Natural Turquoise Pearl Bracelet

Turquoise is the original gemstone of the Americas — mined by the Ancestral Puebloans in what is now New Mexico and Arizona, traded across the continent, set into silver by Navajo and Zuni artisans in a tradition that stretches back centuries. Its sky-blue to green-blue color is the color of the high desert sky, of the sagebrush plains after rain, of the particular clarity that belongs to arid landscapes and the cultures that have lived in them for millennia. This bracelet honors that tradition with genuine turquoise beads paired with freshwater pearls on elastic.

The turquoise beads are natural — their color ranges from pale robin's-egg blue to deeper sky blue, their surfaces marked with the characteristic dark veining that is turquoise's geological fingerprint. The freshwater pearls between them are the soft, white counterpoint — their luminous curves a visual exhale between the turquoise's vivid declarations. Sterling silver spacers at regular intervals provide the metallic structure that holds the turquoise-and-pearl composition together.

• Natural turquoise beads — sky-blue, with characteristic veining
• Genuine freshwater pearls
• Sterling silver spacers
• Elasticated for comfortable fit
• Nickel-free and hypoallergenic

Turquoise has been worn for protection, for status, for beauty across thousands of years and dozens of cultures. To wear it now is to participate, in a small way, in that long human tradition — the tradition of digging beautiful blue-green stones out of the earth and wearing them as reminders of the sky, the sea, and the particular beauty of the planet we live on. Style this bracelet with denim, white, silver, and the colors of the American Southwest. A piece for the woman who finds beauty in tradition and authenticity in materials that carry their own history.