One Ounce of Number 1 Grade Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Nuggets 6300-TC
One Ounce of Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Nuggets.
This Wholesale Lot features One Ounce of Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Nuggets. This is 1 ounce of this premium high grade Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. Each stone features its natural blue hues that Turquoise is famous for. This loose Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is perfect for creating any kind of Turquoise jewelry. These Turquoise stones could be drilled for stringing chokers and necklaces. They could also be cut into cabochons for bracelets, pendants, buckles, and bolo ties. This is like a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless, let your imagination run wild!
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. |
