DESCRIPTION: To create this beautiful bracelet I selected Selenite beads and Turquoise Heishi Beads.
This bracelet will not only look good on you but will make you, feel good!
CRYSTALS AND STONES: Top Quality 100% Natural and Genuine. These are NOT imitation (beware of fakes) lab created dyed, or synthetic. When you buy from me, you are paying for quality and the guarantee of buying real stones. Your satisfaction is always my main priority and you will love everything you receive from me.
SIZE: Each bracelet is made using elastic cord for easy wearing, one size fits most.
BEAD SIZE: The Selenite beads are 8mm, the Turquoise Heishi beads are 3mm.
IMAGES: Images shows multiple bracelets for display purposes only. Price is for one bracelet. I took some images under my window that have some sun reflecting on the bracelets, to show how incredibly shinny these Selenite beads are.
The colors, the energy, you are going to LOVE this bracelet, I promise.
TURQUOISE: Turquoise is perhaps the oldest stone in man’s history, the talisman of kings, shamans, and warriors. It is a stone of protection, strong and opaque, yet soothing to the touch, healing to the eye, as if carved from an azure heaven and slipped to earth. Its unique shade of blue, often blue-green, lends it name, Turquoise, to all things of this tranquil hue.
DISCLAIMER: I believe in a moral obligation for any seller to provide full information of the crystals and stones a customer is buying, if they have been treated or not. This is the reason why when you buy Turquoise from me (or any other crystal or Stone for that matter, you will always have a full disclosure of any treatment or pertaining information that you need to know) The Turquoise Heishi beads used to make this necklace are Stabilized Turquoise.
ABOUT TURQUOISE TYPES AND TREATMENTS: There are five “kinds” of turquoise as described by law:
Natural turquoise - turquoise that is so hard and beautiful that it is simply mined, cut, polished and set into a piece of jewelry or carved into a fetish or sculpture. Less than 3% of all the turquoise on the market worldwide is natural.
Stabilized turquoise - soft Turquoise or "chalk" turquoise that has been infused with a clear epoxy resin. The resin, under pressure, absorbs into the rock, which permanently hardens the rock and deepens the color. (Kind of like the way a sponge turns a deeper color when you get it wet.) Unlike the collectible natural turquoise which deepens in color over time by gradually absorbing oils from the skin as it is worn, the colors in stabilized turquoise are permanent. Most of the turquoise on the market is stabilized and should not cost as much as natural. Stabilized turquoise can be very beautiful, and is a good buy. (More than 97% of the turquoise on the market is stabilized.) Treated turquoise - soft or "chalk" turquoise that is stabilized as described above, except that the epoxy resin is also dyed. Colors in treated turquoise have a tendency to look artificial. Prices should be much less than natural or stabilized.
Reconstituted turquoise - turquoise "chalk" that is very low grade and has been ground into powder, saturated with epoxy resin, dyed, and compressed into blocks or cakes to be cut into shapes for jewelry making. Prices should be most inexpensive.
Imitation turquoise - there is no turquoise in this category. Either there are stones like Howlite (white stone, very porous) dyed to look like turquoise or there is pure plastic (epoxy resin) that has been dyed to look like turquoise. It is a shame that these materials are set in silver and priced as if they had intrinsic value. Unfortunately, treated, reconstituted and imitation turquoise can be made to look remarkably like collectible stones. Purchasing from a trusted source is important when it comes to Turquoise and jewelry made with it.
Source: Originally published by Indian Arts and Crafts Association, 4010 Carlisle Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107
