Turquoise Jewelry Silver Pendant 6092-PN
Turquoise Jewelry Silver Pendant.
This Turquoise Jewelry Silver Pendant holds a large stone of genuine Turquoise. It comes from Albuquerque, New Mexico. This impressive nugget of Turquoise has been set on an artfully hand made Sterling Silver Pendant. This Sterling Silver has an illustrious high shine and it is of a heavy gauge. This Turquoise stone offers a brilliant display of natural blue shades with a dazzling matrix to this fine pendant. A hand made Sterling Silver bale has been included with this beautiful piece of Turquoise jewelry. Non Indian made. Suspended from a complimentary bead chain, this Turquoise jewelry silver pendant is 2-5/8" 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. |