Turquoise Blue Opal Inlaid Sterling Silver Gecko Necklace.

This necklace is an impressive piece of hand crafted Sterling Silver jewelry. What a work of art! This necklace features the traditional southwestern image of the gecko in shining Sterling Silver. This necklace features beautiful inlaid designs made from hand cut stones of genuine Turquoise, genuine Pink Shell and lab Blue Opal. This necklace has a box link chain for complete flexibility. Non Indian made. This necklace is 23-1/4" long. The matching French hook earrings are 1-3/8" 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.