Large Vintage Turquoise Beads semi-precious stones Lovely faceted opaque blue teardrop

Lovely faceted opaque blue teardrop with a molded blue glass bead above

These have a high silver content and are solid plain on top and very ornate on the bottom

wire (through ear) is approximately 20 gauge

Large heavy and solid nickel silver (aka "German silver") hair ring from Ethiopia

Large Vintage Turquoise Beads semi-precious stones Lovely faceted opaque blue teardropLarge matte turquoise beads, hand carved in Afghanistan. Natural turquoise with lots of black & brown matrix. Some interesting varieties of color and texture, these are organic shapes. Size is from 30 45mm long with a 1mm hole. 226 grams, 18 inches long, 15 beads on the strand, beautiful!! Turquoise was mined in China.