Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Post Swirl Earrings.

This pair of Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Post Swirl Earrings is absolutely gorgeous! From Albuquerque, New Mexico. These earrings have been finely hand crafted out of shimmering Sterling Silver. The Sterling Silver has a beautiful swirl design holding hand cut stones of genuine Turquoise. These fine Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Dangle Post Swirl Earrings are 1-1/4" long. Stamped Sterling.

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.