Turquoise Jewelry Inlaid Sterling Silver Spiny Oyster Necklace.

This Turquoise Jewelry Inlaid Silver Spiny Oyster Necklace is a sensational piece of traditional southwestern Turquoise jewelry. This necklace comes from Albuquerque, New Mexico. This necklace was made out of shimmering Sterling Silver. This necklace features dazzling inlaid designs made from hand cut stones of genuine Turquoise, Spiny Oyster, Alabaster, and, Jet. The mix of gemstones on this fine piece of Turquoise jewelry a fashionable and exotic look. Turquoise and Sterling Silver, you can't go wrong with that. This beautiful piece of Turquoise Jewelry has a box link chain for complete flexibility. The total length of this necklace is 15-1/2". The matching post earrings are 1-1/2" 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.