Sada-e-Sindh - Turquoise Silver Ring

From the Jahan collection by Orah Jewels and Crafts, Sada-e-Sindh is a silver ring set entirely in turquoise, its name meaning the echo of Sindh, drawn from the acoustics of the Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta, where sound carries across ninety three domes without a single minaret.

Turquoise is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminum, its sky blue produced by copper locked into the stone's structure while trace iron gives some stones a faint green cast at the edges. The turquoise in Sada-e-Sindh is sourced from Iran, from the Neyshabur mines in Khorasan province, the source that has supplied the world's finest turquoise for over two thousand years and reached Sindh along the same Persian trade routes that carried the tile craft used at the mosque. Turquoise is porous, and the stone in Sada-e-Sindh will deepen gradually in tone the longer it stays on the hand.

At US size 6.25, the ring sets the turquoise low and close to the finger, keeping the stone as the visible element rather than the silver around it. Made in Lahore at the Orah Jewels and Crafts facility. One piece.

Stone: Natural Turquoise (Iran)
Metal: Sterling Silver
Size: US 6.25
Weight: 6.52 g