Turquoise Nugget Silver Bead French Hook Earrings.

These earrings are full of natural character. These sensational earrings have been hand strung with gorgeous nuggets of genuine Turquoise. The Turquoise nuggets appear with shining plated Silver beads on French Hooks. Turquoise and Silver, you can't go wrong with that. These beautiful French hook earrings are 2-1/8" long.

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.