Turquoise Jewelry Turquoise Choker Necklace 14 1/2" NN34

This Turquoise rondel choker necklace is strung with Turquoise rondels, midnight-black seed beads, sterling plated accessories and accented with Turquoise teardrops at the bottom. The Turquoise rondels measure 5/16” in diameter and the Turquoise teardrops measure 11/16” by 1/2”. The Turquoise choker necklace measures 14 and 1/2” 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 trader convinced a Navajo craftsman to craft a silver coin into turquoise jewelry.