Navajo handmade sterling silver and Royston Turquoise freeform Pendant

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Navajo handmade sterling silver and Royston Turquoise freeform Pendant:
$189.99

A truly special Navajo handmade freeform Royston turquoise stone pendant. This pendant features a genuine Turquoise stone set into a sterling silver bezel. The pendant has stunning traditional hand stamping and detail throughout. Handmade by Daniel Benally at Running Bear. Stamped Sterling and lightly signed on the back. 2-1/4\" long, 7/8\" wide with a 1/4\" bail and weighing 12.1g.
Royston Turquoise comes from the Royston mining district located near Tonapah, Nevada. \"Royston Turquoise,\" originally consisted of four old Turquoise claims: Bunker Hill, Easter Blue, Oscar Wehrend, and Royal Blue. Lynn Otteson moved to Tonopah to mine Royston Turquoise in 1958 and the family have been Turquoise Miners since. Royston Turquoise in known worldwide for having a wide range of Turquoise colors from a beautiful soft blue to emerald greens. The color of Royston Turquoise often runs together in the same rock which creates some of the most spectacular Turquoise stones on earth.
Native Americans believe that the earth is alive and that all things, no matter how small or apparently inanimate, are precious. To the Native Americans, turquoise is life. There are stones medicine men keep in their sacred bundles because they possess powers of healing. Stones and crystals have unique attributes that support and heal us. Turquoise, especially, is known for its positive healing energy, an aid in mental functions, communications and expression and as a protector. If you’re wearing a turquoise ring and you look down and see a crack in your stone, the Native Americans would say “the stone took it”, meaning the stone took the blow that you would have received.