DAVID ROSALES & THE SUPERSMITH DESIGN TEAM. A number of excellent Navajo silversmiths and lapidary artist create David's designs from a studio in Gallup, New Mexico.
All David Rosales designs are in sterling silver or 14 karat gold. Among the stones used in his pieces are Kingman, Sleeping Beauty and China turquoise, sugilite, lapis lazuli, denim lapis, variscite, black jade and red coral. Pieces can also be set with lab opal, Australian (blue-green) opal and Bisbee turquoise. Australian opal and Bisbee are only set in 14 karat gold. All styles can be ordered in different color combinations and in "cobble" style - in cobble each stone is thicker and stands above the silver much like a cobblestone pathway. Lab opal is opal grown in the laboratory, which takes approximately 10 months. It looks like natural "white" opal, only it is much stronger.
Prices for settings in red coral, Australian opal and Bisbee turquoise are higher.
Prices will differ depending upon the price of gold or silver, stones ordered and whether in cobble style, or not.
ALBUQUERQUE is gaspeite, lapis lazuli, coral, China turquoise, sugilite, spiny oyster and Sleeping Beauty turquoise
CHACO is lapis, sugilite, Chiinese turquoise and coral.
COLORADO is Lapis lazuli, gaspeite and turquoise
DESERT FIRE is orange and red spiney oyster shell
NATIVE EARTH is black jade, tigereye and picture jasper.
PLUM CRAZY is light and dark sugilite.
SEDONA is red and pink coral, Sleeping Beauty and Kingman turquoise
SHALAKO is sugilite, China turquoise and lab opal
SPRING MOUNTAIN is lapis, denim lapis, Sleeping Beauty turquoise, varicite, China turquoise and sugilite
SUNRISE is gaspeite, orange spiney oyster shell, and Sleeping Beauty turquoise
TUCSON is orange spiny oyster, purple spiny oyster, turquoise and lapis lazuli
TURQUOISE CREEK is picture jasper, black jade, and Sleeping Beauty turquoise
TURQUOISE MESA is tigers eye, black jade, and Sleeping Beauty turquoise
TURQUOISE VALLEY is Sleeping Beauty and Kingman turquoise