Inlaid Turquoise Pearl Sterling Silver Post Earrings.

These earrings are highly fashionable with a contemporary yet traditional look. This pair features inlaid designs made with hand cut stones of block Turquoise and genuine Mother of Pearl. These gorgeous gemstones are artfully showcased in shining Sterling Silver. These post earrings are 3/8" long.

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.