Eritrean Turquoise Bridal Fashion Pendant Necklace Gold Jewellery 65

Eritrean Turquoise Bridal Fashion Pendant Necklace Gold Jewellery.

By Aamir Mannan.

Other notable localities include: Afghanistan; Australia (Victoria and Queensland); north India; northern Chile (Chuquicamata); Cornwall; Saxony; Silesia; and Turkestan.

History of use[edit]

Trade in turquoise crafts, such as this freeform pendant dating from 1000–1040 CE, is believed to have brought the Ancestral Puebloans of the Chaco Canyon great wealth.

Moche turquoise nose ornament. Larco Museum Collection. Lima-Peru

Backswords, inlaid with turquoise. Russia, 17th century.

Turquoise mosaic mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, the aztec god of fire.