Navajo Royston Turquoise and Silver Ring Adjustable

Our Navajo Royston Turquoise Ring is a striking piece of wearable sculpture, personally commissioned by Jean Marie from a skilled female Navajo artisan. Three substantial turquoise cabochons rise vertically across the hand, two organic teardrop forms surrounding a generous oval center stone, each framed in hand-worked silver rope and accented with sculptural stamped details. The stones move from luminous aqua and clear turquoise blue to blue-green touched with warm brown matrix, creating a composition that feels collected rather than perfectly matched. It is precisely this individuality that gives the ring its presence: three distinct stones brought together through the silversmith’s eye.

Royston turquoise comes from the historic Royston mining district near Tonopah, Nevada, where turquoise production dates to the early twentieth century. The district remains active today, but on a relatively small scale, so it is becoming a rare commodity. This artisan works from rough Royston that she has stockpiled. Royston turquoise is one of Jean Marie ( our founder's)  favourites, it is especially admired for its remarkable range, from pale aqua and vivid blue to olive and deep green, often intertwined with golden-brown or chocolate matrix. Finding three substantial stones with enough harmony to belong together while retaining their individual character is far more difficult than sourcing a single cabochon, making a composition like this particularly special.

Turquoise has held profound importance for Diné people for generations, long before it became internationally associated with Southwestern silver jewelry. Smithsonian material describes turquoise as having sacred significance in Navajo tradition and associates wearing turquoise jewelry with health, well-being, prosperity, and living a good life. Historic museum collections also preserve Navajo silver-and-turquoise rings dating to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, demonstrating how deeply the pairing of stone and silver became embedded in Diné jewelry traditions.

For Jean Marie, commissioning this ring was about allowing exceptional turquoise to dictate the design rather than forcing the stones into uniformity. Her love of Native American jewelry began during childhood travels through the Southwest with her mother, Philomena, and today she especially values working directly with Native artisans to create pieces with unmistakable individuality.

Bold, sculptural, and impossible to duplicate exactly, this ring brings together remarkable Royston turquoise, accomplished Navajo silverwork, and the personal collaboration behind its creation, a piece made not merely to accessorize, but to be collected, worn often, and eventually passed forward.

Length 1.5" x .5"

Size adjustable 6-10

Made in Arizona, USA.