Wearing turquoise has been described as wearing a piece of sky. It is a very beautiful gemstone that radiates the most fantastic and alluring cornflower blue colour. Turquoise as well as having a practical purpose was also used in the manufacture of jewelry and this practice has lived on and plenty of gold and turquoise jewelry is available. Your next choice may be the gold turquoise jewelry.

For thousands of years turquoise has been regarded as a gem with magical powers, the power to protect and bring good luck chief among these. Turquoise was also used as a talisman to ward off danger and unnatural death. It was believed that when the stone changed colour danger was near, unfortunately research has shown that when turquoise changes its colour it may be because of the
influence of light, dust or even the pH levels in your skin!

A Persian philosopher once wrote that the hand wearing turquoise will never be poor. The name turquoise when literally translated means Turkish stone. It became widespread throughout Europe during the time of the Crusades. It has also been extremely in South and North America and the Aztecs decorated their holy masks with turquoise stones.

Traditionally turquoise has been combined with silver to make jewellery. This tradition stemmed from the Native American Indians who used turquoise and silver to make their decorative jewellery. More recently gold and turquoise have been combined to make stunning jewellery. It is rare for turquoise to be faceted and normally when set in jewellery it is in the shape of a cabochon or beads. Gold and turquoise look extremely well together as the warm colour of the gold draws out the sky blue of the turquoise and this blend makes for a wonderful and beautiful combination.