Carved Turquoise Sterling Silver Eagle Ring.

This Large Carved Turquoise Silver Eagle Ring is a true work of art! This Sterling Silver ring features a large stone of genuine Turquoise. This Turquoise is just full of natural cool blue colors and markings. The artist carved the image of a soaring eagle in full front with spread wings. It is amazing. The carved Turquoise stone has been set in a shining Sterling Silver ring. This ring is 1-1/8" wide at the center. You'll be getting one from this group of high quality Turquoise rings. Non Indian made. These rings range in size from 10 to 12. Stamped Sterling.

In Indian folklore it is said that there was once a chief with turquoise colored skin. One day he was running from his enemies in the hot desert. Whenever he stopped to rest, his perspiration ran onto the ground, collected in rocks and became turquoise.

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.

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