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Cabochon Turquoise Set in a Gold Ring - FJ.2853
Origin: Arizona
Collection: Modern Jewelry
Medium: Turquoise and Gold
£2,080.00
Location: UAE
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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 all over 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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