Turquoise Lapis Sterling Silver Cluster Pendant and Earrings.

This pendant is a real beauty. This one has been masterfully hand made out of shimmering Sterling Silver. This sensational pendant features a traditional southwestern style cluster design made from hand cut cabochons of genuine Turquoise, Lapis, Spiny Oyster and Gaspeite. Sterling Silver twist wire gives this fine piece of hand made jewelry extra detail. Non Indian made. Suspended from a complimentary chain, this pendant is 2-1/4" long. The matching post earrings are 1-1/8" long. Stamped Sterling. The matrix of the gemstones may slightly vary. The photo is an excellent representation of the one of a kind hand made pendant you'll receive.

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.