Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Inlaid Sterling Silver Post Earrings.

These earrings are sensational pieces of hand crafted jewelry. They feature traditional inlaid designs made from hand cut stones of natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. This beautiful Turquoise has been set up against the brilliance of shimmering Sterling Silver. The Sterling Silver sheets have been hand cut to create sleek and elegant designs. These impressive post earrings are 3/4" 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.