This Wholesale Lot of semi-precious stone inlay chips has everything from soup to nuts. Although 95% is genuine Turquoise and Lapis; Malachite, Coral, Onyx, Spiny Oyster, Magnesite, Pipe Stone, and more has found its way into this pile as the by-product of cabochon or heishi production and carving. Each stone features its own natural colors and shapes. This mix of chip stone is perfect for creating unique hand made jewelry. This material is great for making inlay jewelry, fetish pottery, or incredible mosaics. This is like a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless, let your imagination run wild! You will be getting 1/2 pound from the inlay Chips pictured below. Size and color vary within a blue-green spectrum of shapes and colors. On average the chips are 3/4 of an inch wide in one direction, and can be as long as 1 1/2" or occasionally as small as 1/8 of an inch with varying thicknesses and profiles.

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.