18kt Gold Vermeil PSTM Afghanistan Turquoise Multi Beads Necklace on Cord

This turquoise beaded necklace is handmade in Kabul by the men and women artisans of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. Training and employing young people in meaningful creative jobs is vitally important now in Afghanistan, when the young desperately need hope and a sense of purpose in a beautiful country tragically caught up in violence and conflict.

Perhaps the oldest stone in man’s history, turquoise has been held in high regard by kings, warriors and spiritual healers across cultures for thousands of years.