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Turquoise Ring - FJ.5603
Origin: Arizona
Collection: Turquoise Ring
Medium: Turquoise/Gold
$2,600.00
Location: United States
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A gem of celestial blue beauty, turquoise ("The
Turkish Stone") has been prized as adornment
and sought after as a talisman throughout the
ages and allover the world. A complex phosphate
of aluminum and copper, which ranges in color
from bright blue, to green, to gray, turquoise is
mined mostly in arid regions with sedimentary
and fractured volcanic rocks. The Pharaohs of
Egypt left inscriptions recording their successful
turquoise mining in the Sinai desert, while the
Indians of the American Southwest-- who
considered it a sacred stone-found their sources
chiefly in New Mexico and Arizona. Turquoise
occurs in a wide area of the Near East and
Europe, and its use in jewelry and amulets dates
from the 5th millennium before Christ. The
Egyptians particularly valued it as a bringer of
luck, in which capacity it is still used throughout
the Middle East. In the Americas, it was
considered an essential possession for a
medicine man, and was used extensively as
adornment, as it still is today. Ancient Indian
burial sites have yielded up thousands of
turquoise beads used to decorate the deceased.
Its power as a charm of good fortune is thought
to be unrivaled because of its lucky blue color; it
is believed to protect the wearer from accidents
and falls. Therapeutically, the gem is useful for
freeing the body from toxins, preventing
arthritis, curing eye diseases, and relieving
urinary disorders. To wear turquoise is to wear
the sky on a bright and sunny day.
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