18 and 3/4" Turquoise Nugget Necklace One-of-a-Kind NN58

This Turquoise necklace is strung with beautifully matrixed genuine Turquoise nuggets, midnight-black seed beads and sterling plated accessories. The Turquoise nuggets average 7/16” by 3/8” and the Turquoise nugget necklace measures 18 and 3/4” in length with a lobster clasp and a 3/8” diameter O-ring for easy clasping. 

Persians wore turquoise jewelry. They believed turquoise offered protection by changing color to warn of pending doom. The turquoise-jewelry commonly associated with Native Americans today originated in the 1880s, when a white trader convinced a Navajo craftsman to transform a silver coin into turquoise jewelry.