Cobalt & Aqua Turkey Turquoise Bracelet

These hand-made, stretchy bracelets are made from Turkey turquoise. Yes - Turkey turquoise is an actual precious stone! Aren’t they pretty??!

Q1: Did you know that the word turquoise dates to the 17th century and is derived from the French word turquois - which means Turkish - because it was brought to Europe through Turkey? (Me neither!)

Q2: Did you assume that turquoise was so named because it was mined in Turkey?? (Me too!) And we are incorrect. Turkey was just a distribution center for the stone, which was mined in Persia (modern Iran) and Afghanistan.

To learn more about the cultural meanings of turquoise, click HERE.

To learn more about the color turquoise, click HERE.

And to see another iteration of Turkey turquoise (even funkier than these), click HERE and HERE.