″? X 1″inch The ring size is around 9 Cir. Mid century no marks but tested as Sterling silver. Sturdy 11.9 grams. One of our long time favorite varieties of American Turquoise has always been Damele also spelled Damale or Damaile. We love all the gems from the famous Nevada mine, the Turquoise, the Variscite and the Faustite. The Damele mine outside of Austin, Nevada produces some of the most wonderful Turquoise and Variscite in the world. Benny Damele discovered the Damele mine about around 1973. This mine is located outside of Austin Nevada in the Dry Creek Ranch owned by the Damele family, they raise unique horses there that carry the Damele name. This is where the name of this mine comes from. There are a couple other well known mines close to this mine, the Dry Creek mine and the Godber mine. This mine is on the flats just as you are getting into the foothills of a mountain range, one of the more pretty locations for a mine. Just starting to get to an elevation that has the smaller pine trees like juniper and pinion a very scenic location. The mine that I had was on top of a mountain that looked down on this mine. Mining did not start at the Damele or Damale mine until Clyde Wright acquired the mine. Wright operated the mine for almost 18 years. Tony has brought this Nevada Turquoise mine most of it’s fame.