Spiny Oyster and Arizona Turquoise 925 retailer Sterling Silver Handmade earrings.

Spiny Oyster and Arizona Turquoise 925 Sterling Silver Handmade earrings.

Beautiful handmade spiny oyster with blue turquoise handmade earrings set in 925 Sterling Silver.

Spiny Oyster with turquoise gemstone measures 1 1/2” in length.

Net wt: 3.8 Grams.

The shells of the Spiny Oyster are rare finds and are especially treasured by Native American Indian artists for their beautiful red, pink, brown, yellow, orange, purple, and white colors. It is very rare to have purely Yellow Spiny Oyster beads.

The material called, “Spiny Oyster,” used by Native American artists to make retailer inlays in fine jewelry, comes from the shell of the bivalve mollusk, Spondylus varius. ... Looking at smooth, polished Spiny Oyster set in a ring next to turquoise, one sees a very smooth, polished orange or red surface.