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Gemstone Necklaces
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| These necklaces are made with Gemstones as well as Job's Tears a.k.a. Corn Beads. Gemstones have many qualities that can aid in healing, calming, meditation and other physical and mental needs. Job's Tears have very special meaning to the Cherokee people. During the winter of 1838-9, the Cherokee people were rounded up by the U.S. government and driven along the Trail of Tears to an unknown land far away. Along the trail the people wept tears of grief. According to legend, wherever a tear fell a plant sprang up.The plant, of course, was the corn bead plant. The beads, which are gray, the color of grief, are still made into jewelry today in memory of the ordeal of the Trail Where They Cried. These necklaces are all American Indian Made. |
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