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Turquoise earrings We have more earrings not listed on the site we have over 200 to 300
one of a kind designs in stock at all times. If there is a particular stone
you are looking for let me know and I will see if I have it in stock.
There is nothing like turquoise earrings . The stone is amazing and I never
knew until I began designing jewelry that there were
so many different types of turquoise.
I hope to have a little bit of everything here for you.
Turquoise has been of great interest to even prehistoric man.
In the
Western hemisphere in the burial sites of prehistoric peoples the stone
was found in abundance.
The Anasazi and Hohokam mined turquoise throughout the Southwest.
Turquoise is known to be a popular trade item because it was found
hundreds of miles away from the mining
sites of New Mexico in Mexico with the Aztecs.
It seems that turquoise was considered a stone of life and
good fortune and had healing properties. In Egypt,
the earliest known use of turquoise and the first mines of Sinai,
it was mentioned as having mystical powers and was
used in the art figures and ornaments.
In India it was used in art, medicine, and jewelry. In Tibet
every Tibetan carried or wore a piece of turquoise all their life.
In North and South America the stone was used in religion,
art, trade, treaty negotiations as well as for jewelry.
It was considered to be associated with life itself.
It was thought to prevent injury through accident, prevent blindness,
by placing on the eyes or ground into a slave and as a powder.
It was ingested to cure stomach disorders, internal bleeding,
and stings from snakes and scorpions.
Their colors could forecast the good or bad,
predict the weather and influence dreams. Folklore says
It was good for almost any ailment including insanity!
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