{"product_id":"patina-fossil-shark-tooth-turquoise-copper-leather-necklace","title":"Patina Fossil Shark Tooth Necklace | Turquoise \u0026 Copper on Three Leather Strands","description":"\u003cp class=\"s18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eLeave copper out in the weather long enough and it turns. Not rust. Not ruin. A blue-green bloom that creeps into every groove, the color of the sea working its way into metal. Nobody paints it on. It only comes with time and with weather, and once it arrives, the copper is more beautiful than the day it was new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003ePatina is built from things that earned their color. Three strands of leather, one braided black, one smooth black, one warm saddle brown, each move at their own pace around the neck. Copper beads, etched and gone blue-green in the grooves, ride the cords. Across the front sits a bar of five turquoise nuggets, sky-bright and threaded with dark matrix, the kind of blue you can see from across a room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eTurquoise has been carried for thousands of years as a stone of protection, the traveler's stone, the one you take with you into places you have never been. It is said to guard the wearer and keep her speaking her truth. Hanging just below it is a genuine fossil Isurus hastalis tooth, the extinct broad-tooth mako and the great white's ancient cousin. Millions of years in the earth wore its edges smooth and turned it the deep brown-black of river stone. Its blade is still broad, still strong, still unmistakably a shark's.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eA shark tooth is strength and resilience you can hold in your hand. Sharks lose teeth all their lives and grow them right back. This one went further: it outlasted the shark, the sea it swam in, and the millions of years since. What time took was the sharpness. What it left was the shape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003ePart of a 30-year private collection from Venice, Florida — the Shark Tooth Capital of the World. Handmade in Columbia, SC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s20\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s19\"\u003erare finds. rare women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s13\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s12\"\u003eWHO SHE'S FOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eShe has stopped apologizing for the years on her. She knows the soft edges came from somewhere, from every storm she stood through and every room she held together, and she has decided they are hers to wear. She is the woman in boots at the market, the one with sun on her shoulders and a story she does not have to tell you. Confidently her, weathered and better for it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s13\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s12\"\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eGenuine fossil Isurus hastalis (extinct broad-tooth mako) shark tooth, naturally smooth-edged with a deep brown-black finish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eTooth hand wire-wrapped in gold-tone wire\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eFive turquoise nuggets set as a bar across the front\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eAntiqued copper tube beads with a blue-green verdigris patina\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eThree leather strands: braided black, smooth black, and smooth brown\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eGold-tone wire-wrapped leather ends with lobster clasp\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003ePart of a 30-year private collection from Venice, Florida\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eHandmade in Columbia, SC\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eArrives in a burlap gift bag with a Chomp card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s13\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s12\"\u003eONE OF A KIND\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eThis exact piece only. The tooth, the turquoise, and the necklace in these photos are the ones you will receive. There is no second Patina, because there is no second of this tooth. Once she's gone, she's gone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s13\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s12\"\u003eCARING FOR YOUR PIECE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eYour tooth has already survived millions of years. Help the rest of her keep up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eTake her off before swimming, showering, or working out. Water and sweat are hard on leather and turquoise.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003ePut her on after lotion, perfume, and hairspray. Turquoise is porous and soaks up oils.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eWipe gently with a soft, dry cloth. Skip harsh chemicals, polishes, and ultrasonic cleaners.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eStore her flat or loosely coiled in a soft pouch so the leather keeps its shape.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e● \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003eThe copper patina is part of the design. Do not polish it off.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chomp Fossils and Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45219096920272,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8305\/8896\/files\/IMG_6215.jpg?v=1791991166","url":"https:\/\/chompjewelry.com\/products\/patina-fossil-shark-tooth-turquoise-copper-leather-necklace","provider":"Chomp Fossils and Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}