Enjoy a piece of Alaskan history with a gift for yourself or loved one!
Alaska black petrified wood dates back to 25 million years ago from the Aleutian Islands and is a remnant of the monumental Dawn Redwood trees (meta-Sequoia and Sequoia trees) which grew up to 200 feet tall. Toppled and engulfed by volcanic mudflows, the organic material of these ancient trees was slowly replaced by minerals and traces of precious metals.
Sterling Silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum Millesimal fineness of 925.
One-of-a-kind. Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Jewelry designed by local artist Rosemary Libert, who lives in Skagway, Alaska.
 
 
AttentionAll pieces of petrified wood are hand-cut to fit the jewelry design then properly shined using 6 different jewelry polishing wheels. Because Alaskan black petrified wood found is extremely rare and one-of-a-kind you will receive the product pictured with very slight variations in veining. All jewelry is backed by the manufacturer.
If this item is not in stock our jeweler will make it in 4-6 weeks and ship it straight to your door.
 
 
Gold Nugget Guide
What is a natural gold nugget? It is a piece of gold that broke out of quartz deposits within the earth when erosion took place. It also goes by the name placer gold and each piece is a one of a kind with no two being exactly alike.
Where can gold nuggets be found?
Wherever the effects of erosion took place. That would include rivers, streams, ancient dried up river channels, and underground riverbeds.
How pure are they?
Gold nuggets range from 65 to 95 fine 16-23KT gold and can have other mineral content such as silver and copper mixed in with it.
What sizes do they come in?
Gold nuggets come in all sizes, the smaller one range in sizes from 1 millimeter up to 6 and is often referred to as flakes. Bigger flakes are called nuggets and have been found as large as 2500 ounces although almost all nuggets bigger than 300 ounces were melted.
How are gold nuggets found?
They can be found in rivers and streams using a gold pan or suction dredges that act like an underground vacuum cleaner. Larger operations use large machinery that digs up huge sections of dirt weighing several tons and run it through machines that separate the gold from the dirt. Nuggets are also found using a metal detector.
How are they weighed?
 They are weighed by the troy ounces. 12 ounces = one pound which differs from the weight which is 16 ounces to the pound. The troy ounces are broke up into 20-pennyweight to the ounces and use the symbol DWT or by the grams which have 31.1 to the ounces. The larger the nugget the more rare and valuable they are. A one-ounce nugget is now considered as rare as a five-carat diamond. (How many of those do you own?)
Why are some real bright and others dull?
Because it was formed underground in quartz deposit you often find quartz mixed in with it. When they broke off into the rivers and streams they tumbled against the sand and gravel, which gave the nuggets, it?s texture but dulled it. They can be cleaned in different solutions, and then tumbled in different media to give it the shine.
Where are your gold nuggets found?
All of our gold nuggets under 4 grams come from two main sources. One is located near Dawson in the Yukon Territory. The second is Atlin, BC Canada about 50 miles as the crow flies from Skagway, Alaska. Skagway was where the miners of the 1898 Klondike gold rush traveled through to reach the goldfields. This is the reason we describe them as Alaskan Yukon BC nuggets, genuine, natural gold nuggets.
All of our gold nuggets are natural, genuine, and authentic as found in nature. Not all gold nuggets are natural, some people man-make them by taking smaller gold flakes melting them and casting them into the shape of a nugget. Make sure to ask if they are genuine natural gold nuggets as found by the miners and come with a certificate of authenticity.