| Description: Starting at the top of the necklace, the clasp, and going down:
1) The medicine wheel clasp is platinum and 18 karat gold. The colors symbolize the unity of all people in the way The Creator expects.
2) Platinum chain represents the similarities that bind Native and all people of creation.
3) The yellow gold Apache Burden Basket represents the many attributes of the Apache way, the red enamel represents the “ Red Road”.
4) The yellow gold Hopi Sun Symbols represent acknowledgment of the Creator's wish for all living things to flourish.
5) The yellow gold and chrome pyrope garnet circle symbolize the Apache Shooting Star beliefs: when you see a shooting star an Apache is born, when a child is born life, begins with the Circle of Family. The Circle represents Creation, Respect, Tradition, and Harmony.
6) The yellow gold lighting bolts represent the Omaha Thunder Society Clan. This Clan encourages heroic spirit among its people and. keeps alive the memory of historical and heroic acts.
7) The 18.45, karat modified trillion cut rubellite tourmaline honors the Southern California Pala mines and is the best example of United States mined and cut tourmaline.
8) The yellow gold Navajo Squash Blossom represents the Navajo's contribution to Native American jewelry design. It was this design that first made Native American jewelry popular.
9) The yellow gold Zuni Clusters represent the Zuni's respect for the Beauty of Nature and our direct relationship to all living things.
10) The yellow gold inner bezel contains four sections of four stones each. They are peridot and garnet alternating and represent the Four Directions, the Four Seasons, the Four Grandparents, and the Four Stages of Life.
11) The Comanche Morning Star consists of four trillion cut and one princess cut peridots. The Morning Star is reminder to thank The Creator for another day of life.
12) The Checker board briolette peridot gemstones represent when Mother Earth opens herself to us and gives us her gifts from within. In this case, the San Carlos mines.
Crafted with 955 Platinum chain and nearly 6 ounces of 18K gold, this pendant features one modified custom cut trillion cut 24 x 16mm Pink Tourmaline in a bezel setting. Above the center stone are 14 round diamond cut ruby red Chrome Pyrope garnets in prong settings. Additionally, 6 trillion cut 5mm red Chrome Pyrope garnets in prong settings provide upper symmetry. Below center, a blaze of 4 trillion cut 6mm green Peridot surround 1 square princess cut 6mm Peridot, all in bezels. Encircling accents of 12 round diamond cut 2.5mm red Chrome Pyrope garnets alternate between 8 round diamond cut 2.5mm Peridot, all in bezels. Providing a gentle finish are 3 precision briolette diamond cut Peridot gems, the largest measuring 13 x 7mm, graduating outward to matching 9.5 x 5mm stones. The total combined gemstone weight of this custom necklace is 36.9 carats.
Origin & Authenticity: The deep Pink Tourmaline (rubellite) is from Tourmaline Queen Mountain in Pala, California. The green Peridot is Apache from the San Carlos Apache Nation, Arizona. The red Chrome Pyrope garnet is from the Navajo Nation, Arizona. All of the stones are natural and untreated American gemstones.
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