Turquoise 14K Gold Bead Slider Pendant.

This Turquoise 14K Gold Bead Slider Pendant is a gorgeous piece of hand made jewelry. This Bead Pendant was made into a traditional design out of brilliant 14K Gold. An inlaid design on this Gold Pendant was artfully created from hand cut pieces of genuine Turquoise. The natural robins egg blue color of the Turquoise perfectly compliments the shine of the Gold. This Bead Pendant would look great on just about any Gold chain you put it on. Non Indian made. This Turquoise Bead Pendant is 3/8" by 5/8". The Bead Pendant will fit a chain of a thickness of 4mm or less.

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.