Turquoise Jewelry Sterling Silver Turquoise Opal Dangle Earrings EO20

Solid sterling silver dangle earrings inlaid with genuine Turquoise and Cultured Opal. Turquoise earrings measure 3/8" long from the top of the bale to the bottom of the earrings.

Persians extensively wore turquoise jewelry. They believed turquoise offered protection by changing color to warn of pending doom. They covered grand palace domes with turquoise because its sky-blue color represented the heavens. The turquoise jewelry associated with Native Americans today began in the 1880s, when a trader convinced a Navajo craftsman to craft silver coins into turquoise jewelry. Prior to this time, the Native Americans had made solid turquoise beads, carvings, and inlaid mosaics.