The Symbolism of the Turquoise Necklace

According to many different cultures and traditions, wearing a turquoise necklace can protect you from bad luck and bring you good fortune. Wearing turquoise is also trendier and more fashionable than it has been for a long time. In fact turquoise has not been this trendy since the hippies adorned themselves with it in the sixties. The designs are also much more versatile when it comes to turquoise jewlry. Now other than the usual Southwestern designs you can buy turquoise teardrop earrings, turquoise studs, turquoise belts as well as shirts, jeans and shoes embroidered with the gems.

One of the strangest stories around the turquoise is that it changes color if the wearer is in danger. This superstition goes back to ancient Persia when men wore a three-strand necklace to help ward off death. The truth is that the turquoise is capable of changing color, thanks to a change in your skin's ph balance or over exposure to too much direct light.

Aside from being protective, turquoise is also renowned as protective stone. They decorated everything from daggers, to swords to horse bridles in Europe during the Middle Ages. The name turquoise means "Turkish stone."

Also in South, Middle and North America Turquoise has always been revered as a holy stone of protection. Some of the nicest pieces of jewelry are still manufactured by Indian people in the Southwest United States who make finely crafted single strand and three strand necklaces out of turquoise.

Another fashionable turquoise necklace is a silver chain from which hangs a vial of stone chips from a high quality stone. This look is particularly popular around Boulder Colorado where the spiritual communities use the stone to clarify psychic powers and get in touch with God.

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