Turquoise Sterling Silver Heart Pendant 3838-PN-NEW
Turquoise Sterling Silver Heart Pendant.
This pendant is a gorgeous work of art. It holds a hand cut cabochon of genuine Turquoise. This Turquoise appears on a lost wax image of a traditional heart of Sterling Silver. The robins egg blue color of the Turquoise perfectly compliments the white shine of the Sterling Silver. Turquoise and Silver, you can't go wrong with that. Suspended from a complimentary chain, this pendant is 1" 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. |