Artist/Tribe: Fred Peters (Navajo)

Born in 1960, Fred Peters is a Navajo Artist from Gallup, NM. He used to work for different manufacturing companies, so he has lots of different styles of jewelry. His work is really clean and mostly of the traditional style.

Stone: Blue Diamond Turquoise

The Blue Diamond mine is located outside of Austin, Nevada and was first mined in the 1930's.  The mine is considered a “hat mine” of which there are very few. A hat mine is a small deposit of turquoise that “you can cover with your hat”. The stones that this mine produces, which are usually large pieces in plate form, look a great deal like Stormy Mountain Turquoise because of its black smoky matrix surrounded by a brilliant blue. After many years of being closed; Blue Diamond turquoise is once again being actively mined in limited quantities by the current owner.