Rough Turquoise 2 oz Natural Sleeping Beauty Nuggets 6234-208450-TC
Rough Turquoise 2 oz Natural Sleeping Beauty Nuggets.
The possibilities are endless!!! These are medium sized nuggets of Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise (the Tiffany of Turquoise) in the rough. This Turquoise has come to us straight from the mine, as natural as you can get. This untampered Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is available to be purchased in packages of 2 ounces, and is meant to be used for creating cabachons and inlay work. This loose, natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise in the rough is great for creating the main gemstones for any kind of lapidary work and for making beads. Your only limit is your imagination. 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. |