Artisanal jewelry is distinguished by individual maker involvement at every stage: hand-fabrication, hand-finishing, and the surface evidence that comes with it. The slight variation isn't a flaw.
Myth & Meaning
Turquoise's Aztec sacred significance comes from the Nahuatl name "chalchihuitl" meaning precious thing supported by mosaic masks and ceremonial objects in museum collections, which gives the stone's pre-Columbian American sacred standing a documentary basis rather than an interpreted one.
Value & Quality
Beautiful. Well-made. Attainable. Ross-Simons was founded on these three qualities, and the standards in our collection reflect all of them. For over seventy years, this founding idea hasn't drifted, and neither has the expectation that the piece in your hand should reflect every part of it.