Turquoise gems have been utilized for ornamental functions for tens of hundreds of years, and these days, they are renowned as the precious stones applied in the appealing jewelry pieces. Extreme blue turquoises beads are the high-prized, but are much less available than the green gems. A few blue ones may lose color to green ones with time since they are usually uncovered to sun light.
Jewelry making now leads a hot trend in people’s daily life. More and more from all over the world join in this trend now. When it comes into jewelry making, jewelry beads should be the first material which comes into people’s mind. Turquoise beads—can never be missed by people. Why people love those beads so much?
Natural Turquoise Beads
Turquoise beads are regarded as one of the oldest gemstones. Turquoise has been found in 5,000-year-old Egyptian tombs and the Tibetans used it as currency centuries ago. Most turquoise originates fromBurmaand is carved inChinatoday. This gem is soft and opaque. Its color is ranging from blue-green to yellow-green with grey, black or brown veining.
Gemstone Strands, Yellow Turquoise
Turquoise is the birthstone for December and an astrological stone for Aquarius and Sagittarius. They are well known as the “Stone of Success”. Many people prefer to turquoise jewelry for they believe that turquoise beads can bring them success and victory. At all times turquoise was worn as protection of ward off the influence of evil. Wearing such jewelry is also recommended against depression. The bright and happy colors supposedly bring self-confidence to subdued personalities, and are also popular as tokens of friendship, bringing faithfulness and stability to relationships. As one of the ancient gemstones, turquoise beads have been regarded as the holy stones in many religions and cultures. In Western cultures, it is the gemstone for the 11th wedding anniversary.
Gemstone Beads Strands, Synthetic Turquoise
Turquoise beads are produced by many countries, such asIran,Sinai,Chinaand etc. Well, those beads from different places have different appearance. For example, Chinese howlite turquoise beads are usually greener than American turquoise beads. Actually,Chinais one of the famous producing places of turquoise beads. That is why most turquoise beads for jewelry making are produced fromChina. And all my gems beads are purchased from PandaHall.com—a leadingChinabeads, findings and gems online market.
Turquoise jewelry is still very hot. Turquoise beads are great choices for making necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings and many other fashion accessories. You can create those jewelry designs with turquoise beads only. At the same time, they can be mixed and matched with other jewelry beads very well, for example, crystal beads, glass beads, lampwork beads, metal beads, European style beads, pearls and so on. The combination is wide as long as you have unlimited inspirations.
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