Wholesale Lot 1/2 lb. of Genuine Fox Mine Turquoise nuggets 5711-TC
This Wholesale Lot features 1/2 pound of genuine stabilized Turquoise nuggets from the Fox Mine. Each stone features its own natural green and blue hues. This Turquoise is perfect for creating any kind of hand made jewelry. These stones could be drilled for stringing chokers and necklaces. They would also be great for cutting into cabochons for bracelets, pendants, buckles, and bolo ties. The possibilities are endless, let your imagination run wild! You will be getting 1/2 pound from the genuine, stabilized Fox Turquoise pictured below. Size and color vary within a fascinating spectrum of shapes and colors. On average the nuggets are 3/4" long in one direction, and can be as large as 3" or occasionally as small as 1/4 of an inch with varying thicknesses and profiles. Although 95% of this material is genuine Fox Mine Turquoise nuggets; some small nuggets and chips of Lapis, Malachite, or Turquoise from other places have found their way into this pile as the by-product of cabochon production and carving.
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. |