Turquoise Sterling Silver Pendant and Earrings.

This pendant is an elegant piece of highly fashionable hand made Sterling Silver jewelry. This sensational pendant holds a gorgeous intricately hand cut cabochon of genuine Turquoise. This Turquoise looks great set up against the brilliance of Sterling Silver. Non Indian made. Suspended from a complimentary chain, this pendant is 1-1/4" long. The matching post earrings are 3/4" long. Stamped Sterling. The matrix of the Turquoise 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.