925 Sterling Silver Turquoise CZ Evil Eye Pendant Necklace - 17 Inch Adjustable

Sterling silver evil eye pendant necklace with a turquoise center and cubic zirconia accents, marked 925. The pendant is a marquise shape built as an eye, a cut almond outline at the center holding a round turquoise cabochon as the pupil, with ten small cubic zirconia flush set in a scatter radiating outward across the face. A tightly beaded border runs the full perimeter of the marquise and frames the whole thing like a lash line. The back is drilled open behind every stone so light passes through from behind rather than stopping at a solid plate. The chain is a fine cable link with a spring ring clasp and an extender.

The design is doing the motif properly rather than just gesturing at it. The turquoise sits exactly where a pupil belongs, raised slightly above the surface so it reads as the focal point from any distance, and the cubic zirconia are scattered irregularly rather than set in a neat ring, which keeps the face alive and avoids the stamped symmetry that makes most eye pendants look like a logo. The beaded border is the detail that pulls it together, a continuous line of raised grain that turns a flat marquise into something with a rim and a depth to it. At this size the pendant reads as a quiet amulet rather than a statement, which is how the charm has always been worn.

Chain length 17 inch with an extender for adjustability. The pendant is light enough to layer under or over a longer chain.

Verifications:
Sterling silver has been verified using JSP Silver Testing Solution.

Details:
Metal: Sterling Silver
Hallmark: 925
Center Stone: Turquoise
Center Stone Cut: Round Cabochon
Accent Stones: Cubic Zirconia
Accent Stone Count: 10
Setting: Flush Set with Beaded Border
Design: Evil Eye Marquise
Construction: Open Back
Chain Style: Cable Chain
Clasp: Spring Ring with Extender
Chain Length: 17 Inch Adjustable
Condition: Excellent estate condition

Fun Facts:
The evil eye is one of the most widely distributed beliefs in human history, written about in Mesopotamian texts roughly five thousand years ago and still current across the Mediterranean, the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America. The blue of the traditional Anatolian nazar is deliberate rather than decorative. In regions where dark eyes are the norm, pale eyes were the ones suspected of carrying the gaze, so the amulet answers the threat with an eye of the same color.
Turquoise was among the first gemstones humans ever mined, with Egyptian workings in the Sinai dating back roughly five thousand years. Its English name has nothing to do with where it came from. European traders received it along Turkish routes and called it pierre turquoise, Turkish stone, and the misnomer has outlived every correction since.