Mexican Turquoise Round Bead Strand

The Mexican turquoise round beads on this strand feature a smooth, even sky-blue color with little matrix, comparable to Sleeping Beauty turquoise. Round beads are a staple of strung designs and these turquoise beads look great when strung on their own to create a simple necklace or bracelet, used individually as separators or accent beads or combined with other shapes and sizes of beads in more complex earring, bracelets and matched sets—combine them with complementary-color stones or metal beads to create complex designs as well as matched sets. Sourced from Mexico, this turquoise features smooth, even, sky-blue color with little matrix. With Sleeping Beauty turquoise becoming harder to find (and more expensive), this stone may offer a suitable alternative for many jewelry designs.Turquoise is a soft, opaque gemstone that takes a good polish. Its sky blue color comes from the presence of copper; green tones are provided by iron traces. Turquoise sometimes has a rock matrix and varying shades of gray, brown or black veining due to inclusions or oxide stains.Ready to string, this package contains one temporarily strung 16" strand.