23 inch High Fashion Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Link Chain Necklace.

This Inlaid Turquoise and Sterling Silver Necklace is a gorgeous piece of hand crafted jewelry. This necklace holds gorgeous hand cut stones of genuine Turquoise. This Turquoise appears in a brilliant display of Sterling Silver. The Turquoise and the Sterling Silver channels come together to create traditional southwestern geometric designs. This sensational high quality Sterling Silver Necklace is 23-1/2" long.

Turquoise is a valuable mineral and is possibly the most valuable, non-transparent mineral in the jewelry trade. It has been mined for eons since at least 6000 BC. by early Egyptians. Its history also includes beautiful ornamental creations by Native Americans and Persians. Its popularity is still quite strong today. Although crystals of any size are rare, some small crystals have been found in Virginia and elsewhere. Most specimens are crypto crystalline, meaning that the crystals could only be seen by a microscope. The finest turquoise comes from Iran but is challenged by some southwestern United States specimens. The name comes from a French word, which means stone of Turkey, from where Persian material passed on its way to Europe.