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Turquoise Jewelry
Turquoise has been used by southwest American Indian tribes since 200 B.C. The turquoise stone was used in religion, ceremonies, art, trade, treaty negotiations as well as jewelry. Today, turquoise jewelry is still being made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, Santo Domingo as well as other tribes in our American Southwest. Turquoise is considered as the stone of life, good fortune and a symbol of wealth by our Native American Indians and other cultures of the world. Native American jewelry adorned with turquoise can be set in silver or gold. Turquoise is beaded, set as cabachons, cut into finer pieces or fetishes or hand-inlaid in jewelry. Turquoise gets its color from the metals in the ground where it forms. Blue turquoise forms where there is copper present. Green turquoise forms where iron is present. Matrix is the host rock, mother rock. It can be made from several different elements such as pyrite, chert, quartz, cuperite and manganese oxide. The sought after spider web turquoise is made up of small nuggets naturally cemented together with rock or matrix. When cut and polished the stone resembles a spider web. Turquoise mines produce varying colors and matrixes. We offer a wide array of turquoise jewelry in various styles and colors for you to choose from in rings, earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, watches, belt buckles, money clips and concho belts. |
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