John Hasseler: (#H145) SS- 14KY- CHRYSOCOLLA & DIAMOND NECKLACE

A beautiful & stunning handcrafted Sterling Silver- 14KY-  CHRYSOCOLLA with a .05ct DIAMOND created by the talented local Jeweler John Hasseler. 

JOHN HASSELER: "Having no two pieces exactly alike, John’s unique designs offer the wearer a way to express themselves as individuals in a mass produced world. Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, John Hasseler studied art at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and earned an Associates Degree in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing from Northeast Wisconsin Technical Institute in 1982.Since then, he has held the position as Master Goldsmith for retail jewelers in Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Minnesota, and a gallery artist in Hawaii and Minnesota."

Chrysocolla has a cyan (blue-green) color and is a minor ore of copper. It is of secondary origin and forms in the oxidation zones of copper ore bodies. Associated minerals are quartz, limonite, azurite, malachite, cuprite, and other secondary copper minerals. It is typically found as botrtoidal or rounded masses and crusts, or vein fillings. Chrysocolla specimen from Ray Mine, in the Scott Mountain area of Mineral Creek District, Pinal Country Arizona , US