Vintage Zuni Earrings - Sterling Silver Turquoise Lapis shops Lazuli Coral Malachite Spiny Oyster Inlay - Feather Dangle Native American Navajo

Vintage Sterling Silver, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Spiny Oyster, and Coral Inlay Earrings

Earrings measures: 1 3/4" x 3/8"
Weighs: 3.8 grams
Signed: Sterling and a faint hallmark



Turquoise:
Turquoise is perhaps the oldest stone in man's history, the talisman of kings, shamans, and warriors. It's 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. The delicate veining or mottled webbing in cream or brown is inherent to the stone and serves to enhance its character.

For centuries Turquoise has been recognized as possessing the power to protect riders from injury due to falls. First used as amulets by Turkish soldiers, on their persons and attached to their bridles and trappings, it later came to be used for protection against falls of any kind. Turquoise is also reputed to be influenced by the physical condition of the person who wears it. It is thought to grow pale when its owner is sick or sad, lose all color when the person dies, and gradually recover its color when transferred to a new healthy owner, its color deepening each day.

Turquoise is believed to restore clear vision to the mind when thinking becomes muddled and thus ensures good fortune. Turquoise empowers men and women equally. Worn or carried, it is a talisman of luck, success, ambition and creativity.

In the workplace, Turquoise promotes leadership, assists relocation or regular travel associated with career, and helps avoid unwise investments. It helps overcome writer's block, and is a stone of clear communication when giving information; an especially good amulet for those who work in the law, or for local or central government. Turquoise is especially recommended for accountants and computer operators for mental relaxation, for those who work in radio or television to release anxiety, and for laborers to protect from bodily harm.

Turquoise strengthens the meridians of the body and the subtle energy fields, enhancing communication between the physical and spiritual worlds. Placed on the Third Eye, it supports intuition and meditation. On the Throat Chakra, it releases old vows, inhibitions, and allows the soul to express itself once more. It explores past lives and regards fate as ongoing shops and dependent on one's action at any moment.

Turquoise is a stone for finding wholeness and truth, and communicating and manifesting those qualities. It stimulates and harmonizes the Throat Chakra, making it easier to articulate and bring forth one's deepest wisdom. Turquoise empowers those who are shy about sharing their understanding and aids in the knowledge that in speaking from the wholeness of our being, we each have something important to contribute to the collective.


Coral:
"Coral In The Sacred Path" (http://native-american-totems.com)
Coral Teaches Us Nurturing

Native American silver jewelry often uses Coral along with Turquoise. There is a symbolic reason for this use. Coral comes from the seas of the Earth Mother and is a symbol of the blood of our planet. The waters of Mother Earth are considered her blood as we have blood in our bodies. The First People, or Native Americans, see the Earth Mother as a living being with a consciousness and a free will of her own. She is the true Mother of all living things.

Turquoise is of the soil of our Earth Mother and represents the Sky Nation and protects those who act as Guardians of the Earth. Turquoise is a male element and can be worn for protection. As the Warrior Clans protect the People and all future generations, turquoise protects the wearer from bad Medicine. We need this protection so that nurturing can occur in a safe place. That is why you see Turquoise and Coral worn together. Mother Earth and Father Sky work together to protect and nurture all creatures. The Silver mountings carry the symbol of purity and truth which is the marriage of Earth and Sky.

We humans have a need to be nurtured and we are always seeking comfort and nourishment from each other, our pets, our possessions, our careers, and other aspects of our Earth Walk.

Using Coral allows us to reconnect to the blood in our bodies and to the waters of Mother Earth. There is a spiritual understanding that our body needs air, food, and physical activity. This is a sacred understanding. When we reconnect with our feelings we can develop a communication with our physical form that is not based on addictions, compulsions, fear, gluttony, or selfishness.

Coral tells us to listen to our feelings. Don't ignore how you feel around certain people or how your body feels. Coral tells us to reconnect to these feelings while we walk our Sacred Path here on Earth. ~ Mitakuye Oyasin ~ We are all related



Lapis Lazuli:
Lapis Lazuli is one of the most sought after stones in use since man's history began. Its deep, celestial blue remains the symbol of royalty and honor, gods and power, spirit and vision. It is a universal symbol of wisdom and truth.

The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen was richly inlaid with Lapis, as were other burial ornaments of Egyptian kings and queens. It was used extensively in scarabs, pendants and other jewelry, and ground into powder for dyes, eye shadow and medicinal elixirs. In the dry, barren land of the Egyptians, this deep cobalt blue color was a spiritual contrast to their arid desert hues. The gold flecks were like stars in their night-time sky and by meditating on these colors they felt supernatural forces would transform their lives. The garments of priests and royalty were dyed with Lapis to indicate their status as gods themselves.

Lapis is an excellent stone for executives, journalists, and psychologists, stimulating wisdom and good judgment in the practical world. It aids intellectual analysis in archeologists and historians, problem solving for lawyers, and creates new ideas for inventors and writers.

Lapis Lazuli is a powerful crystal for activating the higher mind and enhancing intellectual ability. It stimulates the desire for knowledge, truth and understanding, and aids the process of learning. It is excellent for enhancing memory.

A stone of truth, Lapis encourages honesty of the spirit, and in the spoken and written word. Wear it for all forms of deep communication. It is also a stone of friendship and brings harmony in relationships. A Lapis grid brings calm and loving communication for a home with temperamental teenagers, or children with Asperger's syndrome, autism, or attention-deficit disorder.

For fame in a creative or public performance-related area, wear or carry Lapis Lazuli to auditions. In the workplace, it attracts promotion, success and lasting recognition in your field.


Malachite:
As a stone of transformation, Malachite encourages change and emotional risk-taking. It shows what is blocking your spiritual growth, draws out deep feelings and psychosomatic causes, then allows you to break unwanted ties and outworn patterns. It encourages the expression of feelings, alleviating shyness and teaching the responsibility for one's own thoughts and actions. It supports friendships and empathy for other people.

Malachite helps battle depression and anxiety, gives resistance to emotional blackmail and heals emotional abuse, especially when suffered in childhood. It also encourages healthy relationships based on love and not need. Malachite assists in overcoming fear of confrontation, or fear of being seen or noticed, and helps one find the strength within to assume their rightful place in the Universe.

With its pure energy rays of green, Malachite is dedicated to the Heart Chakra. Located near the center of the breastbone, it regulates our interaction with the external world and controls what we embrace and what we resist. It gives us the balancing ability to be ourselves within the environment. When the heart chakra is out of balance you may feel either controlling or controlled in a relationship, and become critical of the little foibles of others. You may well find yourself having inappropriately strong emotional responses to everyday external stimuli.

Green crystal energy is used to resolve blockages and to re-balance the heart chakra, helping us understand our own needs and emotions clearly. We can deal with the ebbs and flows of emotional relationships, understand their cyclic nature, and accept the changes.

Malachite is helpful to clear and activate other chakras. Placed on the Third Eye, it activates visualization and psychic vision. Placed on the solar plexus, it facilitates deep emotional healing, releasing negative experiences and old traumas.