Genuine Turquoise Inlaid 14K Gold Fashion Cross Pendant.

This Genuine Turquoise and 14K Gold Pendant is a brilliant piece of hand made jewelry. This elegant Pendant was made into a traditional design out of brilliant 14K Gold. An inlaid design was artfully created from hand cut pieces of genuine Turquoise and set with precision into the slim gold channels. The sky blue hues of the Turquoise come alive next to the shine of the Gold. This beautiful Pendant comes with a 16" cord with a 14k gold clasp. This Turquoise Pendant hangs at a length of 1-1/4" and is stamped 14K.

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.