Two materials that built the visual language of Southwest jewelry—one from deep in the earth, one from the ocean floor.

Turquoise is a copper aluminum phosphate (CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O), its blue-green color a direct expression of copper content; it forms in arid, copper-rich ground where percolating groundwater carries copper ions into fractured host rock. The spiny oyster shell is organic—harvested from Spondylus species, bivalve mollusks related to scallops rather than oysters despite the name, found in the warm waters of the Pacific and Gulf of California. Their shells range from bright orange to deep crimson, and they have been traded throughout the American Southwest for at least 2,000 years. Both materials are set here in solid .925 sterling silver.

In the traditions of Southwest Pueblo and Navajo jewelry, turquoise and spiny oyster are the canonical pairing—sky and earth, water and fire, blue and red—carried in ceremonial and personal adornment for generations.

A pendant in a living Southwest tradition—two materials that have been worn together for two millennia.

Every crystal is hand-picked for exceptional beauty, quality and energetic integrity, then vortex-charged in Sedona’s sacred energy. This process infuses each piece with a high-frequency presence, delivering a crystal experience that feels as powerful as it looks.