The Zuni Trefoil: Turquoise Chain Drop StudsThe Zuni people of New Mexico were master lapidaries artisans who understood that the space between stones was as important as the stones themselves. This earring honor's their precision: a single turquoise oval stud sits quietly at the ear, connected by a delicate gold chain to a trefoil cluster of three turquoise cabochons below, arranged like petals around an invisible center. Minimal at the top, lush at the bottom a study in elegant restraint.