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Turquoise Bead Pendant

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Turquoise Bead Pendant

Durango Silver Company produces a wide variety of  Turquoise Bead Pendants such as the Turquoise Bead Pendant to the right.  We have just updated our Turquoise Bead Pendant presentation located on the DurangoSilver.com site and invite you to view this informational page now. This informational page offers a lot of great information on the types of Turquoise Bead Pendants that are available through our company.

Turquoise Bead Pendant

Turquoise Bead Pendant

There are several types of a Turquoise Bead Pendant Durango Silver Company produces. This particular one on the right is a Sterling Silver Turquoise Inlaid Bead, Navajo handmade. The Silver is created in a bead shape with recesses to inlay the Turquoise into. This type of Turquoise Bead Pendant has a substantial amount of hand work that goes into it and they are popular as individuals can easily realize they are unique pieces of Silver Jewelry. You can read more about this Turquoise Bead Pendant on its presentation page. 

Turquoise Bead Pendant Types

 There are many different Turquoise Bead Pendants that are in all shapes and sizes. Native American Indians of the Southwest hand sculpt chunks of Turquoise with lapidary machines and polish the Turquoise gemstones to create a one of a kind Turquoise Bead Pendant. Oval, round, teardrop, square and free form shaped Turquoise Bead Pendants in all Turquoise color ranges from pale blue to deep dark blue as well as pale green to emerald green are available, different individuals are attracted to different shapes, colors and matrix configurations to sooth their desires. Many spiritual minded people search for the perfect Turquoise Bead Pendant as they believe that Turquoise is a powerful healing gemstone that they will covet for the rest of their lives.

Ancient Turquoise Bead Pendant To the left is an acient Turquoise Bead Pendant that is over 1000 years old. It is unknown where it created, however, it appears to be Tibetan. Turquoise Bead Pendants have been made all over the world for over 7500 years and have been coveted by Royalty such as Kings, Queens, Pharohs, Gladiators, Healers and Native Peoples worldwide including Native American Indians.

 It is in historical records around the world that a Turquoise Bead Pendant was one of the greatest spiritual possessions of many and that Roman Gladiators would not go into the arena without a piece of Turquoise on their possession or they would surely die.

Turquoise is one of the very first gemstones known to mankind, carbon dated examples of ancient Turquoise Jewelry as well as Turquoise Bead Pendants are on display in the Cairo, Egypt Museum dated 5,500 B.C. You can read more about Turquoise, Ancient Turquoise and related information by going to our Learning Center to pick and choose the educational article of your choice.

We hope you will follow Durango Silver Company by joining our Email Newsletter where we will send you wonderful information on Turquoise and special members only deals on Turquoise, Turquoise Jewelry and even a special Turquoise Bead Pendant that will become your good luck healing stone. We also have a monthly drawing for members only where we give away special Turquoise items, it is written over and over that the most important spiritual Turquoise pieces are the ones that have been given, we give away free natural Turquoise to our members in our Turquoise Give Away program.

Please come and browse our site and type in Turquoise Bead Pendant in the search box!

Turquoise Earrings

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Turquoise Earrings

Turquoise EarringsSouthwestern Turquoise Earrings have been a major part of the Silver Jewelry that we produce. Our speciality is the use of authentic Turquoise in handcrafted Sterling Silver Earrings. We only use real Turquoise in our Silver Earrings and most of what we use is authentic American Turquoise.

If you would like to take a look at available Turquoise Earrings, click here!

We have and produce Navajo Turquoise Earrings, Zuni Turquoise Earrings and Contemporary Artisan handmade Turquoise Earrings. The pair to the left were Zuni handcrafted with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise from Arizona.

Quality Turquoise Earrings

Navajo Turquoise Earrings

To the right is a pair of Navajo handmade Turquoise Earrings made with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise in Sterling Silver. This type of Dangle Turquoise Earrings is done in the Navajo cluster style, meaning the stones are set in a cluster. This is classic to Navajo Indian Jewelry as they have been making Turquoise Cluster Jewelry for over 75 years.

Durango Silver Company has  a lot of unusual Turquoise Earrings that you will not see in other web-stores, catalogs or Jewelry Stores. We specialize in Southwestern style Silver Jewelry with exceptional authentic Turquoise, most of which is Natural American Turquoise.

We have a great informational page on Turquoise Earrings we believe you will really appreciate, check it out! We also have a great presentation on Green Turquoise Earrings you will like to see as well. Both presentations have several great photos with descriptions of the Earrings in the photos – great information! 

Turquoise Earrings

Contemporary Turquoise EarringsThis is a pair of contemporary Turquoise Earrings that were produced by Durango Silver Company, handmade in the USA! They feature a matched pair of Kingman Turquoise gemstones from Arizona that dangle from a pair of purple Sugilite Gemstones. These stones are bezel set in Sterling Silver which keeps the attention on the gemstones. Contemporary bezel set Earrings are very popular and in vogue these days.

These were three pair of Earrings are typical of what you will find at Durango Silver Company. We also have great Turquoise Beaded Earrings that are made with authentic Turquoise as well as other authentic gemstones. We hope you will check out what we have now and hope you will come back often to see the new Turquoise Earrings that we ad weekly.

You will love our Turquoise Earrings!

 

 

Turquoise Bead Bracelet

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Turquoise Bead Bracelet

Turquoise Bead BraceletIf you are interested in a Turquoise Bead Bracelet, you have come to the right place! Durango Silver Company has mined and collected Turquoise for over 40 years and we have made Turquoise Jewelry for nearly 40 years as well. We have a fabulous collection of authentic Turquoise Beads and we produce many beautiful Turquoise Bracelets handcrafted here in Durango, Colorado USA.

View our Turquoise Bead Bracelet page to see what we have available today!

We have also created a great informational presentation page on the Turquoise Bead Bracelet that we believe you will find very informative and enjoyable as well! We invite you to visit this page now by clicking on the link in this paragraph.

A Turquoise Bead Bracelet by Durango Silver Company

We make a lot of Beaded Bracelets and we often make a custom Turquoise Bead Bracelet for our customers. We also make matching Beaded Jewelry sets that many other companies do not do. A Turquoise Bead Bracelet with a matching pair of Turquoise Bead Earrings are great to have made a the same time because we will use the exact same bead type and will make a set that matches excellent. Nattarika Hartman is our head person in charge of beading and she is superb! Take a look at many of our Beaded Jewelry items to get a good idea of what you want or find another example on the Internet for her. She is easy to work with and she makes some of the best Turquoise Beaded Bracelets coming out of the Southwestern USA today.

An Authentic Turquoise Bead Bracelet

Authenticity is important today as it seems like there are so many fakes in the marketplace and there is a tremendous amount of fake Turquoise Jewelry coming out of Asia, especially China, today. Durango Silver Company is well known for producing some of the best quality Turquoise Jewelry coming out of the Southwest and an authentic Turquoise Bead Bracelet from Durango Silver Company will guarantee you that you are getting the real thing, and even better then that you are getting a high quality Turquoise Bracelet that has real value.

Again, if you are considering a Turquoise Bead Bracelet, check out our informational pages first so you make a wise decision and then we hope you will see what we have or have us make you a custom Turquoise Bead Bracelet that you will be proud to wear.