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Ascending Pearls with a Black Obsidian stone Pendant. The Apache Tear and Pearls is a wonderful classic combination, classy and sophisticated. The Sterling Silver setting and bale accent the black and white perfectly.

The Apache Tear is a found stone matched with pearl beads and silver separators and scrolled silver plated wire. This is an original design by Bridget.

Ready for a chain or cord of your choice, the cord pictured is not included with the purchase.

The Pearl Apache Tear Pendant measures about 1 1/4 inch tall (30mm) by about 1/2 inch wide (13mm). The pearls are 4mm pearl beads.

The legend of the Apache Tears is this:

About 75 Apaches and the US Calvary squared off against each other in battle on a mountain overlooking what is now Superior, Arizona in the 1870's. Rather than face defeat, the outnumbered Apache warriors rode their horses off the mountain to their deaths. The families of the warriors cried when they learned of the tragedy. Their tears turned into stone upon hitting the ground. Today these beautiful translucent gemstones are known as Apache Tears Good Luck Stones.

Their sadness was so great, and their burden of sorrow so sincere that the Great Father embedded into black stones the tears of the Apache women who mourned their dead. These black obsidian stones, when held to the light, reveal the translucent tear of the Apache. The stones bring good luck to those possessing them. It is said that whoever owns an Apache tear drop will never have to cry again, for the Apache maidens have shed their tears in place of yours.

The Apache tear drops are also said to balance the emotional nature and protect one from being taken advantage of. It can be carried as an amulet to stimulate success in business endeavors, and also used to produce clear vision and to increase psychic powers.

Black obsidian is a powerful meditation stone. The purpose of this gemstone is to bring to light that which is hidden from the conscious mind. It dissolves suppressed negative patterns and purifies them. It can create a somewhat radical behavior change as new positive attitudes replace old, negative, egocentric patterns.
~taken from the Truth about Crystal Healing by Phyllis Galde.

Giving an Apache Tears Stone to a friend unlocks their tears and allows good luck to flow, as it frees their spirit from Mother Earth.

sterling silver, black obsidian stone, pearl beads, silver plated separators