Genuine Turquoise Pendant Sterling Silver Jewelry

This Turquoise Jewelry Silver Pendant holds a large stone of genuine Turquoise. This impressive oval cabochon of Turquoise has been set on an artfully hand-made Sterling Silver Pendant. This Sterling Silver has an illustrious high shine and it is of a heavy gauge. This Turquoise stone offers a brilliant display of natural blue green shades with a dazzling matrix to this fine pendant. A traditional design and a hand-twisted Sterling Silver wire surround the Turquoise stone. A hand-made Sterling Silver bail has been included with this beautiful piece of Turquoise jewelry. Suspended from a complimentary chain, this Turquoise jewelry silver pendant is 2-1/2" long and 1-1/4" wide. Stamped Sterling and signed by the artist. You will receive one from the group.

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.