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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1723428, member: 2844&quot;]Beautiful ring, Crystal, and welcome. I would love to see more photos.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Absolutely right, classic Bedouin style, and very likely Saudi. The shape of the ring face is adapted to the shape of the stone as it was found or bought, so there is no loss of stone.</p><p>Turquoise is one of the stones that have a spiritual connotation in Islam, and in some traditions different matrix patterns have a different meaning. Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad and an important caliph in Islam, wore a turquoise set ring for spiritual purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>This specific colour of the silver is traditional Middle Eastern. It is more greyish than SW Native American silver.</p><p>It is also seen in traditional Indian jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold jewellery is frowned upon by the more traditional Sunni Muslims.</p><p>The fashion for gold jewellery and &#039;flawless&#039; turquoises is seen more in Shia Iran and outside the more traditional Sunni regions, for instance in the Mediterranean part of the Middle East and in the Indian influenced Gulf States.</p><p>The shop in the link flipper found is called &#039;Al Quds&#039;, which is Arabic for Jerusalem, so the owner could be Palestinian (Mediterranean).</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold jewellery is becoming more popular in Saudi cities as well, but Bedouin jewellery will always be Bedouin jewellery. When you lead a travelling lifestyle in sandstorms etc, like the Bedouin did and some still do, you want sturdy jewellery. None of the pretty dainty stuff.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>As an aside, most fundamentalists don&#039;t wear any jewellery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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