Turquoise Lapis Sterling Silver Pendant and Earrings.

This pendant is an impressive and beautiful piece of hand made Sterling Silver jewelry. This one features a bold and gorgeous display of genuine Turquoise, Lapis, Gaspeite, and Apple Coral. These gemstones have been perfectly hand cut to create large oval cabochons which have been set up against the brilliance of Sterling Silver. Non Indian made. Suspended from a complimentary chain, this pendant is 2-1/4" long. The matching French hook earrings are 1-5/8" 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.