Turquoise & Lapis Lazuli Beaded Runway Necklace

combining the antique with the modern, this artisan designer statement necklace featuring Turquoise centerpiece and Lapis Lazuli beaded chain stands out with its sheer magnificence the artist, Edward Lawrence, designed this pendant around the magnificent Turquoise centerpiece, while his wife, Diana, designed and strung the Lapis Lazuli beads to create the perfect compliment to this unique piece handcrafted in California by Edward Lawrence Lapis Lazuli was among the most highly prized tribute paid to Egypt,  Referenced in the Old Testament as sapphire. Burial ornaments of Egyptian kings and queens were richly inlaid with Lapis. It was used extensively in scarabs, pendants, and other jewelry, and ground into powder for dyes, eye shadow, and medicinal elixirs metaphysical properties of Lapis: Buddhists recommended Lapis as a stone to bring inner peace and freedom from negative thought ONE OF A KIND LIMITED COLLECTION overall pendant dimensions: 1" x  3 3/4" overall necklace length: 17"