Turquoise Earrings Silver Tear Drop French Hook Earrings.

These Turquoise Jewelry Silver French Hook Earrings are gorgeous pieces of hand made Navajo Indian jewelry. These earrings each feature a hand cut genuine block Turquoise to form the image of a tear drop. These Turquoise tear drops have been set in the brilliance of shimmering Sterling Silver. Sterling Silver cones offer these Turquoise earrings a high shine and the look of elegance. Turquoise and Silver, you can't go wrong with that. These Turquoise earrings hang from their French hooks at a length of 1-3/4". Stamped Sterling. The matrix of the Turquoise may slightly vary.

There are many legends about Turquoise; The Pima consider it to bring good fortune and strength and believe that it helps 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.