Meander silver earrings - ΣΚ050ΣΚ232.3.2.GR

Meander Sterling Silver 925 handmade earrings with Turquoise stone.

Size: 3.1cm x 1.6cm

The Meander was the most important symbol in Ancient Greece.

The first geometrical shape, the Greek key, symbolizing infinity or the eternal flow of things (the eternity and eternal love and the line of life) and represent the maze of the labyrinth.

The meander motif took its name from the river Meander, a river with many twists, mentioned by Homer in Iliad.

The motif is also known as Greek key or Greek fret.

Meander symbolizes as well the bonds of friendship, of love and devotion and that’s the reason it’s often given as marriage gift.

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-green mineral, which is a hydrated phosphate of aluminum and copper, with the chemical formula CuAl6 (PO4) 4 (OH) 8 • 4H2O.

It is rare and is considered a decorative and precious stone for thousands of years due to its unique shade.

The mineral had many different names throughout history.

The current name dates from the 16th century and comes from the old French word turquoise, which means Turkish, because European merchants of the Middle Ages bought turquoise in Turkish bazaars, where it had arrived from Persia.

Pliny the Elder refers to it as callais, meaning good stone, and in ancient Greece it was known as kallaitis or kallai stone.

It is said that turquoise can absorb any negative energy directed at its owner.

It is generally believed that this stone gives the bearer courage, luck, health and protection.