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Turquoise Jewelry

Before it was the color of crayons and swimming pools, turquoise was a stone, the one that colors turquoise jewelry today. Its opaque shade often carries a web of dark threads, a trace of the rock where it formed. It evokes expression and a certain kind of wisdom, the kind that accepts nuance, in yourself as in others.

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Lepida, Turquoise Marquise Earrings laid flat, two blue-green stones below small silver-tone hoops.
Turquoise marquise earrings worn, one stone hanging below the earlobe.
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Lepida, Turquoise Marquise Earrings

$47.00

These turquoise earrings hang a blue-green marquise, veined with brown, from a small hinged hoop, in a silver-tone frame engraved with scrolls.

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A stone, a style,
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A few pointers to find what feels like you.

Along the Turkish route

Its name comes from « Turkish stone »: it reached Europe by way of Turkey, though it was mined farther east. Mineralogically, it’s a copper and aluminum phosphate, bluer when copper dominates, greener when iron joins in. Opaque and fairly soft, it’s polished into cabochons and beads.

Turquoise or « African turquoise »?

On some bracelets, you’ll come across « African turquoise »: pale green spotted with brown, it owes the name to custom, since it’s actually a jasper. Both wear beautifully, but you might as well know what you’re choosing: turquoise is blue or blue-green, the other greener and more speckled.

Speaking without hurting

Expression, wisdom, acceptance: that’s the trio attached to turquoise. In conversation, it’s the stone of those who want to say things without hammering them home, to listen without giving up their own view, and to welcome what, in someone else, isn’t like them.

A hint of travel

Several rings hold it in an engraved silver setting, as an oval or a teardrop, with a slightly boho spirit. You’ll also find it in pendants, drop earrings, and bracelets, braided or beaded. It fits nicely into a gift of reconciliation, or one that celebrates a childhood friendship.

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