Wholesale Lot 3/4 lb of Genuine Kingman Turquoise Rough Cut Cabochons with Backing 6102-TC
Wholesale Lot 3/4 lb of Genuine Kingman Turquoise Rough Cut Cabochons with Backing.
This Wholesale Lot features 3/4 of a pound of natural Kingman Turquoise. Each rough cut stone has been given a backing and is ready to be shaped and polished for jewelry production. This Turquoise is perfect for creating any kind of Turquoise jewelry. These sky blue stones are great for cabbing. It's a hobby horse's dream. The possibilities are endless, let your imagination run wild! You will be getting 3/4 pound (367 grams) of the genuine Turquoise pictured below.
In Indian folklore it is said that there was once a chief with turquoise colored skin. One day he was running from his enemies in the hot desert. Whenever he stopped to rest, his perspiration ran onto the ground, collected in rocks and became turquoise.
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. |