Black Onyx Turquoise Sterling Silver Necklace and Earrings.

This is a gorgeous collection of hand made Sterling Silver jewelry. This set includes a necklace and pair of beautiful earrings. Each piece of jewelry in this set features hand cut, hand etched stones of genuine Black Onyx. Hand cut stones of genuine Spiny Oyster, Turquoise, Gaspeite, and lab Blue Opal have been inlaid into the Black Onyx with perfect precision. These gemstones have been set in the brilliance of Sterling Silver. Non Indian made. The necklace is 20-1/2" long. The post earrings are 7/8" long. Stamped Sterling. Matrix of the gemstones may slightly vary. The photo is an excellent representation of the one of a kind hand made necklace you'll receive.

There are many legends about Turquoise; The Pima consider it to bring good fortune and strength and that it helped overcome illness. The Zuni believe that blue turquoise was male and of the sky and green turquoise was female and of the earth. Pueblo Indians thought that its color was stolen from the sky. In Hopi legend the lizard who travels between the above and the below, excretes turquoise and that the stone can hold back floods. The Apache felt that turquoise on a gun or bow made it shoot straight. The Navajo consider it as good fortune to wear and believe it could appease the Wind Spirit.