Amy Quandelacy Pendant

Product Details

• Sterling Silver
• Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, inlaid stones
• Size: 2 x 3/4
• Hallmark Amy
• Zuni

The Sleeping Beauty mine is named after the range of mountains, which look like a maiden in slumber. They are located in Miami, Arizona, near Globe. The Sleeping Beauty mine produces light to dark blue turquoise with no to black matrix. It is usually found in granite and is very easy to work with. Silversmiths in the Southwest commonly use it in inlay jewelry especially the Zuni Indians who also incorporate it into their petit point and needle point jewelry. It was one of the largest mines in America. Unfortunately the Sleeping Beauty mine closed in Sept. 2012.

By Amy Quandelacy

Amy was born in 1953 on the Zuni reservation. She began making jewelry in 1976 at the age of 23. She is very well known for her hummingbird and Yei inlay designs and comes from a family of artists. Amy works with high quality sleeping beauty turquoise from Arizona and she is a multiple award-winning artist.