Wholesale Lot 1 lb. of Genuine Turquoise Rough Nuggets Cripple Creek 1/2" 1116-TC
Wholesale Lot 1 lb. of Genuine Turquoise Rough Nuggets Cripple Creek 1/2".
This Wholesale Lot features 1 pound of genuine Turquoise nuggets. This mix of quality Turquoise looks to be from the Cripple Creek mine and features a range of colors including sky blues, moss greens, and earth tone hues. These brilliant Turquoise stones are great for cutting into small cabochons for jewelry or could be drilled for stringing chokers and necklaces. It's a jewelry maker's dream. The smaller sized turquoise nuggets would also make great material for inlay, fetish pottery and turquoise mosaics. The possibilities are endless, let your imagination run wild! On average the pieces are 1/4" to 1/2" long in one direction, and can be as large as a 1" with varying thicknesses and profiles. Some smaller pieces and chips that broke off from larger pieces may be smaller than 1/4". You will be getting 1 pound from the Turquoise nuggets pictured below.
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. |