Nigar - Turquoise Silver Bracelet

From the Jahan collection by Orah Jewels and Crafts, Nigar is an adjustable silver bangle set with turquoise, its name meaning painting or portrait, drawn from the ornate detail carried across the Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta.

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 Nigar 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 brought the mosque's own tile craftsmen.

At 60 mm, the open bangle in Nigar keeps the turquoise as the focal point of the band, set to catch light along its full surface. Made in Lahore at the Orah Jewels and Crafts facility. One piece.

Stone: Natural Turquoise (Iran)
Metal: Sterling Silver
Size: 60 mm
Weight: 11.51 g